A very warm welcome to all students enrolling on the MA Applied Linguistics course, starting in September. You will be part of a community of students from different parts of the world, all committed to developing and sharing their theoretical understanding as well as their practical skills, as part of their professional development as language professionals. Moreover, you will join the wider community of the Graduate College, where you will have plenty of opportunities to meet and socialise with other postgraduate students in a welcoming and supportive environment. We look forward to meeting you soon!

The Course Team

Key dates

Academic Calendar: Trimesters [15 Week]

View key dates for this Academic Calendar for 2025-26 including when teaching starts and finishes and when you break for holidays. 

Welcome and Induction

Your Welcome Week is an essential introduction to your course and the wider University, helping you to feel confident and prepared for your studies right from the very start.

It is important to check your Course Welcome Week for all the activities you are required to attend as part of your course induction. If any of your welcome activities are in groups, your course team will contact you before you arrive to let you know which group you will be in.

In addition, check the Student Events Hub for a range of fun activities. including the Students’ Union Welcome Fair, to help you make friends and live your best CCCU student life.

Your teaching timetable 

UniTimetables provides an overview of all teaching activities for a course. If your course is taught in groups, it will display information for all groups, not just the group you will be assigned to.

Your individual student timetable will show you what modules and groups you are expected to attend via MyTimetable. This will be available for when your teaching starts.

Learn more about timetabling for new students including user guides and videos.

Welcome

The course aims to broaden your horizons and stimulate your intellectual curiosity through engaging learning content and discussions. I look forward to meeting you in September.

Our team is dedicated to the development of knowledge and high-quality teaching of Applied Linguistics and lifelong learning. You will be taught by a range of specialist lecturers who have experience across different disciplines which will enable you to develop your understanding of different perspectives of contemporary issues in Applied Linguistics.

Our Professional Practice module will provide you with an opportunity to undertake a case-study research project in a professional context. This could (but does not have to) include a workplace experience to demonstrate how applied linguistics theory, knowledge and research can be applied to understanding institutional and work-related settings (e.g. business, social services, health, and law & policing) and thus enhance your CV.

Getting started

Some of you will be returning to study after a break and we appreciate that as well as being exciting, it may be somewhat daunting. Therefore, we have designed an informative Welcome Week which will provide you with key information that you need to know about your studies, the University, including an introduction and tour of the library facilities, and further support available. It is also when you will get to know your fellow students and the staff. Welcome Week schedules will be sent to you in due course, and you are required to access this so please add this week to your diary.

Your welcome and induction will be w/c 15 September 2025 - we look forward to meeting you then.

Pre-course reading

The months leading up to starting on your course are ideal in helping you get set for your studies by doing some background reading. Please find below some recommended readings, all available from the CCCU Library:

  • Conrad, S., Hartig, A. and Santelmann, L. (2020) The Cambridge Introduction to Applied Linguistics. Cambridge University Press.
  • Flowerdew, J. and Richardson, J. (eds.) (2018) The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies. Routledge. (Also available as an e-book from the CCCU Library website)
  • Friedrich, P. (2019) Applied Linguistics in the Real World. Routledge. (Also available as an e-book from the CCCU Library website)
  • Simpson, J. (2011) The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics. Routledge. (Also available as an e-book from the CCCU Library website)

Each module comes with its own reading list. The above should give you a good foundation for your first trimester.

Useful websites for students of Applied Linguistics are:

Discourse Cognition Society: University Bookshop offers 10% discount on most titles in print and have some price-beating book bundles. They also price match Amazon on core texts recommended in the module handbooks you will receive when you start in September.

International student success programme

International students: don't miss out! Make sure you register for our international student success programme which provides practical advice on preparing to live and study in the UK.

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