Want to Study English Abroad? Here See the Majors and Careers in English Language

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English is currently the International Language as it is used for communication on global level by people all around the world. If I am to talk about importance of English, I could go on to write many pages and you would probably already know them all. In this article, I will be discussing what you most probably don’t know about this field.

English language is a West Germanic Language along with two others that are known as Dutch and German. English language started from England but its starting time is unknown, however, what we do know is that it is being spoken for over 1,400 year. English is the official language of 67 countries and, just for your information, Pakistan is one them. English is currently official language of Pakistan along with Urdu.

When you study majors in English, you don’t just learn basic communication skills or grammar; these are just the tips of the iceberg as there is a great deal more to it. This is a language that becomes really critical when you go into its depth. If you wish to study English abroad then you should most probably know the best universities for it and all about its major fields and careers. This is what we will discuss in this article.

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Top Universities to Study English Language:

Following are the best universities for you if you wish to study English Language in a top foreign university. These are the world’s best ranked university for English language by QS Ranking 2017.

World Rank	University
1	University of Oxford
2	University of Cambridge
3	Harvard University
4	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
5	Yale University

Misunderstandings About English:

There are many misconceptions about the English language all around the world. They are very well elaborated on online platform of DearEnglishLanguage. Often people think that English study is only selected if you want to become a teacher. This is totally incorrect. English is a language used in almost every aspect of our life. Teaching is just one of the careers you can select after studying English. You don’t necessarily have to Study English majors to become a teacher, you can also study Computer Sciences, Physics or Math.

Another basic misunderstanding is that people think that there is no financially promising career in English language. I’ll have to deny this as it is not true. You just need to have the right skills and you can earn more than software engineers. Copywriters, novelist and journalists etc. earn quite a lot. Their average salaries depend on the country. Just so you know as I am writing this article, it is also not for free.

Some people also just declare without even knowing that English language that you learn in classroom has nothing to do with practical life whatsoever. I will again have to oppose it. Have you not ever seen leaders giving speech and how TV anchors speak? If you ever worked for an international company you will see you people own you by their language skills.

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Careers in English:

Though not very known but there are many career choices in English language. When you will start studying English, with the passage of time and increasing knowledge of the field, you will get whole understanding about what you can do and what you want to do. As discussed above you can earn almost as much from this field as any other engineer. Following I have a list of almost all career choices you can make within your field after studying English majors.

1. Creative Writer or Article Writer

2. Blogger

3. Journalism

4. Newspapers and television

5. Film Companies i.e. ABC, NBC, Paramount Pictures

6. Copy editors,

7. TV and Advertising Writers

8. Magazine Editors

9. Teacher

10. Translators

11. Artists

Fields in English Majors:

Almost everyone student knows about the English language as it is taught as compulsory subject from kindergarten to

college studies all around the world. However, what we are taught in school is just basic English for communication and writing. Majors in English are entirely on different levels. A specific part of this language is concentrated in majors which you can later on use as your career. Some of the most famous English major fields are written below.

1. English linguistics

2. English sociolinguistics

3. Discourse analysis in English

4. English Stylistics (linguistics)

5. World Englishes

6. History of the English language

7. Composition studies

8. Rhetoric

9. Technical communication

10. English language learning and teaching

11. English Literature (has many Sub-Categories)

English Literature

English Literature is the most famous major in English studied by thousands of students every year all over the globe. This is a very artistic and sophisticated field of education and depending on your hobbies and personality; you will have a lot of fun studying it. In the course of English literature, you study literature of many different famous writers from all over the world like William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Vladimir Nabokov and James Joyce.

Rhetoric and Composition

If you wish to learn the art of speaking and writing effectively in your practical, professional or student life then you should study Rhetoric and Composition of English. In addition, you learn many other things like analyzing and creating of writing and images learn perceptions and views of different cultures. Its courses include:

· Histories and Historiographies of Rhetoric

· Cornel West and bell hooks

· Renaissance Rhetoric

· Concepts of Literacy

· African American Rhetoric

· Rhetoric and Pragmatism

· Kenneth Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition

· Feminist Rhetorics

· Postcritical Perspectives on Literacy Technologies

· Rhetoric and Technology

· English Online

· Technoscience Burke

English Creative Writing

This very thing I am doing right now, writing this article is creative writing. But this is not it, there are many other arts included in creative writing most famous of that is poetry, novel writing. Though career in this field is much dependent on your passion and creativity still you get a lot to learn and have strong basics of your profession. My current career is in creative writing, a piece of which you are reading right now. I enjoy doing this so it is not very difficult for me. If you have interest in sharing and publishing your views and experiences then I recommend you to major in creative writing.