This study reviews the current place of undergraduate English Language in Higher Education institutions in the UK in light of a rapid expansion of the subject. It is based on the analysis of documents available from universities (e.g. prospectuses brochures e-mails) and on the web.
We provide an overview of 49 single honours English Language programmes considering the ways they are labelled their relationship with other disciplines their rationale content and structure. We also identify and discuss the preferred teaching and learning methods and assessment procedures in these programmes. Finally we explore marketing procedures and recruitment trends for these degrees. We conclude by discussing the contributions of our findings towards a betterunderstanding of how English Language is conceptualised in UK higher education.
