English Language

Course summary

The course will provide a fascinating in-depth understanding of how we use language and how this usage differs across age, gender, social groups, contexts and forms. You will develop your knowledge of how texts are constructed, investigate the areas of language study that interest you and create your texts. You will need to find your data: for example, interviewing people, recording and transcribing conversations, reading various magazines, newspapers and work by different authors, and looking at websites, adverts, text messages and tweets. You will consider the audience, purpose and form of these texts, explore the differences between speech and writing and discuss and present your ideas on how the writer has crafted a text.