Undergraduate Studies in English as an International Language
The undergraduate course of English as an International Language offers both a practical and theoretical understanding of the use of English for international communication.
The range of units offered in the course assists students who wish to widen their knowledge of the use of English around the globe, for local as well as international purposes. This course encourages the students' personal language development while not directly focusing on the teaching of English language skills. During the course students engage in a critical and evaluative approach to the study of the functions of English in a global context through lectures, seminars and interaction with other students in a range of projects and activities.
English as an International Language is a three year undergraduate major sequence plus the option of a fourth year Honours offered by the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University.
Completion of either first and second year units or second and third year units forms a minor sequence in the Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Students may take one or two subjects of EIL as an elective at any level in the Arts degree. The undergraduate units of EIL do not have any prerequisites.
Graduating students have the option of continuing their academic studies towards a Master of English as an International Language, and eventually PhD in EIL.
Course Structure(Major Sequence):
| First Year | Semester 1: | EIL1010 English as an International Language: Communication |
| Semester 2: | EIL1020 English as an International Language: Language and Critical Analysis | |
| Second Year | Semester 1: | EIL2110 English as an International Language: Language and Purpose |
| Semester 2: | EIL2120 English as an International Language: The Language of Spoken English | |
| Third Year | Semester 1: | EIL3110 English as an International Language: Language and Culture |
| EIL3102 English as an International Language: The Language of Professional Communication | ||
| Semester 2: | EIL3130 English as an International Language: Language and Power | |
| EIL3210 English as an International Language: The Language of Written English | ||
| Honours | EIL4101
Special Topics in English as an International Language 12 points. | |
| EIL4201 English as an International
Language: Methodology and Minor thesis 24 points (This will be completed over 2 semesters: 12 points part 1, 12 points part 2). | ||
| EIL4301
English as an International Language: Multilingual Identity 12 points. | ||
A minor sequence consists of 24 points in first and second year units.
Off Campus Learning
Students who wish to increase their knowledge of English by taking a unit in EIL as a first year elective are able to study these units by Distance Education.