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BA English Language and Linguistics with Foundation
About this course
English language and linguistics is the systematic study of how language works: how it is structured, acquired, used in social contexts, and how it varies across individuals, communities and historical periods. It is a discipline that uses scientific methods to investigate something so familiar that most people never stop to examine it, revealing unexpected complexity and pattern in everyday communication. Understanding language at this level develops analytical rigour, close attention to evidence and the capacity to think carefully about how meaning is made. At the University of Westminster, this four-year full-time programme includes a foundation year, giving you a supported entry route before you progress into the main degree. It also includes a sandwich year in professional placement, a year abroad and a work placement, making it one of the most comprehensively structured linguistics programmes available. You will study the core areas of linguistics, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics and sociolinguistics, as well as engaging with the application of linguistic methods to real-world questions about language in education, communication, law and technology. The year abroad gives you an international perspective on language and linguistics, and the placement experience grounds your academic work in professional practice. Graduates from English language and linguistics programmes pursue careers in education, speech and language therapy, publishing, journalism, copywriting, language teaching, lexicography, language technology, the civil service and communications. The research and analytical skills developed through linguistics are also valued in data analysis, user experience research and policy. Many graduates go on to postgraduate study in linguistics, applied linguistics, TESOL, speech and language therapy or computational linguistics, and the discipline provides excellent preparation for academic research as well as applied professional roles.
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