MA Field Linguistics

This first stage consists of two modules:

The Language and Culture Acquistion module which consists of the ETP course

• Language & Culture Acquisition

and the Language Study Skills module which consists of either Language Study Skills track or the Dictionary Making track of ETP's

• Assignment Related Training course.

If you successfully pass this stage and wish to exit the programme, you may be awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Field Linguistics from Middlesex University. 

Field Internship

Typically, after completing the Certificate stage of the programme, you will spend up to two years in an internship, normally with SIL or one of its partner organisations, taking part in a language analysis or dictionary making project, or in some cases, language learning and data collection.

This internship is not formally part of the MA programme, but it permits students to put their initial training into practice immediately and begin a field assignment at an early stage. It also provides the exposure to language and literacy projects (including access to language data) that will normally be essential at the Diploma & Dissertation stages.

In exceptional circumstances, it may be appropriate for a student to proceed directly to the Diploma stage immediately after the Certificate stage and take an internship in a field assignment after that.

Postgraduate Diploma Stage

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The Postgraduate Diploma stage, taken at ETP, also consists of two modules:
The Translation module which consists of three ETP courses:

• Meaning and Communication
• The Translation Course
• Language Project Planning and Implementation

and the Discourse module which consists of two ETP courses:

• Anthropology and Sociolinguistics Tutorials
• Discourse for Translation

If you are successful at this stage, and you wish to exit the programme, you may be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Field Linguistics from Middlesex Unversity.

Session details

There is a daily supplement of £5 if you require single use of a shared bedroom.

Postgraduate Certificate Notes:

The Postgraduate Certificate stage of the MA programme finishes with the end of the Language Study Skills module on 14 December 2012.

There will be a one week break between 22 September and 30 September 2012 (inclusive). Please note that Wycliffe organisations may require you to attend a three day orientation course during this break.

Early in November, there is a long weekend. This means there will be no teaching on Monday 12 November.

Costs for this stage (including all meals & room and University fees): £ 6,146 (GBP)

Costs for this stage (excluding all meals & room): £ 3,290 (GBP)

Subsidised costs for this stage (including all meals & room and University fees): £ 4,638 (GBP) or reduced to £ 3,978 (GBP) if you take the lunch only option

Subsidised costs for this stage (excluding all meals & room): £ 1,878 (GBP)

Postgraduate Diploma Notes:

The Postgraduate Diploma stage of the MA programme begins on 28 January 2013 with the Translation module.

The programme breaks for public holidays at Easter. This means there will be no teaching from 29 March to 7 April inclusive.

Costs for this stage (including all meals & room and University fees): £ 6,803 (GBP)

Costs for this stage (excluding all meals & room): £ 3,700 (GBP)

Subsidised costs for this stage (including all meals & room and University fees):£ 5,091 (GBP) or reduced to £ 4,333 (GBP) if you take the lunch only option

Subsidised costs for this stage (excluding all meals & room): £ 2,000 (GBP)

Dissertation Notes:

The fee for the dissertation stage of the MA below is exclusive of any meals & room, and applies if you start the dissertation in the 2012-13 academic year.

Should you require accommodation at ETP for any or all of the time you use to complete your dissertation, this can be made available on request by contacting the Registrar.

Subsidised costs for this stage (excluding meals & room): £ 800.00 (GBP)

Note: All the above fees assume and include a registration fee with Middlesex University of around £400 for each stage. As of January 2012 we are waiting clarification about this and advise that this may change. The fee is spread out over all three stages. So if you join the programme late or opt to exit early, you will be asked to pay the remaining part of the full fee, which is currently about £1,200.