English Language and TESOL

This English language and TESOL degree combines the study of principles of language and communication with a practical focus on teaching.

This degree in English Language and TESOL explores the application of language alongside current practice and developments in teaching and testing. You will acquire the skills and knowledge to design and produce materials for language lessons, as well as gaining hands on experience of teaching. The programme also provides you with the option of studying Mandarin, French, Spanish or Italian. Alternatively, you can choose optional modules in Journalism or Creative Writing.

Popular career options for graduates from this course include teaching English as a first or second language, either in the UK or abroad. Former students have also pursued roles in publishing, the media and administration.

What you should know about this course

• You'll learn more about the properties of human language and how we acquire, learn and teach it.

• Understand the sound, form and meaning of language and its acquisition (e.g. phonetics, morphology, pragmatics and sociolinguistics).

• Discover the interplay between how we acquire language, how we teach it, how we organise lessons and how we deliver them in the classroom.

• Broaden your studies with an option module including the chance to study a foreign language or to undertake a work placement

• Access a range of careers - in education as well as in areas such as translation, publishing, marketing, digital and social media.