This course aims to develop academic skills and expertise to carry out independent research in a chosen area of language studies through the application of theory and techniques provided in the programme.

The following requirements apply to the choice of research topic:

a) Students are required to pursue a stream-specific research topic (e.g., a literature topic for students of the LLC stream or a TESL or a discourse analysis topic for the TESL stream). Students on the General Track are allowed to work on a literature or a TESL or an applied linguistics topic.

b) Students need to have completed a relevant prerequisite before their research topics are approved.