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Languages and Applied Linguistics

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University Name
The Open University
Department
Centre for Language and Communications
Course Title
Languages and Applied Linguistics
Qualification, duration, mode
PhD 36FT 72PT variableDL*MPhil 15FT 24PT variableDL
Pathways
- Academic and professional communication and literacies - Discourse and social issues - Doctorate in Education (EdD) - Educational dialogue - Language learning and teaching - Language policy - MRes (Education) - Multimodal meaning making
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.
Funding
Please see The Open University website http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/ for more information.
Course description
The Language and Literacies Research Cluster is located in the Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology. Researchers in this area recognise the centrality of language to formal and informal learning, and to social life more broadly. Underpinning our work is the development of innovative research methods, including: the use of fine-grained linguistic and conversation analysis; the combining of functional and corpus linguistics; the use of multimodal analysis to capture language in interaction with sounds, images, bodily movement and gesture; the development of multimodal and linguistic ethnography; the use of discourse analysis to examine the ways in which shared understanding is developed in social context over time; and new approaches to research into second language learning and teaching, including the analysis of communication in online settings. Our work covers a range of exciting research areas with particular foci as follows:

- Academic and professional literacies, including digital literacy development of teachers.
- English in a global context: the role, status and use of English around the world in the era of globalisation including the use of English as a language for international development, and English and the language of social media.
- Language and creativity.
- Metaphor in discourse.
- Literary reading and interpretation.
- Children's informal language and literacy practices; children's literature.
- Language, literacy and learning in a digital world.
- Multimodal meaning making, including in early years and inclusive education, as well as foreign and second languages.
- Foreign and second language learning and teaching in a range of contexts, including independent learning, the application of new technologies, culture and language learning; learner autonomy, motivation and strategies.
- The teaching, thinking and learning that occur in educational dialogue, including face-to-face and technology mediated learning, and processes of learning and teaching in the creative arts; automated feedback systems.
Key facts
- You will have the opportunity to work with leading researchers in their fields.
- We have around 20 PhD students and 40 EdD students studying with us, forming a strong research student community.
- Students participate in a wide range of academic and social events.
The MRes provides an excellent foundation for PhD studies.

Facilities
Specialist software for language data analysis, including access to several large corpora, is available.
Contact name
Mrs Anne Foward
Telephone
+44 (0)1908 655364
Email
creet-student-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Web
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/
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