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Linguistics and English Language
Profile
MA in Applied Linguistics for ESOL (Shanghai) Postgraduate Enquiries
MRes in Applied Linguistics by Thesis and Postgraduate Secretaries
Research Degrees
Coursework Marjorie Wood
MPhil/PhD
tel: +44 (0)1524 593028
MPhil/PhD in Applied Linguistics by
Distance Learning e-mail:
m.f.wood@lancaster.ac.uk
Thesis and Coursework
MA in Language Testing
MA in English Language Elaine Heron
Taught Courses
MA in TESOL tel: +44 (0)1524 593050
MA in Teaching English as a Foreign
e-mail:
e.heron@lancaster.ac.uk
Language (TEFL)
Number of Postgraduate Students
MA in TESOL (Lancaster)
283 Website
MA in TESOL (Hong Kong)
www.ling.lancs.ac.uk
MA in Language Studies
Head of Department
MA in English Language and
Professor Greg Myers Location
Contemporary Literary Studies
Bowland College
The Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster
University is one of the largest Linguistics centre in Britain and
incorporates: the University Centre for Computer Corpus Research
on Language; the Centre for Research in Language Education; the
Literacy Research Centre and a number of smaller research groups.
85% of our research is internationally recognised and 20%
is world leading – RAE 2008
Postgraduate students are welcome to take part in the activities of
these research centres and also our smaller and very active staff-
student research groups.
The Department also runs a 4-week and an 8-week course in
EAP/Study Skills in the summer for intending postgraduates whose
first language is not English. Please see page 23 for further details.
Dr Dianne Wall
TAUGHT COURSES
The highly-regarded MA in Language Studies degree is unique in
Senior Lecturer
providing you with the opportunity to construct your own
programme of studies from a wide range of courses. We have also
Dr Wall’s main interests are language testing and English for
introduced an MA in English Language (by distance learning)
Academic Purposes. She has served as adviser to examination
catering for a wide range of language professionals, especially A-
development projects in many countries.
level teachers of English Language. We also offer a combined MA
in English Language and Contemporary Literary Studies (in
“Researching to find better ways to construct examinations is
collaboration with the English Department).
particularly important in modern society. Exams have
significant, often life-changing, consequences, so it’s crucial to
make sure that they are sound in theory and practice.”
Our MA in TESOL (Lancaster) is designed for teachers with three
or more years of experience – and is also available by distance
“Our Department offers excellent opportunities for
learning. It is complemented by our MA in Teaching English as a
postgraduate study and research, including four campus-based
Foreign Language, designed to cater to those with less than
MA programmes, three on-line MAs and PhD work by research
three years’ EFL teaching experience (including those with none).
or by a combination of research and coursework. We offer a
thriving intellectual environment, with research falling into five
In appropriate cases it is possible to opt for a ‘Research MA’ with
main areas: Linguistic theory and language description;
more weight on the dissertation than on courses, or to change
Language and literacy in their social contexts; Discourse from the MA to a research degree registration.
studies; Second language learning, teaching and assessment;
and Methods of language research.”
“We are a friendly and accessible department, with an
excellent reputation in both the theoretical and applied sides of
our discipline.”
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