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SCHOOLOFARTS,LANGUAGESANDCULTURESUndergraduatecourses2017LINGUISTICSANDENGLISHLANGUAGEwww.
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uk/languagesandlinguistics2—3LINGUISTICSANDENGLISHLANGUAGEATTHEUNIVERSITYOFMANCHESTER92%ofourBALinguisticsandSociologystudentssaidthattheyweresatisfiedwiththequalityoftheircourse(NationalStudentSurvey2015)6thRanked6thintheUKforEnglishLanguageandLinguisticsinthe2016QSWorldUniversityRankingswww.
manchester.
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uk/languagesandlinguisticsExploreanumberoffascinatingtopics,suchasthewaysinwhichEnglishdialectsdiffer,howchildrenlearnlanguage,andhowlanguagesariseandchange.
Youwillworkinclosecollaborationwithinternationallyrenownedexpertsinawiderangeoflinguisticsspecialisms.
CONTENTSWhyManchester-4LinguisticsandEnglishLanguageatManchester-6Teaching,learningandassessment-7Studyabroad-8Coursedetails-10Feesandfunding-14Careersandemployability-15Facilitiesandresources-16Learningsupport-17Findoutmoreonline-18Contactdetails-204—5www.
manchester.
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uk/languagesandlinguisticsWHYMANCHESTERYouwillhaveaccesstocutting-edgeresources,includingourpsycholinguisticsandphoneticslaboratories,extensivespecialistsoftwareandoneofthelargestholdingsoflinguisticstextsintheUK.
YouwillconductoriginalresearchusingtheEnglishmanuscriptsheldbytheprestigiousSpecialCollectionssectionofTheJohnRylandsLibrary.
AsaLinguisticsandEnglishLanguagestudent,youwillworkinclosecollaborationwithinternationallyrenownedexpertsinawiderangeofspecialismsandlanguages(English,Germanic,Romance,Russian,Iranian,Romani,NorthandSouthAmericanandAustralianlanguages).
Studentsaretrainedtoconductfieldworkandtoanalyselinguisticcorpora,andtheyarestronglyencouragedtodosoduringtheirdegree.
YouwillstudyinthemostlinguisticallydiversecityinWesternEurope–hometoover150languages–whichprovidestheidealbasefromwhichtostudylanguageinitssocialandculturalcontexts.
6—7LINGUISTICSANDENGLISHLANGUAGEATTHEUNIVERSITYOFMANCHESTER6—7Linguisticsistheidealsubjectforanalyticalminds.
Youwilldelveintothescienceoflanguage-aneverydayphenomenonwhichimpactsourlivesonanindividualandaglobalscale.
EnglishLanguagecoversthehistoryoftheEnglishlanguageandthevariationbetweenEnglishdialectsintheUKandfurtherafield.
LinguisticsandEnglishLanguagestudentsstudytopicssuchasthewaysinwhichEnglishvariesacrossspace,howOldEnglishdevelopedintoModernEnglish,thewaysinwhichchildrenacquiretheirfirstlanguage,differencesbetweenthespeechofmenandwomen,howthesoundsystemsandgrammarsofdifferenttypesoflanguageareorganised,whathappenswhenspeakersofdifferentlanguagescomeintocontactandmuchelsebesides.
Withitsdiverselocalcommunities,Manchesterisanidealsiteforcarryingoutresearchonlinguisticvariationandmultilingualism.
Weconductempiricalandtheoreticalresearchandparticularlyacombinationofthetwo.
Wehavetwolaboratories,whereyouwillhavetheopportunitytouseultrasoundimaging,laryngographyandeyetrackingtechnology.
Youwillalsobeabletousequantitativemethodsinthestudyoflargelanguagecorpora.
Thisisaskillwhichyouwillthenweabletoapplytootherfieldsthroughoutyourlife.
LinguisticsandEnglishLanguageatTheUniversityofManchesterisunrivalledinitsexceptionalbreadthofsubjectareasandtheoreticalapproaches.
Ourparticularstrengthsincludephoneticsandphonology,morphology,syntax(lexical-functionalgrammar,roleandreferencegrammar,constructiongrammar,andminimalism),(formal)semanticsandpragmatics,historicallinguistics,thelinguisticsofEnglish,typology,languagecontactandsociolinguistics,historicallinguistics,endangeredlanguages,fieldlinguistics,languagedocumentation,andquantitativecorpus-basedapproaches.
