BA (Hons) English Language Bachelor's degree at the University of Salford

You will be introduced to the skills required for life in contemporary society. The module covers skills such as the following: argumentation, critical thinking, and clarity in written expression. Critical skills are practiced through the filter of "big ideas," ranging from artificial intelligence to ecocriticism.

This module will introduce you to the systematic study of language, with a focus on how English is organised in terms of its sounds, structures, meaning, and mental representations. We also explore how language study can be applied in the real-world.

You will be introduced to stylistics, which is a sub-discipline of linguistics. You will investigate style in language and how the formal linguistic aspects of texts contribute to how we interpret them. We examine how texts are memorable to us or cause us to react in particular ways. Over the course of the module, we will analyse a range of text types from prose fiction and poetry to advertisements and song lyrics.

Language is a phenomenon that touches on every aspect of the human experience. In this module, you will examine how language interfaces with both wider society and the human brain. You will be introduced to the study of language variation in the form of accents and dialects and, importantly, how listeners react to this sort of linguistic variation. You will also explore the basics and language acquisition and how we produce and comprehend language.

You will be introduced to key periods in the history of the English language and characteristic features of the language in these periods. You will explore language change with reference to the different levels of language and regional variation and change in English dialects.

In this module, you will explore what constitutes a media text in the 21st century. You will learn how to deconstruct media texts using tools from linguistics in order to explore ideology and manipulation in texts. You will analyse a variety of media texts ranging from news reports and advertisements to political speeches and social media by using qualitative and quantitative methods from discourse analysis.

Why are the sounds or marks we call language meaningful? Why are they not just sounds or marks like the many other sounds and marks we encounter in our lives? This deceptively simple question has the capacity to change our perspective not only on language, but on our very conception of reality. And it is at the heart of the philosophy of language. In this module you will critically explore the dominant contemporary theories of meaning in language to develop an understanding of how language works

The British National Corpus is a vast collection of over 4,000 English texts, providing a unique record of contemporary spoken and written English. In this module you will gain hands-on experience in using this and other computer-based corpora of English to answer questions about language structure and use.

Children master the basics of their first language without formal instruction from a very early age. How do they do it? What exactly do they learn? What stages do they go through? You will examine the answers to questions like these by studying the cognitive mechanisms behind the acquisition process.

This module explores the relationship between the media and politics in liberal democracies. You will focus on the nature of political media and reporting, the media's influence on politics, and how political actors use the media. You will also study the rise of the internet and new media technologies and what this means for democracy.

You will look at the development of literature for children since 1744 and examine how child development determines the content within texts written for children. You will scrutinise the texts from many angles and you may even produce texts for children.

The Romantic Period was a time of revolution when radical writers began to argue for the natural rights of mankind. On this module, you will study the literature that emerged in a time of revolution while exploring how a range of writers experimented with new literary forms and styles, including the Gothic mode: a form of writing that captured contemporaneous anxieties in monstrous, terrifying, and horrific forms. By exploring ideas relating to nature, childhood, empire, and the self, you will s

On the work placement module, you will have the opportunity to fulfil a module of study by finding and completing an internship or work placement related to your degree. While on your placement, you will be assigned an academic tutor from the English discipline. The tutor will meet with you to discuss the progress of your placement, help you think about what you are learning, and establish goals.

As a core part of the third year, you will conduct an advanced research project on a topic related to English Language and Linguistics. On the module, you will be provided with in-depth training in a range of linguistic and scientific methods, which you will apply to a topic of your choice. You will be supervised by an expert in your chosen field from the English Language team. The language project expands and hones your research skills, strengthening your ability to engage with complex material

This module is for students who are interested in developing and transforming the knowledge which they have gained on their degree programme into practical teaching skills. You will explore fundamental theories of pedagogy and apply them to practice in the classroom, role playing teaching situations and learning how to devise a basic lesson plan in the fields of Literature, Creative Writing, Language, and Drama. This module will develop interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills, and it

What does it mean to be 'northern'? Where is the north and where does it begin and end? Using both archive and contemporary recordings of northern speech, this research-based module will enable you to carry out a project on an aspect of northern identity as expressed through language in the interactional and media domains.

This module introduces you to the rich, innovative, and subversive traditions of biography as well as ground-breaking contemporary practice. The module will explore the following issues: biography as autobiography; biography as fiction; biography as poetry; biography as visual text; biography as political critique; and biography as a way of understanding our world. Postmodern concerns about what we understand by "reality," "life," representation, subjectivity, and "truth" will underpin our explo

In this module, you will explore healthcare communication using a range of theories and methods in linguistics ranging from corpus linguistics to conversation analysis. You will analyse language data from a diverse range of healthcare settings, such as clinical consultations, online discussions, public health campaigns and press reports. In the module, you will learn about the role that language plays in influencing our experiences and beliefs about health and illness, as well as the importance

The technologies collectively called "Artificial Intelligence" (AI) occupy an increasing portion of our lives. In this module we use AI as a mirror to question the value of one of our most important institutions: The Academy. In particular, we explore what AI means for The Arts and Humanities. For example, can AI produce literature, music, art? Should it be used to inform ethical decisions?