Study location	United Kingdom, Colchester Campus
Type	Master courses, full-time
Nominal duration	1 year
Study language	English
Awards	MA

Entry qualification	Undergraduate diploma (or higher) an overall grade of 2:2 and above

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 6.5 overall (with a minimum component score of 5.5 except for 6.0 in writing) CAE: C

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. Reference should be written on official letterhead, signed and dated. Please upload it in the Documents section. CV

More information	essex.ac.uk/..tercourse=PG00448&subgroup=1

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

MA Dissertation
Assignment Writing and Dissertation Preparation
Language Learning
Research Methods I
Research Methods II
Advanced Phonology (optional)
First Language Acquisition (optional)
Phonological Development (optional)
Second Language Vocabulary: Learning, Teaching and Use (optional)
Topics in the Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching (optional)
Second Language Acquisition and Linguistics Theory (optional)
American Languages (optional)
Varieties of English (optional)
Sentence Processing (optional)
Language Rights (optional)
Semantics (optional)
Literature and Language Teaching (optional)
English Syntax 1 (optional)
Description of Language for TEFL/ELT and Applied Linguistics (optional)
Individual Differences in L2 Learning (optional)
Syntactic Theory I (optional)
Variationist Sociolinguistic Theory (optional)
Experimental Design and Analysis (optional)
Materials Design and Evaluation (optional)
Sociolinguistic Methods 1: Data Collection (optional)
English Syntax 2 (optional)
Syntactic Theory II (optional)
Teaching, Listening and Speaking (optional)
Sociocultural Linguistics (optional)
The Role of Age in Bilingual Development (optional)
Variation in English II (optional)
Sociolinguistic Methods: Data Coding and Analysis (optional)
Graduate Research Assignment (optional)
Language Attrition (optional)
Teaching Practice I (optional)
Approaches, Methods and Teacher Development for TEFL/TESOL (optional)
Language in Context: From Pragmatics to Conversation Analysis (optional)
Teaching Reading and Writing in TEFL/TESOL (optional)
Intercultural Communication: communicating across languages and cultures (optional)

Career opportunities

Our course can lead to careers in areas such as academic research, publishing, journalism, administration, public service and teaching. You develop key employability skills including research design, data analysis, thinking analytically, report writing and public speaking.

Within our Department of Language and Linguistics, we also offer supervision for PhD and MPhil. We offer supervision in areas including language acquisition, language learning and language teaching, culture and communication, psycholinguistics, language disorders, sociolinguistics, and theoretical and descriptive linguistics.

Our graduates are successful in a wide variety of career paths. They leave Essex with a unique set of skills and experience that are in demand by employers.