**Why choose this course?**
– You’ll be taught by staff who are actively involved in research and who publish and present their work nationally and internationally.
– As part of this course, you’ll develop key skills for employment, including project management, research design, data analysis and report writing.
– Through an optional work placement, you can prepare yourself for employment and increase your workplace skills.
**About this course**
On this course, you’ll examine how the English language works in the real world. You’ll look at how language is used at work and leisure, how people learn and teach languages, how different languages ‘see’ the world, and how people use language for identity.
You’ll analyse grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary and conversation, from the smallest sounds to complex discourse. You’ll investigate accents and dialects, language use, variation, change, and links to society.
Through an extended piece of work, such as a dissertation, you’ll specialise in an area of language and linguistics of your choice.
Course Details - Modules
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.
Year 1
- Introduction to Language
- Introduction to Communication
- Beyond English: Language, Culture and Identity
- Researching Everyday Life
Year 2
- Language and Society
- Language and Cognition
- Style and Meaning
- Optional modules, including:
- Being Human: Self, Subject, Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
- Transforming Realities: Innovation and Social Change in Twentieth Century and Contemporary Literature
- Researching Race and Ethnicity
- Globalisation and Social Change
- Cultural Theories of Mass and New Media
Year 3
- English Language Dissertation Project
- Professional Communication Skills
- Optional modules, including:
- Special Study: Narrative
- Special Study: Meaning
- Special Study: Discourse and Social Media
- Special Study: Language Processing
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment typically comprises exams (eg test or exam), practical (eg presentations, performance) and coursework (eg essays, reports, self-assessment, portfolios, dissertation).
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
QH90
Institution code:
K84
Campus Name:
Main Site
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
A-level: English Language / English Lit. / English Lit. & Lang., or similar, grade C (32 points) required.
General Studies/Native Language accepted when 1 of 3 A-levels or equivalent.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
65%
Go onto work and study:
80%
Fees and funding
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
EU
9250.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
*This is a provisional fee and subject to change as we are awaiting the Office For Student Guidance on Fee levels for 2020 and beyond.
For foundation year and international fees, please visit:
https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/fees/
Please visit the provider course webpage for further information regarding additional course costs
Provider information
River House
53-57 High Street
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 1LQ
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