Overview

The English Language and Linguistics course offered by the University of Essex allows you to cover a wide range of topics related to English, including:

Dialectal and social variation
Conversation analysis
Language change
Language rights
Pragmatics

You also have the choice of optional topics including American languages, language and gender, multilingualism and language disorders.

Your future

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.

We work with the University’s Employability and Careers Centre to help you find out about further work experience, internships, placements, and voluntary opportunities.

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.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Varieties of English
Syntactic

Semantics and Philosophy of Language

Topics in Psycholinguistics
Sociolinguistic Theory

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-10-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-08-21 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2024-06-29 00:00:00 , International

More details

We recommend that you apply as soon as you are able to.

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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TOEFL^® IBT

88

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Language Studies Linguistics View 265 other Masters in Linguistics in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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TOEFL^® IBT

88

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Student insurance

Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:

Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Other requirements

General requirements

A 2:2 degree (or international equivalent) in the following disciplines: English Language studies – including education, English language and Literature, Teaching(English),Linguistics or Modern Languages.
We will accept applicants with a degree in an unrelated area but which contains a substantial element of education, Linguistics, Language studies and Teaching .

Tuition Fee

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International

20700 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 20700 GBP per year during 12 months.
National

9660 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 9660 GBP per year during 12 months.

PT

Home/UK fee: £4,830
International fee: £10,350

Living costs for Colchester

660 - 1140 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find Master's scholarship opportunities for English Language and Linguistics.

Available Scholarships

You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.

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