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 ECTS
Research Methodology: Linguistics
3 ECTS
Linguistics and Literary Studies in Brussels
3 ECTS

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

English

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

French

French Literature: Cultures in Context
6 ECTS
Poetry and Intermediality
6 ECTS
Syntax of Modern French
6 ECTS
Acquisition of French as a Foreign Language
6 ECTS

German

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

Italian

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

Spanish

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

Profile-related courses (24 ECTS)

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

English Linguistics: the Acquisition of English
6 ECTS
Historical Sociolinguistics
6 ECTS
Intercultural Communication
3 ECTS
Training: Multilingual and Foreign Language Learning and Teaching
6 ECTS
Language Contact and Language Planning
6 ECTS
Multilingualism and Cognition
6 ECTS
Multilingualism and Literature
6 ECTS
Multilingual Education
6 ECTS
Language and the Mass Media
3 ECTS
Dutch as a Second Language (NL)
6 ECTS
German as a Foreign Language (DE)
6 ECTS
Acquisition of French as a Foreign Language (FR)
6 ECTS
Acquisition of Spanish as a Foreign Language (ES)
6 ECTS
Internationalisation and Society Linguistics and Literary Studies 2 (MULT)
6 ECTS
Chinese Proficiency III (CH)
6 ECTS
Total number of ECTS
60

More optional courses (inter-university exchange) 

Several programmes of our sister university Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) are offering their courses to students of the Multilingual Master in Linguistics and Literary Studies within the framework of the Brussels University Alliance (https://www.ulb-vub.be/en/homepage). Consult the list of courses available in the 2024-2025 academic year below.

Among the available ULB courses, you may only register one (6 ECTS); the course must match your profile. You cannot register exchange courses yourself — this is handled by our faculty secretariat. Request that an exchange course be registered for you by sending an email to faclw@vub.be before September 30, 2024, with the following details:

  • Your first name
  • Your family name
  • Your VUB student number
  • Your email address
  • The ULB course ID of the class you want to take

Profiles: “Linguistics”, “Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition”, Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics”
ULB course ID ULB course title

MOI

SEM
GERM-B470* Working with spoken discourse

EN

2
GERM-B555* Topics in linguistics

EN

1
ROMA-B440* Questions approfondies de sociolinguistique de l'espagnol 

ES

2
ROMA-B460* Linguistique italienne

IT

1
ROMA-B480* Etude approfondie de la langue italienne écrite et parlée

IT

2
GERM-B435* Stedelijke meertaligheid

NL

1
GERM-B515* Taal en cultuur van het Nederlandse taalgebied

NL

2