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Language Policy The Open University

Department name
Faculty of Education and Language Studies
Qualification, duration, mode
PhD 36FT 72PT variableDL*MPhil 15FT 24PT variableDL
Months of entry
October
Entry requirements
PhD: The normal minimum entrance requirement is an upper second class honours degree or master's degree, relevant to the proposed area of study, from a recognised higher education institution in the UK. You should also have experience of academic research in the previous four years, normally in the form of either a master's degree in research methods, an undergraduate degree with a research element in the final year, or work-related experience with evidence through research reports. If you're not sure if you meet the entry requirements, please contact us (research-degrees-team@open.ac.uk). MPhil: see http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/ for more information.
Course description
A key topic in the Language and Literacies Research Cluster within the Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET) is language policy. Every country in the European Union is committed to multilingualism, but English has become the lingua franca of academic and commercial life across the entire world. What are the implications of Englishisation for students across Europe or Asia who find themselves obliged to learn, to teach and to publish in English. What are the implications for primary, secondary and higher education in the United Kingdom if society believes that 'English is enough' (it isn't), that everybody in the UK speaks the same English (they don't) and that the rest of the world is learning English (they aren't). The Open University is involved in policy considerations in the UK, across Europe, and more widely. A very large OU project using mobile technologies to develop English proficiency in Bangladesh is just one area in which language policy research topics can be explored. Potential research projects - Language and language education policy. - World Englishes. - The impact of Englishisation on academic development. - Attitudes shaping foreign language policy in the UK. Current / recent research projects - Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in Italian Higher Education. - Second Language Acquisition in Primary School. - An Analysis of Designing a Speaking Test for the Secondary School Certificate Examination in Bangladesh.
Funding
Please see The Open University website http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/ for more information.
New students enrolled annually
unknown
Total enrolled students
unknown
Contact name
Mrs Anne Foward
Contact email
creet-student-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Contact phone
+44 (0)1908 655364
Contact web
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/

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