Ourstudentsareencouragedtotakeanactiveroleinfundedteaching-enhancementprojects,whoseoutputsbenefitthemindividuallyandcollectively.
Forexample,someofourstudentshavedevelopedanonlineatlasofdialectvariationintheUK.
Howyou'lllearnYouwillbetaughtthroughamixtureofformallectures,tutorialsandone-to-onesupervision.
Youwillspendapproximately12hourseachweekinformalstudysessionsandfurthertimeinindependentstudy.
Inyourindependentstudytime,youmaybereading,producingwrittenwork,revisingforexaminationsorworkingaspartofateamofstudents.
You'llalsohavetheopportunitytostudyamodernlanguage.
Inyourfinalyear,youwillhavetheoptiontowritea12,000worddissertation.
You'llundertakeresearchonatopicofyourownchoiceunderthesupervisionofamemberofstaffinEnglishLanguageorLinguistics.
Howyou'llbeassessedOurcoursesareassessedinvariouswaysforexample:writtenexaminations,oralpresentationsanddifferenttypesofcoursework.
Courseworkmayincludelibraryresearch,linguisticfieldworkanddatacollection,orweb-basedresearch.
Mostofourcoursesareassessedthroughamixtureofthesetechniques.
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manchester.
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uk/languagesandlinguisticsSTUDYABROADStudyabroadisanexcellentopportunityforyoutoseetheworld,experiencenewculturesandstudyatoneofourpartnerinstitutionsoverseas.
Mostofourundergraduatecoursesallowyoutospendtime–usuallyasemester–atoneofourpartnerinstitutionsoutsidetheUK.
StudyabroadperiodsareavailableeitherinYear2ofathree-yearcourse,orinYear3ofafour-yearcourse.
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uk/undergraduate/studyabroad/TheUniversityOfManchesterStudyAbroad@UoM_GoAbroad8—9www.
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manchester.
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uk/languagesandlinguistics10—11WhatIappreciatedmostaboutthedepartmentisitsdiversity,whichisultimatelyitsgreateststrength.
Itcomprisesawidespectrumofenthusiasticpeoplewithvariedacademicexperiencesthatsharedifferentresearchinterests.
Manchester'sthrivinglinguisticdiversityallowedmetocollectandanalysefirst-handdataturningtheoryintopractice.
Peerlearningwasalsoafundamentalpartofmyexperience.
Internationalstudentsfromverydiverselinguisticandculturalbackgroundshelpedmebetterunderstandvariouscross-linguisticphenomena,feedingmyenthusiasmforlearning.
SimoneDeCia,BA(Hons)Linguisticsalumna""LinguisticsBAUCAScodeQ100(3years)Thiscoursewillintroduceyoutothestudyoftheuniquehumanfacultyoflanguageandtotheinvestigationoftheworld'slanguages.
Youwillexploreanumberoffascinatingtopics,suchashowlanguagesarise,changeanddie,howchildrenacquiretheirfirstlanguage,differencesbetweenthespeechofmenandwomen,howwecommunicateasindividualsandwithingroups,andwhathappenswhenspeakersofdifferentlanguagescomeintocontact.
Year1:You'llgainasolidgroundinginlinguistics,takingcorecourseunitswhichincludeintroductionstotheprinciplesoflinguisticsandtotherelationbetweenlanguage,themindandthebrain.
Samplecourseunitsinclude:–Language,MindandBrain–TheLanguagesoftheWorld–IntroductiontoEnglishGrammarandMorphologyYear2:You'llbegintotailoryourdegreetosuityourinterests.
Whilestudyingasmallnumberofcompulsoryunitsinsyntaxandsemantics,youchoosefromawiderangeofoptionalunitstappingintoacademicexpertiseinanumberofspecialistfields–fromtypologytoexperimentalphonetics.
Samplecourseunitsinclude:–IntroductiontoSyntacticTheory–IntroductiontoTypology–ChildLanguageAcquisitionYear3:Inyourfinalyearyou'llhavecompletefreedomofchoiceamongawealthofdifferentcourseoptions,spanningsubjectsasdiverseaspsycholinguistics,sociolinguistics,andformalsemanticsandsyntax.
