We use cookies on reading.ac.uk to improve your experience, monitor site performance and tailor content to you
Read our cookie policy to find out how to manage your cookie settings
Our degrees are designed to offer you flexibility during your studies. You can focus solely on English Language and Linguistics or combine English Language with other subjects.
Our new BA Digital Media and Communication degree will allow you to explore how digital media and communication influence contemporary society. You will gain hands-on experience creating a range of content, underpinned by key theories, research methods, and ways of thinking.
Understand how the study of language is crucial to our understanding of ourselves as members of society, as individuals and as a species.
You also have the option to change to a four-year course and undertake a placement year or Study Abroad.
This four-year course examines how language is crucial to our understanding of ourselves as members of society, as individuals, and as a species. An integrated placement year provides a fantastic opportunity to put your skills into practice in preparation for your future career.
Understand the core mechanics and usage of English and a second language, while learning to write and speak fluently in either French, German, Italian or Spanish. You will have the opportunity to learn from linguistics experts in both departments and you鈥檒l acquire transferable skills with an international focus.
Explore how digital media and communication influence contemporary society. Become a digital media and communication expert – a subject central to any industry and one with the power to shape all aspects of social and public life.
There is a variety of funding support available to our undergraduate students. You may be eligible for government loans, grants or bursaries.
Students from the UK can receive government loans to help towards tuition fees and living costs. UK students may also be eligible for other grants and bursaries depending on their circumstances.
"The enthusiasm and care of the staff has been a great influence on my enjoyment of the course and I am grateful for the encouragement and excitement with which they present new ideas and information to us, the students."
Laura Eyre, BA Applied English Language Studies
Find out more from our undergraduate students about what it's like to study in the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics at the 狼友社区.
