This program offers an English Language degree which concentrates on the modern language at home and abroad in its many varieties. It provides you with a (36) understanding of modern English within a general framework for the discussion of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, (37) from modern linguistics and traditional grammar. You learn about the (38) of Standard English in its present social setting in Britain and North America, and especially about the way in which it has changed and developed in the modern era. You also examine the present state of other (39) such as regional dialects, the English of countries other than Britain and the special "dialects" of particular groups. These courses are (40) by others on the structure of conversation and on the (41) acquisition of English as a first language. You can take a course charting the emergence and development of Modern Standard English. This degree is both (42) and practical, as you get experience of handling and analyzing real language data. It encourages you to (43) in new ways on your everyday experience of the English language, and (44) . It is also suitable (45) The degree course is designed to be of special interest if you are intending to work in a language-related profession such as school teaching (46) , the teaching of English as a foreign or second language in Britain or abroad, speech, journalism or counseling and other professions relying on language skills.