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General Programme Information

This programme introduces key concepts and issues in the acquisition, use and teaching and learning of English.

Graduates from this programme can work, for example,

  • in the media, advertising and publishing industry (e.g. script-writers, journalists, writers, editors, copywriters, proof-readers);
  • in corporate communication;
  • in the education industry (e.g. corporate trainers, language teachers, teacher educators, programme/curriculum developers, education managers/administrators at government and private schools and institutions, researchers and lecturers in higher education);
  • as English language consultants.

This Master’s programme consists of coursework and a research project. The programme is offered in English. Further information on the programme is as below (according to Admissions sessions)

Admission 2016/2017 session only

Candidates need to complete

  • four core courses (Research Methodology, Social Dimensions of English, Structure of English & Varieties of English),
  • one programme elective course (English Language Acquisition and Development or Language in English Literature), and
  • three faculty elective courses (e.g. Semiotics & Multimodality, Language for Specific Purposes, Translation Studies, Pragmatics, Language & Cognition, Critical Discourse Analysis, Systemic Functional Linguistics or Sociolinguistics).

Students will also have to submit and pass a research project of not longer than 15,000 words to be awarded the Master’s in English Language Studies Degree.See here for the synopsis of course contents and guidelines for the research project.

Admission 2017/2018 session onwards

Candidates need to complete

  • six core courses (Research Methodology, Social Dimensions of English, Structure of English, Varieties of English, English Language Acquisition and Development or Language in English Literature), and
  • four faculty elective courses (e.g. Semiotics & Multimodality, Language for Specific Purposes, Translation Studies, Pragmatics, Language & Cognition, Critical Discourse Analysis, Systemic Functional Linguistics or Sociolinguistics).

Students will also have to submit and pass a research project of not longer than 15,000 words to be awarded the Master’s in English Language Studies Degree. See here for the synopsis of course contents and guidelines for the research project.

Twice per academic year
September for Semester I
February for Semester II

Last Update: 11/08/2022