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Overview
Become an advanced user of one of the most widely-spoken languages in the world on our full-time English Language degree in Cambridge. Study the sounds, structures and uses of English as a global language to become an expert communicator, and impress employers worldwide.
- Shape the course to suit your future career with over 30 optional modules
- Learn about globalisation and the spread of the English language as well as its history
- Study the sounds and structures of different varieties of English
- Work with students from as far afield as China, Brazil and Russia
Our BA (Hons) English Language degree will develop your ability to read, write and speak English to an advanced level – skills you can apply to many careers all over the world. It will also give you a detailed knowledge of the sounds and structure of English as well as an in-depth awareness of issues relating to intercultural communication.
English is a bridge language for many global cultures and essential for communicating in industry, business and politics. Discover how its use has spread and evolved in the medieval and modern world, as well as how we construct meaning from it. You’ll also learn about the connections between language and global issues such as migration, popular culture and ecology.
Our many optional modules will give you the chance to build a course that suits your own preferred career. You could focus on the technical aspects of English with topics such as phonetics and language acquisition, explore its cultural use in areas such as sport, writing and cinema, or prepare for a role as an English teacher with our various TESOL and TEFL modules.
You’ll also have the chance to broaden your career options even further by learning a foreign language from beginner or elementary level.
Careers
We work with employers to make sure you graduate with the knowledge, skills and abilities they need: they help us review what we teach and how we teach it.
With a degree in English language, you’ll be ready for many careers in industry, business and politics all over the world. Our past students now enjoy successful roles in teaching, financial services, publishing, travel and tourism and import-export, among other things.
You might also decide to take a postgraduate course, such as our MA Applied Linguistics and TESOL or MA Intercultural Communication.
Modules & Assessment
Year one, core modules
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Semantics and Pragmatics
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Language and Data
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Intercultural Awareness
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Introduction to the Sounds of English
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Language and Society
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The Sociology of Globalisation
Year one, optional modules
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Academic English: Spoken Discourse
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Academic English: Written Text
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Revealing English Structure: The Sentence
Optional modules available in years one and two
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Revealing English Structure: The Phrase
Year two, core modules
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Language and Image
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Structure of English Past and Present
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Research Methods for English Language, Linguistics and TESOL
Year two, optional modules
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English Phonetics and Phonology
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TESOL – The Language System
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Myth and Medievalism
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Applied Ethics
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Body Politics
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The British Empire
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Sociology of Education
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Stylistics
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Language and Gender
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TESOL – Language Skills
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Postcolonialism
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The History of the Book
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Britain in the 20th Century
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News and Feature Writing
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Regional Varieties of British English
Optional modules available in years two and three
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Anglia Language Programme
Year three, core modules
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Major Project
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Intercultural Competence and Graduate Mobility
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Writing for Work
Year three, optional modules
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Philosophies of Language and the Body
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Global English
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Empirical Linguistics
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Language Acquisition: Topics and Issues
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Narrative in Global Cinema
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Leisure and Popular Culture in Britain, 1800 to the Present
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Race, Racism and Cultural Identity
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Social Media and the Business of Writing
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Working in English and Media
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Contemporary Fiction
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Special Topic in Linguistics
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Methods and Developments in TEFL
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Modern Science Fiction
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Sport, Globalisation and International politics
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Writing Creative Non-Fiction
Assessment
For a full breakdown of module options and credits, please view the appropriate module structure below:
You’ll show what you have learned through various methods, including exams, in-class assessments, essays, portfolios and assessed presentations. Some modules also involve practical assessments, such as data analysis, which will give you a chance to apply the theory you have learned to ‘real-life’ situations. There will also be non-assessed opportunities to show what you have learned, such as discussions, presentations, language lab work and class exercises.
Where you’ll study
Your department and faculty
At the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, we believe in thinking critically about the past, present and future to challenge perceptions and better understand communities and people.
With expertise from gender issues to literary analysis to exploring how the past has shaped our modern world, all our staff members are active researchers. This is reflected in our teaching, allowing us to support our students with the latest theories and practices, as well as essential employability advice.
