BAEnglish Language and Linguistics

Study location	United Kingdom, Colchester Campus
Type	Bachelor courses, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years
Study language	English
Awards	BA
Course code	QQ13

Entry qualification	High school / secondary education (or higher)

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 6.0 TOEFL (IBT): 76 CAE: B2 with 52+ CAE (from Jan 15): 169+

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided.

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Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

Year 1

Sounds
Skills for Linguists
Language Variation and Change
Words and Sentences
Careers and Employability Skills for Languages and Linguistics
Psycholinguistics I – Language Development (optional)
Psycholinguistics II – Language Processing (optional)
Foundations of Teaching English as a Foreign Language I (optional)
Foundations of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (II) (optional)

Year 2

Phonology
Semantics and Pragmatics
Analysing the structure of English
Research methods for language and linguistics
Careers and Employability Skills for Languages and Linguistics
Second language learning (optional)
Phonetics (optional)
Sociolinguistics (optional)
Language Development throughout the Lifespan (optional)

Final year

Phonological Development (optional)
Second Language Vocabulary: Learning, Teaching and Use (optional)
Topics in the Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching (optional)
Project: Linguistics (optional)
Grammatical Change in the History of English (optional)
Linguistic Description of English (optional)
Careers and Employability Skills for Languages and Linguistics

Career opportunities

Our graduates have gone on to have careers in a wide variety of fields, including teaching, journalism,, advertising, marketing, travel, communications, publishing, speech and language therapy, and business administration.

For example, some of our department’s recent graduates have gone on to work for a wide range of high-profile companies including:

The British Council
English in Action
Cambridge University Press
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Royal Bank of Scotland
Norfolk Constabulary