BA English Language and Literature

Students on Square 3 by C. Elmer This course enables you to combine a range of English Language or Linguistics options offered by the Department of Language and Linguistics with a range of options offered by the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies (Click on the link for further details of this partner department). In each year of the degree, you take four modules – two in each subject. Details of the structure of each year are given below. (Click on relevant module titles for further details of individual modules).

Your First Year

Your first year is a foundation year in which you learn about the structure and use of English on the one hand, and about approaches to Literature on the other. You take the following four modules in your first year (Click on the module titles for further details) uage, if you wish). You take the following four modules:

Module	Brief details
Foundations of Linguistics	Introduction to linguistic techniques used to analyse sounds, structures, meaning and use in English
Skills for the Linguistics of English or Foundations of Sociolinguistics or Foundations of Psycholinguistics or Foundations of Teaching English as a Foreign Language	The Sociolinguistics module provides an introduction to techniques used to study how social class, age, sex, ethnicity etc. affect the way we speak English. The Psycholinguistics module introduces you to techniques used to study how we acquire and process words and sentences. The TEFL module introduces you to principles and practices underlying the teaching of English as a Foreign Language
Introduction to Literature	For details, click on the link to the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies
Close Reading Skills [AU] or Close Reading Skills [SP] AND Introduction to United States Literature or UG Writing Skills for the Humanities & Social Sciences [UG] or UG Writing Skills for the Humanities & Social Sciences [SP]	For details, click on the link to the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies

Your Second Year

Your second year is a consolidation year in which we build on and extend the foundation acquired in your first year while also preparing you for the specialist options you are to take in your final year. You take four modules (or more if your selection includes half-options) chosen from the set of options specified below:

Module	Brief details
Second-year English Language option	Click on the link for details of the range of English Language options available
Second-year Linguistics option	These include our English Language options plus additional options. For details of the choice of options, click on the links.
Early Modern Literature	For details, click on the link to the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies
Versions of Modernity	For details, click on the link to the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies

Your Final Year

Your final year is a specialisation year in which you choose a range of specialist options, and take four modules (or more if your selection includes half-options) chosen from the set of options specified below:

Module	Brief details
Two final-year English Language options	Click on the link for details of the range of English Language options available
Two final-year Literature options	For details, click on the link to the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies

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