入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：A First or Upper Second class UK honours degree, or equivalent is required.
英语要求：a minimum IELTS score of 7.0 overall
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £10,700.00
课程特征 Course Features：
The MA in Language and Communication Research is a full time modular programme with modules taught over two semesters (leading to the PG Diploma, or for the MA, comprising Stage 1), followed by a supervised dissertation of between 14,000 and 20,000 words (for the MA, Stage 2) between May and September. Assessment of the taught component is by coursework only.
Special Features:
The Centre for Language and Communication Research has a well established reputation in a broad range of teaching and research areas, including sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, multimodality, health communication, forensic linguistics, systemic functional grammar, phonology, and language education.
Advanced Course Recognition from the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) as a postgraduate research training scheme.
课程内容 Course Content ：
1. Core Obligatory Modules
The Foundation module in Language and Communication Research provides students with a basic introduction to appropriate research methods and analysis, the philosophy, ethics and principles of language and communication research, and some essential study skills needed for conducting, writing up, and publishing research. Two further modules - Quantitative Research Methods and Qualitative Research Methods – provide a sound knowledge of the main types of research designs, methods, and analyses employed in the fields of language and communication. There is also a Research Experience module, in which students select, conduct, and write up one of a number of tasks offered from the research projects currently in progress in the Centre. For this module, students receive supervision.
2. Options
In addition to these four core obligatory modules, students select two seminar courses of particular relevance to their interests, or intended area of subsequent research activity. These seminar courses are largely student-driven, and their precise composition is partly determined by the research interests and priorities of the participants themselves. The pool of options currently on offer is:
Current Issues in Sociolinguistics
Language Description
Phonology
Discourse and Social Interaction
Multimodality
Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching
Forensic Linguistics
Language Testing and Assessment
Lexis