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MA Field Linguistics

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Be a part of a translation project overseas!

Do you have a heart for serving God by joining with minority language groups? Are you willing to be trained to play a key role in a Bible translation project? Will you allow God to stretch your faith, believing that he will use translated scriptures to change lives and communities?

The European Training Programme's 3-year MA programmes will give you training and experience in working with minority languages, while at the same time allowing you to serve God in a Bible translation project overseas.

The course is divided into four main parts:

• Initial training (Postgraduate Certificate): You will receive four months of training at the European Training Programme to equip you to serve as a field linguist or literacy specialist in a language project. This training will be alongside other Wycliffe workers from all over Europe who are also preparing to work overseas.

• Field internship: While not officially part of the MA, the 2-year field internship is an opportunity for you to have significant input into a Bible translation project, while at the same time collecting data for your MA dissertation. Wycliffe UK would work with you to find a suitable internship overseas, enabling you to serve in an area of the world that you are interested in.

• Further training (Postgraduate Diploma): After completing the field internship you would return to the UK to continue with four months of further training, drawing on your experience overseas.

• Masters Dissertation: Finally, you will use the data collected overseas to write a 15,000-word disseration as the culmination of the MA programme.

The initial training and field internship are the same as for those training to work overseas in Language Projects, while the further training is very relevant to continued overseas service. As such the MA Field Linguistics and MA Literacy Programme Development very much complement the existing options for linguistic and literacy work in Language Projects overseas.

A first degree is normally a prerequesite for either MA, although this need not be language-related. There is no expectation of continued service with Wycliffe on completion of the MA, although the experience will certainly be invaluable for further work in Bible translation if that is your intention.

Closing date for applications is the end of March, but we would advise discussing this with your church leaders, and if possible getting in contact with us, before this time.

Our prayer as you help to transform the lives of minority language speakers is that you will not just gain an academic qualification, but that God will also use the experience to have a transforming effect in your own life.

• Take a look at the MA Field Linguistics Prospectus
• Take a look at the MA Literacy Programme Development Prospectus
• Contact us about the MA programme
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"My four months at the UK campus prepared me, not only for the language work I am doing in Africa, but also for the immense culture shock I have experienced!"
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