Students with a degree in LL< are typically involved in developing language learning methods and teacher training programmes, in designing language proficiency assessments, and in teaching language to groups of learners with special needs. They may also provide language consultancy services for companies, the government or non-profit organizations.
Many bachelor students choose to pursue an English Master's in Linguistics or a Dutch master's in Applied Linguistics, which is also offered by VU Amsterdam.
Please check our step-by-step application guide for more information.
International applicants will be asked to submit the following documents:
• Transcript(s) of records (e.g. High School grade list)
• Curriculum Vitae (your personal details, previous education and any relevant work experience in approximately one A4 page)
• Copy of valid passport
• English language test results (if already obtained)
Deadline
International students who require university housing and/or a student visa must apply before 1 April. Students who do not require university housing and/or a student visa must apply before 1 May. You will be informed about your admission within four weeks after you completed and submitted your application.
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Great! All applicants must start the application procedure through the Studielink.nl portal.
Bachelor's day
Join us on the Bachelor's day; learn everything about this programme and VU Amsterdam, and ask your questions to students and teachers.
For questions, please contact your International Student Advisor:
Rosa Vijftigschild
E: bachelors.hum@vu.nl
T +31 20 59 85641
First of all, the first year gives you a broad theoretical base reflecting the current state of the art regarding the structure of language, how language interacts with cognition and what kind of factors are driving language acquisition. Second, you will learn the basics of adjacent research fields, such as communication studies and discourse analysis. Last but not least, you will work on some indispensable general academic skills, such as research methodologies and academic writing.
In the second year, your knowledge of language learning will be further developed as we dive deeper into a number of linguistic domains, such as phonetics, morphology, semantics. This will help you become more proficient in recognizing typical and atypical language patterns in both monolingual and bilingual children. You will also be introduced to the field of language teaching and you will learn and experience how language teaching may influence second and foreign language learning, for instance in the module ‘second language learning’. We also help you to further develop your academic skills, in the courses ‘statistics’ and ‘philosophy’.
In the first semester of the third year of this Bachelor’s programme, you will choose a minor programme. You are completely free in your choice, depending predominantly on your future plans and your personal interests. You can choose from minor programmes such as Brain and Mind, European History and Culture, Digital Humanities, and many others. In the second semester of this year, you will dot the i’s and cross the t’s by focusing on language teaching, dyslexia and on assessing language proficiency. You will round off your programme by writing a Bachelor’s thesis.
First of all, the first year gives you a broad theoretical base reflecting the current state of the art regarding the structure of language, how language interacts with cognition and what kind of factors are driving language acquisition. Second, you will learn the basics of adjacent research fields, such as communication studies and discourse analysis. Last but not least, you will work on some indispensable general academic skills, such as research methodologies and academic writing.
In the second year, your knowledge of language learning will be further developed as we dive deeper into a number of linguistic domains, such as phonetics, morphology, semantics. This will help you become more proficient in recognizing typical and atypical language patterns in both monolingual and bilingual children. You will also be introduced to the field of language teaching and you will learn and experience how language teaching may influence second and foreign language learning, for instance in the module ‘second language learning’. We also help you to further develop your academic skills, in the courses ‘statistics’ and ‘philosophy’.
In the first semester of the third year of this Bachelor’s programme, you will choose a minor programme. You are completely free in your choice, depending predominantly on your future plans and your personal interests. You can choose from minor programmes such as Brain and Mind, European History and Culture, Digital Humanities, and many others. In the second semester of this year, you will dot the i’s and cross the t’s by focusing on language teaching, dyslexia and on assessing language proficiency. You will round off your programme by writing a Bachelor’s thesis.
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
English
DURATION
3 years (fulltime)
TUITION FEE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
1 April (non-EEA students requiring visa and/or housing) / 1 May (all others)
START DATE
1 september 2018
STUDY TYPE
Full-time
BINDING STUDY ADVICE
You need to obtain 42 ECTS plus academic skills
FIELD OF INTEREST
Language and Communication