YoualsohavetheoptiontowriteadissertationunderthesupervisionofamemberofstaffinLinguisticsorEnglishLanguage.
Samplecourseunitsinclude:–StudyofaSpeechCommunity–TopicsinLanguageDevelopment–DissertationEntryrequirementsA-level:ABBIB:34pointsoverall(corepointsaccepted),with6,5,5inHigherLevelsubjectsincludinganylanguage(includingEnglishLanguageorEnglishLanguageandEnglishLiterature)OURCOURSESForfullentryrequirementssearchourcourselistings:www.
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uk/undergraduateHowtoapply:www.
manchester.
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uk/study/undergraduate/applicationsPleasenotethatthecourseunitslistedinthisbrochureonlyrepresentasampleofthefullbreadthofavailableunitsforeachcourse.
Forcourselistings,includingcourseunitdetailinfull,visitourcoursefinder:www.
manchester.
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uk/undergraduateWealsooffer:–EnglishLanguageandEnglishLiteratureBA–LinguisticsandScreenStudiesBA–EnglishLanguageandScreenStudiesBA–LinguisticsandSocialAnthropologyBA–LinguisticsandSociologyBAPlusfour-yearJointHonourscoursesofferingEnglishLanguageorLinguisticsincombinationwithoneofthefollowingmodernlanguages:Arabic,Chinese,French,German,Italian,Portuguese,Japanese,RussianorSpanishPleasesearchourcoursefinderformoreinformation:www.
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uk/undergraduatePleasenotethatcourseunitsarereviewedonanannualbasisandassuchmayvaryslightlytothoseadvertised.
Pleasevisittheonlinecourselistingforup-to-dateinformation.
FLEXIBLEHONOURSFlexibleHonoursmayallowyoutostudyanadditionalarts,languagesorculturessubject.
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uk/languagesandlinguisticsEnglishLanguageBAUCAScodeQ1Q3(3years)Inthiscourseyouwillinvestigatethesounds,wordsandgrammaroftheEnglishlanguage,anddiscoverwhereEnglishcomesfrom,howitdevelopedovertime,howitvariesacrosstheUKandfurtherafield,andhowitisusedindifferentsituations.
Youwillacquiretheskillsrequiredforanalyticallanguagestudyalongsidethemeanstoapplythoseskillstothestudyofhistoricalandpresent-dayEnglish.
Inaddition,youwillpractisekeytransferableskills,suchasessaywritingandhowtogiveapresentation.
Year1:YouwillstudythefoundationsofEnglishgrammarandyouwillbeintroducedtothehistoryofEnglishandthevariationofEnglishintheUKandfurtherafield.
Samplecourseunitsinclude:–Language,MindandBrain–HistoriesandVarietiesofEnglish–IntroductiontoEnglishGrammarandMorphologyYear2:You'llbegintotailoryourdegreetosuityourinterests.
WhilestudyingasmallnumberofcompulsoryunitsinthehistoryandvarietiesofEnglish,youwillchoosefromawiderangeofoptionalunitstappingintoacademicexpertiseinanumberofspecialistfields–fromthehistoryofEnglishtovariationincontemporaryEnglish,fromsemanticsandpragmatics(thestudyofmeaninginandoutofcontext)topsycholinguistics.
Samplecourseunitsinclude:–IntrototheOldEnglishLanguage–IntroductiontoMiddleEnglishLanguage–TheLinguisticsofAmericanEnglishYear3:InyourfinalyearyouwillhavecompletefreedomofchoiceamongawealthofdifferentcourseoptionsspanningsubjectsasdiverseasthehistoryofEnglish,sociolinguistics,andformalsemanticsandsyntax.
YoualsohavetheoptiontowriteadissertationunderthesupervisionofamemberofstaffinLinguisticsorEnglishLanguage.
Samplecourseunitsinclude:–ModernEnglishLanguage–EnglishPhonologyPastandPresent–TopicsinLanguageDevelopmentEntryrequirementsA-level:AAB(canincludeGeneralStudies)IB:35pointsoverall(corepointsaccepted),including6,6,5atHigherLevelIenjoyedstudyingEnglishLanguageatA-level,andlookingintotheUniversityprospectushelpedmedecidetotakeitfurthertodegreelevel.
