Applied Linguistics (Taught)

Explore how language shapes communication, identity, and society with a Master's in Applied Linguistics. This MA offers an exciting opportunity to explore how language naturally functions and how it influences how we communicate with each other.

This postgraduate degree will equip you with the advanced skills and knowledge needed to analyse and apply language effectively across diverse contexts, giving you the professional skillset and confidence to succeed upon graduation.

What you’ll learn

• Analyse how language operates across social, educational, and professional contexts.

• Apply linguistic theory to real-world communication and cultural understanding.

• Learn from expert academics through research-informed teaching and collaborative opportunities.

• Develop advanced linguistic research and critical thinking skills through practical projects.

• Explore how language underpins all aspects of our lives, from education and healthcare to politics and law.

You'll engage with real-life language use and communication, developing expertise in areas such as language acquisition, sociolinguistics, intercultural communication, and discourse analysis.

The course blends theory with practical application, allowing you to connect linguistic research with real-world challenges and innovations, including the relationship between linguistics, generative AI, and sustainability.

What's more, our interdisciplinary challenge module encourages collaboration with students from other disciplines, helping you build broader professional awareness and address global issues through language.

This MA Applied Linguistics is more than just a course - it’s a chance to contribute meaningfully to the ways we understand and use language in the modern world.

Throughout the course your knowledge and skills will be informally assessed through a variety of learning activities. You will be encouraged to engage in self-assessment and may be actively involved in peer assessment.

Formally, the course is assessed solely through coursework, including portfolio work, reports, essays and presentations.

In the final trimester, with the support and guidance of an individual supervisor, you will write a 15,000-word dissertation on a topic of your choice in the field of Applied Linguistics.

There is no final exam.