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Applied Linguistics - LINGBS8225

Stream Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Arts&Social Science

School: School of International Studies

Contact: intlstudies@unsw.edu.au

Program: 8225 - Arts

Award(s):

Master of Arts (Specialisation)

Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions

Stream Outline

The MA program in Applied Linguistics (program 8225, stream code LINGBS8225) aims to provide those who work or plan to work in a language-related area (teachers of English as a second or foreign language or of a language other than English, translators and interpreters, curriculum designers, and other language professionals) with a vocationally relevant degree which will enable them to refresh and upgrade their knowledge and skills.

Applicants require a relevant undergraduate degree (normally with specialisation in Linguistics, English, or another language), with preference given to applicants with relevant work experience.

Stream Structure

Students are required to complete one core course plus 7 electives as listed below:

Core Course

LING5026 Linguistic Analysis (6 UOC)

Elective Courses

LING5000 Special Project (6 UOC)
LING5001 Second Language Acquisition (6 UOC)
LING5003 Testing and Evaluation (6 UOC)
LING5005 The Structure of English (6 UOC)
LING5006 Bilingualism (6 UOC)
LING5015 Discourse Analysis (6 UOC)
LING5022 Cross-cultural Pragmatics (6 UOC)
LING5024 Teaching Spoken English (6 UOC)
LING5027 Research Methods (6 UOC)
LING5029 Psycholinguistic Inquiry (6 UOC)
LING5050 Special Project in TESOL (6 UOC)

MA in Applied Linguistics/Japanese or MA in Applied Linguistics/Korean

Students can specialise in Japanese or Korean within the Applied Linguistics program. In order to fulfil the requirements for an MA in Applied Linguistics with specialisation in Japanese or Korean, students must complete four LING courses plus four Japanese Studies or four Korean Studies courses from the list below. One Japanese or Korean Studies course can be replaced by the course LING5000 - Special Project in Applied Linguistics, provided that Japanese or Korean data is used for the project.