Exceptforafewcompulsorymodules,thecoursedesignisreallyflexible,andyoucanthereforepickthemoduleswhichinterestyoumost,rangingfromstudyingtheoldEnglishlanguagetothedifferentdialectsofEnglishintheUKtoday.
AlexFlowers,BA(Hons)EnglishLanguage""14—15www.
manchester.
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uk/alcAswellasspecialistfieldssuchasspeechandlanguagetherapy,lexicography(dictionarywork),translation,forensiclinguistics,andteachingEnglishasafirstorforeignlanguage,yourskillswillopenupnumerouspathswithaninternationaldimension–frombusinessandindustrytofinance.
Youwillalsohaveexcellentall-roundcommunicationskillswhichwillmakeyouastrongcontenderforopeningsinmanagement,media,PR,advertising,marketing,bankingandcommunications.
OurgraduateshavepursuedsuccessfulcareersatTheGuardian,PricewaterhouseCoopers,L'Oreal,UniversalMusicGroup,andVodafone.
Somegraduateshaveoptedforpostgraduatestudyorfurthervocationaltrainingtobecomeaccountants,lawyersorteachers(inEnglandorabroad).
PostgraduateprogrammesundertakenbyourgraduatesincludeGraduateDiplomainLaw,MAinBroadcastJournalism,MScinMachineTranslation,MAin(Applied)Linguistics,andMScinHumanCommunicationStudies.
90%ofourLinguisticsstudentsand95%ofEnglishLanguagestudentsgoontoworkorfurtherstudywithinsixmonthsoffinishingtheirstudy.
Ouraward-winningcareersserviceprovidesawealthoftools,advice,developmentopportunities,andindustrylinksspecifictoyoursubject.
You'llhaveaccesstodedicatedsupportthroughoutyourstudiesanduptotwoyearsaftergraduation.
Findoutmore:www.
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uk/careersPleasesearchourcourselistingsforup-to-datetuitionfeeinformationforUK,EUandinternationalstudents:www.
manchester.
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uk/undergraduateBursariesandscholarshipsApproximatelyathirdofourstudentswillreceivecashbursarieswhichcanbeusedtosupportlivingcostswhilststudying.
UKstudentsarenotrequiredtosubmitanapplicationforanyoftheUniversity'smeans-testedawards.
WewillautomaticallyidentifyeligiblestudentsonthebasisofthehouseholdincomedataprovidedbytheStudentLoansCompany.
TheManchesterBursaryisavailabletoanyUKstudentwhoisregisteredonaneligibleundergraduatedegreecourseatTheUniversityofManchesterandwhohashadafullfinancialassessmentcarriedoutbyStudentFinance.
Thisbursaryisadditionaltothegovernmentpackageofmaintenancegrantsandisbasedonstudents'householdincome.
TheUniversity'sUndergraduateAccessScholarshipsaregenerouslyfundedbyouralumnicommunityanddonors.
ThesescholarshipsareinadditiontoanyotherbursariesstudentsmayreceivefromtheUniversity.
StudentsmusthavesuccessfullycompletedtheManchesterAccessProgrammeandstartedanundergraduatecourseattheUniversity.
Studentswhohaveexperiencedtimeinlocalauthoritycaremayalsobeeligiblefortheseawards.
UKstudentscanapplyforDisabledStudents'Allowancetocoverstudy-relateddisabilitysupport.
OurDisabilityAdvisoryandSupportService(DASS)canhelpyoutoapplyandcanalsodiscussanyalternativesourcesoffundingforyourdisability-relatedneeds.
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uk/dassWewanttoencouragestudentstotakeuptheopportunitytospendayearabroad.
ForUKstudentstakingupsuchopportunitieswewillofferacashbursary.
Fulldetailsofourscholarshipsandbursariescanbefoundat:www.
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manchester.
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uk/languagesandlinguisticsAsaLinguisticsandEnglishLanguagestudentyouwilldevelopanalyticalandproblemsolvingskills.
Oftendealingwithgranularandcomplexdata,yourcombinationofhumanitiesknowledgeandscientificunderstandingwillallowyoutomakeconnectionsacrossmultiplefieldsofemployment.
Youwillacquirekeytransferableskillsindatacaptureandanalysis,interpretation,criticalthinking,andattentiontoformanddetail.
""IwasgivencompletecontrolovermyworkandIwasencouragedtobecreative.
