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This diploma explores human communication by focusing on the English language, its history, diversity and flexibility. You鈥檒l learn what distinguishes machine language from human language and how people adapt and change their ways of communicating in multilingual and multicultural contexts. You鈥檒l investigate how language works from written texts and conversations down to the smallest units of sounds. You鈥檒l also explore English as a creative medium to express humour, thoughts and emotions. This qualification is not, however, designed to teach English to speakers of other languages.

- Explores the history of English, its contemporary diversity, its role as a global language and use in various parts of the world.- Engages in debates surrounding the historical and contemporary position of English in relation to other languages.- Teaches strategies that promote critical analysis and evaluation of texts, and an ability to reflect on your own language use.- Develops you as a competent communicator enhancing your employability.- Reveals how the English language works, and how the choice of words and grammar affect the message.