Applied Linguistics - LINGBS8225
Stream Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of Humanities and Languages
Contact: hal@unsw.edu.au
Program: 8225 - Arts
Award(s):
Master of Arts (Specialisation)
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.
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)
- LING5029 Psycholinguistic Inquiry (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.
- JAPN0506 Special Program (6 UOC)
- JAPN5000 Special Project (6 UOC)
- JAPN5011 Japanese Teaching Practicum (6 UOC)
- KORE5006 Workshop in Teaching Korean (6 UOC)
- KORE5007 Insights into the Korean Lang (6 UOC)
- KORE5008 Korean Teaching Practicum (6 UOC)
Admission Requirements
A recognised Bachelor degree (or equivalent qualification) in English, linguistics, languages or a related area.