Course details
This course will provide you with the tools to describe language from various analytical perspectives and with insight and training in various branches of applied linguistics. A further component of the course relates to the development of research skills in terms of methodological training for conducting research in this field. There will be a number of invited guest speakers who are international specialists in their field, and who reflect student interests in a particular year. A thesis component allows specialisation on a research topic of specific interest to you.
While previous study of linguistics is not required, the course will specifically interest you if you are a language graduate or have an interest in a language-related career, such as language teaching, journalism, communications, media, speech and language therapy.
Course Details
This one-year MA course will appeal to a wide range of people, including present and future language teachers, and those interested in language studies, linguistics and communications. The course begins in late September, with course teaching ending in March. You submit your thesis in early October. The course involves attendance at lectures and seminars, the writing of course papers and completion of other assessed tasks.
Modules:
- AL6010 Research Dissertation
- AL6011 Aspects of Applied Linguistics
- AL6012 Aspects of Linguistic Theory
- AL6013 Areas of Specialisation in Applied Linguistics
The range of module topics on offer is subject to staff availability, and may include: literacy, language education, holistic concepts of language teaching, historical linguistics and dynamics of second language acquisition, among others.
The modules are complemented by a number of seminars on research methods in applied linguistics, as well as guest lectures by international specialists in the field.
Course Practicalities
The course generally includes three two-hour weekly lectures and seminars led by different members of the lecturing team. Inpidual supervision is provided for the purposes of the minor thesis component through regular meetings between you and your supervisor. The course teaching is complemented by recommended reading lists provided by inpidual lecturers.
Assessment
The course is assessed by assignments in various forms such as practical exercises, oral presentations and essays. A minor thesis is also a requirement.
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About University College Cork
UCC was established in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges - at Cork, Galway and Belfast. These new colleges theyre established in the reign of Queen Victoria, and named after her.
Queen's College, Cork (QCC) was established to provide access to higher education in the Irish province of Munster. Cork was chosen for the new college due to its place at the centre of transatlantic trade at the time and the presence of existing educational initiatives such as the Royal Cork Institution and a number of private medical schools.
The site chosen for the new college was dramatic and picturesque, on the edge of a limestone bluff overlooking the River Lee. It is associated with the educational activities of a local early Christian saint, Finbarr. It is believed that his monastery and school stood nearby, and his legend inspired UCC’s motto: ‘Where Finbarr Taught, let Munster Learn.’
On 7 November 1849, QCC opened its doors to a small group of students (only 115 students in that first session, 1849-1850) after a glittering inaugural ceremony in the Aula Maxima (Great Hall), which is still the symbolic and ceremonial heart of the University.
The limestone buildings of the Main Quadrangle (as it is now known) are built in a style inspired by the great universities of the Middle Ages, and theyre designed by the gifted architectural partnership of Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward. The iconic image of UCC, it is set in landscaped gardens and surrounds the green lawn known to all as the Quad.
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