Research Degrees
MA by Research
In the MA by Research in Applied Linguistics/Linguistics, students have the opportunity to embark on empirical and theoretical research in a number of research areas such as: classroom studies, pragmatics, translation studies, semantics, psycholinguistics and interlanguage studies.
Students are given the possibility to conduct classroom studies in which they investigate and compare the effectiveness of a particular teaching method, evaluate a language test and at the same time examine the validity of a second language acquisition theory.
Examples of MA by Research Topics
- Language Classroom research studies which involve experimental methodology (Applied Linguistics)
- The impact of the input processing theory on the debate around the role of formal instruction (Second Language Acquisition)
- The implications of Universal Grammar for the specific problems of second language acquisition (Second Language Acquisition)
- Pragmatic Accounts of Linguistic Data
- Pragmatic Effects on Translation
- Semantic Accounts of Linguistic Expressions
For details of fees and how to apply, see our online prospectus.
MPhil/PhD
Enquiries with proposals may be addressed in the first instance to Dr Nandini Dasgupta (tel: 020 8331 9910; e-mail: n.dasgupta@gre.ac.uk).