The full-time MSc in Language and Intercultural Communication has a strong research focus and is taught by internationally recognised experts. The programme is ideal for pre-service and in-service language teachers who wish to develop and enhance their language and intercultural communication skills. The programme is also suitable for those working in intercultural language education policy, and graduates who wish to pursue postgraduate research at PhD level. Introduction to MSc Language and Intercultural CommunicationDr Ashley Simpson, co-head of our Institute for Language Education, gives a brief overview of the MSc Language and Intercultural Communication in the following video. StructureThe masters degree programme (a total of 180 credits) is divided into two semesters with a dissertation at the end of the year. Students take taught compulsory and option SCQF Level 11 courses totalling 120 credits. The dissertation carries 60 credits. Compulsory coursesIn Semester 1 (September - December), you will complete four compulsory courses: Language and Intercultural Communication Pedagogy (20 credits)Language Education for Intercultural Citizenship (20 credits)Critical Topics in Intercultural Communication Studies (20 credits)Sources of Knowledge: Understanding and analysing research literature (10 credits)In Semester 2 (January - April), you will complete one compulsory course and two option courses: Conceptualising Research: Foundations, Assumptions and Praxis (10 credits)Option course 1Option course 2Option coursesYou must select one option course from the list of SCQF Level 11 courses below. We offer these courses to all students on languages masters’ programmes at Moray House. Bilingual Education (20 credits)Corpus Linguistics and Language Teaching (20 credits)Critical Literacies and Critical Pedagogies in L1 and L2 Contexts (20 credits)Evaluation and Design of TESOL Materials (20 credits)Global Englishes for Language Teaching (20 credits)Intercultural Language Learner Identity (20 credits)Investigating Individual Learner Differences (20 credits)Language Awareness for Second Language Teachers (20 credits)Language Testing (20 credits)Online Language Learning (20 credits)Second Language Teacher Education (20 credits)Teaching Languages to Young Learners (20 credits)Teaching texts across borders - from picture books to teenage fiction and film (20 credits)Text, Discourse and Language Teaching (20 credits)The second option course can be either:One further course from the list above, orOne course from the wider Moray House or University masters’ courses (20 credits at SCQF Level 11). The Programme Director must approve this. Course descriptions (2024-25)DissertationOnce you successfully complete your taught courses, you will go on to produce an independently researched 12,000-word dissertation. Dissertation: MSc Language and Intercultural Communication (60 credits) HTML This course gave me an opportunity to think critically and engage with concepts that were valuable to other courses. [The course organiser's] detailed responses to final course assessment was very helpful; I will be able to employ the recommendations to improve performance in future assessments. Sources of Knowledge: Understanding and analysing research literature - nominated for Outstanding Course in the EUSA Teaching Awards 2021 This article was published on 2024-10-07
HTML This course gave me an opportunity to think critically and engage with concepts that were valuable to other courses. [The course organiser's] detailed responses to final course assessment was very helpful; I will be able to employ the recommendations to improve performance in future assessments. Sources of Knowledge: Understanding and analysing research literature - nominated for Outstanding Course in the EUSA Teaching Awards 2021
