The School of English at Nottingham has long been at the forefront of research and teaching in the area of applied linguistics.
This MA provides an exciting opportunity to work with several leading world figures and to investigate English language in applied contexts.
You will be introduced to the key ideas and concepts in applied linguistics and provided with thorough training in relevant research methods. This MA is particularly suitable if you wish to pursue a PhD programme after completion of the MA.
The principle of language study that we have established at Nottingham combines theoretical and ideological dimensions with practical applications; we aim to be rigorous and principled while offering an approach to language study that is fundamentally humane.
• The key features of this course include a theoretical grounding in research methodology and linguistic description; one-to-one tuition with expert members of staff; teaching informed by active leading-edge researchers in the field; innovative and engaging teaching methods; access to many online resources and flexibility in course content.
• The programme offers an excellent route towards pursuing a PhD.
• This MA is convened in the
Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics and is among the most popular postgraduate courses of its kind in the UK.
• The MA in Applied Linguistics is also available as a web-based distance learning course.