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ELLDo is not a program in Engish linguistics, but studying ELLDo requires very good skills in reading, listening, and writing English. We expect a level of at least B2 and the willingness to constantly improve skills. You will be required to read and understand academic texts, not only textbooks for beginners, but also academic books and papers in academic journals. Most subjects include written assignments. Last but not least, to get your diploma you have to write a thesis. MA theses at our faculty are between 60 and 100 pages long. They can be written in English or Polish; sometimes another language is possible if a supervisor and a reviewer agree (mostly French and German).

During enrollment, you do not have to submit a certificate as proof of your English skills. It is up to you – if you don’t have the appropriate skills, you will not study successfully.

Although ELLDo is a master program in linguistics, not all our students have studied linguistics or philology in their undergraduate programs.

Students with little or no background in linguistics are recommended to get some basic knowledge before starting the program, and to continue catching up in core areas such as phonetics and morphology during their first year.Here are some recommendations for resources with which you may work on your own.

http://languagesindanger.eu/ A site made by a team at Adam Mickiewicz University (some of them are your teachers in ELLDo). It includes a textbook for young people with no prior knowledge of linguistics in English and Polish (“Book of Knowledge”) – a Turkish version will be available in autumn 2022, and some exercises with which you can explore lesser known languages (“Interactive Map”).

Textbooks for beginners

There are very many introductions to linguistics – browse the Internet and your library catalogue for descriptions and recommendations. The following three examples from Cambridge University Press give an overview of various fields of linguistics and are accessible to “absolute beginners”.

• Bruhn de Garavito, Joyce, and John W. Schwieter, eds. 2021. Introducing Linguistics: Theoretical and Applied Approaches. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108696784
• Genetti, Carol. 2018. How Languages Work: An Introduction to Language and Linguistics. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108553988.
• Yule, George. 2020. The Study of Language. Seventh edition, Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108582889

Open Access:

• Anderson, Catherine. 2018. Essentials of Linguistics. (Open Textbook Library) BCcampus. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/599

Some textbooks we use in our classes

• Litosseliti, Lia, ed. 2010. Research Methods in Linguistics. London; New York: Continuum.
• Meyerhoff, Miriam, Laurel MacKenzie, and Erik Smachleef. 2015. Doing Sociolinguistics: A Practical Guide to Data Collection and Analysis. Abingdon; New York: Routledge.
• Velupillai, Viveka. 2012. An Introduction to Linguistic Typology. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Also recommended: find some linguistic blogs (for example, here: https://blog.feedspot.com/linguistics_blogs/) or podcasts, for example:
https://lingthusiasm.comhttp://talkthetalkpodcast.com/
https://theworld.org/categories/world-words
https://www.accentricity-podcast.com/
https://fieldnotespod.com/

The Rector has approved our proposition for zero tuition fee for students starting ELLDo in 2022/2023!

Watch a clip showing active teachers of our faculty “staying at home” and listen to 32 of the languages taught at the faculty.

Starting with the academic year 2018/2019, the Faculty of Modern Languages and Linguistics introduces changes in all its MA programs. In addition to their individual programs, all students will have the following kinds of classes in their first year of MA studies:

• Introduction to economics (lecture and practical class);
• Introduction to specialized user software; in the case of ELLDo this is desktop publishing programs (QuarkExpress and Scribus). The application of the software will further be integrated into three of the regular classes.

The motivation for these changes is to give students of modern languages and literatures additional knowledge and skills that will be useful in their life outside of academia. The implementation is supported by a grant within the project POWR!.

Find the updated program at our Program overview.

For students starting in 2022/2023, the tuiton fee is “0 PLN” – thus, you may study without paying a fee!

Students who started in 2021 still have to pay for their second year. Please consult with us if you want to apply for an individual reduction.

Our university does not offer general scholarships for foreign students.