Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition - 1 Language

English
VUB Main Campus Etterbeek
60
 ECTS
1 year

In order to complete the master’s programme (60 ECTS), students need to take:

1. Compulsory courses (24 ECTS): The master's thesis (18 ECTS), the research methodology course (3 ECTS) and the course “Linguistics and Literary Studies in Brussels” (3 ECTS).

2. Language-related courses (12 ECTS): Students can choose the courses in their selected language.

3. Profile-related courses (24 ECTS): Students can choose the courses in their selected profile.

Master of Arts in Linguistics and Literary Studies

Compulsory courses (24 ECTS)

Master's Thesis - Linguistics and Literary Studies
18
Research Methodology: Linguistics
3
Linguistics and Literary Studies in Brussels
3

Language-related courses (12 ECTS)

You choose courses for 12 ECTS in your chosen language out of the following options:

Dutch

Contemporary Dutch Prose
6
Aspects of Poetry Studies
6
Sociolinguistics and Language Change
6
Dutch as a Second Language
6

English

Contemporary Literature in English
6
Postcolonial Literature in English
6
English Linguistics: the Acquisition of English
6
Historical English Linguistics
6
Advanced English Linguistics
6

French

French Poetry: Modernism and Avant-Garde
6
Poetry and Intermediality
6
Syntax of Modern French
6
Acquisition of French as a Foreign Language
6

German

Intermedial Aspects in German Texts and Theatre
6
German Language Literature and Cultural History
6
German Linguistics
6
German as a Foreign Language
6

Italian

European and Italian Literature from the 18th Century to the Present
6
Modern Literary Genres in Italy
6
Italian Language in the Media
6

Spanish

Essayistic Genres in Hispanic-American Literature
6
Spanish Theatre
6
Acquisition of Spanish as a Foreign Language
6
Spanish Linguistics: Syntaxis and Semantics
6

Profile-related courses (24 ECTS)

You choose courses for 24 ECTS out of the following options:

English Linguistics: the Acquisition of English
6
Intercultural Communication
3
Training: Multilingual and Foreign Language Learning and Teaching
6
Language Contact and Language Planning
6
Multilingualism and Cognition
6
Multilingualism and Literature
6
Multilingual Education
6
Language and the Mass Media
3
Dutch as a Second Language
6
German as a Foreign Language
6
Acquisition of French as a Foreign Language
6
Creole Languages
6
Acquisition of Spanish as a Foreign Language
6
Historical Sociolinguistics
6
Reason and Engage. Critical Reflections on Humanity and Society
6
Internationalisation and Society Linguistics and Literary Studies 2
6
Total number of ECTS
60

Within the profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition, the languages German, English, Dutch, French, Italian and Spanish can also be chosen from a special list of ULB course units (Max. 1 course, 6 ECTS)



First Semester

- Etude approfondie de la linguistique néerlandaise (Prof. J. Jaspers) DUTCH

Second Semester

- Langue et culture des pays et régions néerlandophones (Prof. J. Jaspers) DUTCH

- Questions approfondies de sociolinguistique de l’espagnol (Prof. L. Calabrese) SPANISH

- Analyse de l'actualité et enjeux déontologiques (Prof. M.-S. Frere) FRENCH



Students who wish to make use of this possibility must submit their request via the form 'request equivalent study parts ULB LW', which can be found on the website.