Critical Discourse, Culture and Communication MA  Critical Discourse, Culture and Communication MA University of Birmingham ../webroot/files/Institutions/cover_photo/1533724443University of Birmingham.jpg

The course is intended for students who wish to upgrade their professional and academic standing in critical discourse, cross-cultural communication and the media. It is particularly suitable for studentsresearchers who want to move into higher education, journalism, and research into the role of communication in media and society. You will study these modules: Critical Discourse Culture and Communication Social and Multimodal Aspects of Communication Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Intercultural Communication You will also study one optional module: Bilingual Dictionaries and Terminology Business English Computer Assisted Language Learning Corpus Linguistics Discourse for Teachers English as a Global Language English for SpecificAcademic Purposes Forensic Linguistics Genre Analysis Language and Literature Management of Innovation Media Literacy Teacher Training Please note that availability of optional modules vary from year to year. In addition to these modules you will complete a 12,000 word dissertation. You will also take a short non-assessed course Introduction to the Bank of English , which introduces them to the 400 million word Bank of English Corpus, an invaluable collection of authentic language data for critical analysis against which theory, intuition and pedagogic materials can be measured.

International students Academic requirements We accept a range of qualifications, our country pages show you what qualifications we accept from your country. English language requirements You can satisfy our English language requirements in two ways: drama) sItemalue+oSn++???A????#? ?+???????????????????????????????????+S