A very warm welcome to all students enrolling on the MA Applied Linguistics course, starting in September. Whether you are studying as a full-time or part-time student, 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!

Diana Freeman
Course Director

Key dates

Course start date: 16 September 2024

Academic Calendar: Trimesters

View key dates for this Academic Calendar for 2024-25 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 student life at CCCU, helping you to feel confident and prepared for your studies right from the very start.

It is important to check your Welcome Schedule for all the activities you are required to attend during the week.

If any of your welcome activities are in groups, your course team will contact you before your arrival to let you know which group you will be in.

Your teaching timetable 

UniTimetables provides an overview of all teaching activities on a course. Your individual timetable will be available via MyTimetable and is personalised to show you what modules and groups you are expected to attend.

Your individual student timetable can only be produced once you have engaged with online registration and created your computing account. It is essential you complete these tasks when invited, so that your course team can assign you to your teaching activities and publish your individual timetable.

Find out more about all aspects of timetabling for new students including user guides.

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 16 September 2024 - 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: http://www.discourses.org/

Discourse Studies: https://discourseanalysis.net/

International Pragmatics Association: https://pragmatics.international/

It is useful to note that the 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.

Contact details

FAHE.CourseAdmin@canterbury.ac.uk