Iwasmetwithsomanyopportunitiesforresearchexperience,aswellasbeingtaughthighly-technicalandpracticalskillsinmylectures.
Myexperiencewiththedepartmentwasamazing,andIconsideritanabsoluteprivilegetohavestudiedLinguisticsatTheUniversityofManchester.
LouiseMiddleton,BA(Hons)LinguisticsalumnaTheUniversityofManchesterLibraryTheUniversityofManchesterLibraryisoneofonlyfiveNationalResearchLibraries.
Withmorethanfourmillionprintedbooksandmanuscripts,over29,000uniqueelectronicjournalsand414,000electronicbooks,aswellasseveralhundreddatabases,thisisoneofthebest-resourcedacademiclibrariesinthecountry.
TheAlanGilbertLearningCommonsOurnew24millionAlanGilbertLearningCommonsoffersstudentsastimulating24/7environmentforstudy,combininginspiringdecorwithflexiblespacesandthelatestinlearningtechnology.
TheUniversityLanguageCentreYou'llhaveaccesstotheUniversityLanguageCentre-astate-of-the-artfacilityboastingawiderangeofresourcesincludinganewinterpretingsuite,purpose-builtrecordingroomsandresourcescoveringover70languages.
TheCentrealsooffersmultilingualwordprocessing;languagelearningsoftware;off-airrecordingandAVduplication;multilingualterrestrialandsatelliteTVandextensivesupportandadviceforlearners.
LanguagelaboratoriesTheDepartmentofLinguisticsandEnglishLanguagealsobenefitsfromafullservicephoneticslabandapsycholinguisticslab.
You'llhavetheopportunitytouseultrasoundimaging,laryngographyandeyetrackingtechnologyaspartofyourstudies.
CultureonCampusTheUniversityisalsohometointernationallyrenownedculturalassetssuchas:–Theaward-winningWhitworthArtGallery,reopenedin2015followinga15millionredevelopment–TheJohnRylandsLibrary,hometooneoftheworld'sfinestcollectionsofmedievalilluminatedmanuscriptsandrarebooks–ManchesterMuseum,whichhousesimportantprehistoric,classicalandethnographiccollectionsFindoutmoreaboutouruniquestudyresources:www.
manchester.
ac.
uk/universitySocietiesOurLinguisticsandEnglishLanguageSocietybringstogetherstudentswithaninterestinbothdisciplines.
Itoffersbothacademicandsocialevents,suchasguestlecturesfromexternalspeakersandgrouptrips.
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uk/languagesandlinguisticsFACILITIESANDRESOURCES16—17LEARNINGSUPPORTWe'llprovideindividuallearningsupporttohelpyoutakecontrolofyourlearninganddevelopyourconfidence.
PeersupportschemeOurpeersupportschemeisoneofthelargestinEurope.
Peermentorsarehigher-yearstudentsonthesamedegreeprogrammeasyou,whowillhelpyoufindyourfeetwhenyouarrivehereandadjusttostudentlife.
Asthey'llhavealreadybeenastudentatManchesterforatleastayear,theyshouldbeabletohelpyouwithanythingyoumightbeworriedorunsureabout.
PASS(PeerAssistedStudySessions)Ledbyvolunteerstudents,PASSsessionswilloftenbebasedaroundaspecificareaofstudy.
You'llhavetheopportunitytoconsolidateandbuildonyourexistingknowledgethroughdiscussionwithotherstudentsinaninformalandsupportiveenvironment,whereyoucancomparenotes,analyse,askquestionsandtalkthroughideasinaninformal,friendlyenvironment.
AcademicadvisersStudywithusandyou'llbeassignedanacademicadviserwhoistheretogiveadviceaboutanyacademicissuesthroughoutthedurationofyourcourse.
Youradviserwillbeabletohelpyouwiththetransitionfromschool/collegetouniversity–andcanhelpyougettogripswithstudyingandlearningmoreindependently.
They'llalsobeabletohelpyoudevelopyourskillsinacademicwritingorresearch,oranyotherskillsthatarespecifictoyourdegreeprogramme.
Findoutmoreaboutthepersonalandacademicsupportavailabletoyouthroughoutyourstudies:www.
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ContactorvisitourDisabilityAdvisoryandSupportOfficebeforeyouapply,todiscussyourneedsandsupportavailable.
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