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About Applied Linguistics in Canterbury Christ Church University

An MPhil and PhD in Applied Linguistics are offered in the School of Language Studies and Applied Linguistics. These degrees are co-ordinated by Professor Adrian Holliday, who is also Head of The Graduate College, which provides cross-institutional support and facilities for research students within an interdisciplinary community.

Why Applied Linguistics?

We have:

• a major emphasis on critical qualitative research into social and cultural issues in language education and intercultural communication, and also interest in grammar, discourse and pragmatics
• a small friendly community of about ten full-time and twelve part-time students
• a strong pastoral ethos, where full-time students can see their supervisors regularly and part-time students can have regular email contact.

Recent student research projects

• Cultural identity and cultural values in the UK-published ELT coursebook.
• Cultural transfer in translation: a psycholinguistically-orientated, empirical investigation into the translation of culture-bound lexis
• Discursive Struggle: linguistic imperialism and resistance on Chinese university campuses
• Filial piety: a barrier or a resource? A qualitative case study of English classroom culture in a Hong Kong secondary school
• Gender awareness, confidence and achievement in English language learning in China
• 'Loud and clear': students' voices of disaffection on university practices in Mexico
• Perceptions and attitudes held by Chinese language teachers towards western influence on English language teaching in China
• Perspectives on change among English language teaching professionals.
• Producing and reproducing a professional culture of English language teacher training
• Revolution or evolution in educational change in the English language teaching and learning context of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Academic qualification equivalents:

• Bachelor of Arts/Science/Commerce degree/ Professional Degree with Distinction/High First Class Degree/Exceptional grades Master's degree

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS       :         6.5 or equivalent, with no less than 6.0 in Writing and no less than 5.5 in Reading, Speaking and Listening.
• TOEFL      :         minimum score of 90, minimum score of 19 in reading, writing and listening.
• PTE          :         overall score of 58 and no PTE communicative skills score below 50

Canterbury Christ Church University Highlights

Canterbury Christ Church University Tuition fee

Canterbury Christ Church University Living Cost

• The weekly living cost for an international student staying at a residential hall/flat/homestay is 384.50 NZD, 305.75 NZD, and 360 NZD, respectively.
• Application deadline for accommodation: December 1 (February intake); May 1 (June intake).

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