Course summary

The BA (Hons) in English Literature and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) is the perfect programme if you are fascinated by language and literature and wish to work in the numerous fields that these subjects can inspire. From education, to marketing, advertising, creative industries and media, charities and social enterprises, publishing, librarianship, and more. Discover first-hand why we have such a strong reputation for student satisfaction and teaching excellence, and prepare for a plethora of future professional opportunities in the UK and abroad. You will study a vibrant, wide-ranging, and innovative curriculum that will facilitate a deepening knowledge and engagement with literatures in English, English language, and language teaching pedagogy. You will be supported to study a vibrant, wide-ranging, and innovative curriculum that will facilitate a deepening knowledge and engagement with literatures in English, English language, and language teaching pedagogy. At the same time, you will be developing academic and vocational skills for a career in fields that require high levels of language awareness, excellent written and spoken communication skills, creativity, and analytical and critical skills. You will study writers from Shakespeare to Bernadine Evaristo and Ali Smith and direct your literary passions through our diverse modules and forms of assessment from creative writing to detective and Gothic fiction, children’s, world, and American literature, from film studies to musical lyrics, Romanticism to Victorian and contemporary literatures in English. In your studies with an English Language Teaching focus, you will explore language in use, language teaching methods, and key theories of learning and language learning. You will also apply this knowledge by honing your language teaching skills with advice and support from experienced practitioners to prepare you for teaching or non-teaching roles in schools or language schools in England or international contexts. Discover first-hand why we have such a strong reputation for student satisfaction and teaching excellence, and prepare for a plethora of future professional opportunities in the UK and abroad.