Language(s) Learning, Teaching and Assessment

Award Award	Duration Duration	Start dates Start dates	Application Application
PhD or Professional doctorate PhD or Professional doctorate	PhD: Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years Professional doctorate: Part-time: 4–8 years PhD: Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years Professional doctorate: Part-time: 4–8 years	October October	November to January November to January

Language learning is a key topic in the School of LAL, with a focus on access, social justice, policy-related and political dimensions, and pedagogies. A range of methodologies are applied to researching language teaching, learning and assessment. For example, researchers use large multimodal corpora, sociocultural approaches, ethnographic methods, eyetracking studies and systemic functional analysis. The application of contemporary technologies and platforms to the learning of languages is a particular area of interest.

Key topics include: the role of emotions in language learning, decolonising the language curriculum, language testing, learning-oriented assessment, feedback literacies, the use of social media, online presence, critical digital pedagogies including virtual exchange, linguistic theory in language teaching, use of corpora, use of machine translation, multilingual education, pedagogic translanguaging, and the professional development of teachers, particularly in low resource contexts/the Global South. There is also a vibrant strand of work in the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP), including the development of academic writing and the teaching and support of EAP in online distance learning contexts (see also Language and Literacies in Education).

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) and an MA or research methods training at MA level (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.

UK fee UK fee	International fee International fee
Full-time: £5,006 per year Full-time: £5,006 per year	Full-time: £12,705 per year Full-time: £12,705 per year
Part-time: £2,503 per year Part-time: £2,503 per year	Part-time: £6,353 per year Part-time: £6,353 per year

UK fee UK fee	International fee International fee
Full-time: £3,811 per year Full-time: £3,811 per year	Full-time: £9,676 per year Full-time: £9,676 per year

Some of our research students are funded via the Faculty or The Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership; others are self-funded.

For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.

To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see Current studentships.

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