Overview
About the programme
Questions we seek answers to include in this Language and Globalisation programme at The Open University UK:
- How are issues around language and communication affected by processes of globalisation?
- What role do language and communication play in processes of globalisation?
- What is the relationship between globalisation and practices such as multilingualism and translanguaging?
- What discourses – ways of talking and writing about these issues – circulate in the public and private spheres?
- What can we learn about globalisation by looking at contemporary linguistic and communicative practices, including those involving the internet and social media?
- What new theories are needed – if any – to account for the complexity of communication in the globalised world?
Programme Structure
Potential research projects:- The role of English in non-English-dominant contexts
- Language policy and practice in a globalised world
- Language learning and multilingualism
- English for development purposes
- English in global knowledge production
- Language, migration and diasporic tradition
- The role of diverse communicative practices for sustainable livelihoods in the informal economies of the Global South and the Global North.
- Linguistic practices of ethnolinguistic minorities
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 72 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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- Application period: November to January
Language
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Disciplines
Language Studies Linguistics View 81 other PhDs in Linguistics in United KingdomAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
Entry requirements:
- 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.
Tuition Fee
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International
11958 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 11958 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
4712 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4712 GBP per year during 36 months.
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