在我们的英语和文学文学士课程中，您将探索英语作为一种活泼的全球动态语言，同时探索来自英国，美国及其他地区的各种文学文本。我们的英语教学非常强调将理论应用于现实生活中，并注重于解决问题，团队合作和数据分析等可转移技能。您将学习如何研究社会科学中的问题以及如何进行实地调查。您将增强语法和语音的知识，并学习如何在不同的社会环境中使用语言，如何由儿童和成人学习语言以及如何通过媒体改变我们对英语的使用。我们的部门已成为该领域的领导者五十年了。
On our BA English Language and Literature programme, develop your understanding of English as a living and dynamic global language whilst exploring a diverse range of literary texts from Britain, America and beyond.Our teaching in English language places a strong emphasis on applying theory to real-life situations, and on transferable skills such as problem-solving, team-working and data-analysis. You will learn about how to research issues in the social sciences and how to conduct fieldwork. You will enhance your knowledge of grammar and phonetics as well as learning about how language is used in different social settings, how language is acquired by children and adults, and how our uses of English are being re-shaped by the media. Reading’s Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics has more than 50 years of excellence in the field, and we’re in the top 150 universities in the world for these subjects (QS World Rankings by Subject, 2022).You will study the same number of modules in English literature as in English language. Our literature curriculum has everything you would expect from a department with a century-long reputation for innovative research. You will read more of major authors like Shakespeare and Dickens, Sylvia Plath and Samuel Beckett, but you will also be able to explore the most exciting contemporary writing in English from around the globe. Whether your interests are in creative writing, publishing studies or children’s literature, you will be able to develop your own interests with expert help. 92 percentage of students agreed that our staff are good at explaining things in the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics (2022 National Student Survey).