English Language with TESOL
UCAS Code: Q31T
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
including English Language or Literature
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
including grade C or above in A Level English Language or Literature
UCAS Tariff
- From at least 2 A Levels including grade C or above in A Level English Language or Literature - Five GCSEs A*-C (9-4) including English Language or Literature
About this course
English Language with TESOL at DMU allows you to combine the study of English Language with the key theoretical and practical issues involved in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. The course is designed to enable you to develop your own ability to teach English to non-native speakers whilst enabling you to think about how language in general and English in particular functions in the world today. In your final year you will have the opportunity to integrate the study of English with a work experience via our English Language in the workplace module.
• **Develop specialist skills**
in communication and presentation, in order to become an effective teacher, and have the opportunity to investigate the theoretical and conceptual issues involved in teaching written and spoken language
• **Employment opportunities**
in both the UK and abroad, with the transferable skills gained on this degree providing career opportunities interacting with, influencing and inspiring others
• **Showcasing opportunity**
by putting your theoretical knowledge into practice with our final-year placement module
• **Gain life experience by practising your language skills and networking**
in a different culture, with the opportunity to study abroad between years two and three
• **Specialist teaching**
by experienced practitioners; ensuring the skills you develop are current to professional practice
• **International opportunity**
to enhance your global outlook even further with a meaningful experience through #DMUglobal.
Modules
First year
• Words in Action: An Introduction to Grammar and Linguistics
• Evolving Language: An Introduction to the Histories of Language
• Topics in Linguistics
• Foundations in English Language Teaching for International Learners
• Introduction to English and Adaptation
• Exploring Creative Writing
• Modern Foreign Language 1 (Basic User or Independent User depending on entry language level)
Second year
• Sociolinguistics
• Grammar: Analysing linguistic structure
• Semantics: Analysing linguistic meaning
• Phonetics and Phonology
• Research Methods for Linguists
• Language in Context
• English Language in UK Schools
• Varieties of English Language Teaching for International Learners
• Text Technologies
• Writing Place
Third year
• English Language Dissertation
• English Language in the Workplace (Placement Module)
• Language Acquisition
• Language, Mind and Culture
• Powerful Language: An Introduction To Rhetoric
• Perception, Persuasion, Power: Communication and Control
• Corpus Linguistics
• English Language for Specific and Professional Purposes
• Textual Studies Using Computers
• Professional Writing Skills
Assessment methods
This degree will make you aware of the full resources of language, and help you learn to use them to the full, in any situation. From the beginning of your course, you will be developing a knowledge of how language functions, and increasing your own skills of analysis and self-expression, while your TESOL work will focus on the acquisition of key skills and knowledge of teaching in general, and the teaching of English to non-native speakers in particular.
Later years offer a range of courses blending theoretical and applied knowledge and skills, a final year work placement module and the opportunity to study material such as propaganda and interrogation, pragmatics, the mechanics of meaning, psycholinguistics and psychotherapy. This degree is centred on language and communication, and the acquisition of tools and theories that will help you, and other people, communicate more effectively.
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