Here are all linguistic courses on the VLC (workload in hours) in brackets :

Introductory Level

• VLC101 - Linguistic Fundamentals (120)
• VLC102 - Speech Science (90)

Basic Level

• VLC103 - The Nature of Meaning (90)
• VLC104 - Words and Word Structure (90)
• VLC105 - Phonetics, Phonology & Transcription (90)
• VLC106 - Syntax - Part I (120)
• VLC107 - Syntax - Part II (120)
• VLC108 - Language Typology (120)

Advanced or Specialization

• VLC109 - Phonetics and Phonology (120)
• VLC201 - The Structure of English (90)
• VLC202 - Historical Linguistics (90)
• VLC203 - The History of English (90)
• VLC204 - Linguistic Repetition for Students of English (120)
• VLC205 - Varieties of English (120)
• VLC206 - PDE Morphology & Syntax (120) 

Specialization

• VLC300 - Applied Linguistics (120)
• VLC301 - Psycholinguistics (120)
• VLC401 - Linguistic Fieldwork - Welsh (100)
• VLC402 - Linguistic Fieldwork - Japanese (100)
• VLC403 - Linguistic Fieldwork - Arabic (100)
• VLC404 - Linguistic Fieldwork - Jamaican Creole (100)

In addition, all users have free access to the tools and glossaries (VLC100 - Tools and Data) and the Language Index (VLC100 - Language Index) with more than 500 languages and more than 300 varieties of the major languages - all with sound support.

And our special offer: If you want to use a course/repository as a teacher, a customized "clone", is created from the basic course which can then freely be used (also modified) by the institution.

We cordially invite you to become a member of the VLC-Community. Just register (for free) and self-enrol to as many courses as you like.

Prof. Dr. J. Handke (VLC-Project Manager)

VLC109 - Phonetics and Phonology is now available!

Now ready for self-enrolment. A central

Now available for self-enrolment: VLC205 - Varieties of English

• Workload: 150 hours
• Fees: None
• Access: no limit
• Certification: 12 Mastery Tests plus 1 Analysis Task

Topics

• Language - Dialect - Variety 
• Studying Dialects 
• The Transcription of PDE 
• Vocalic Change 
• Language Variation 
• Regional Varieties of PDE 
• English in the UK and Ireland
• English in the USA and Canada
• The North American Sound System
• The Phonological Dialects of NAE
• English in Australia and New Zealand
• PDE - The Outer Circle
• Jamaican Creole

The VLC makes use of hundreds of educational video types: E-Lectures, Micro-Lecures, Practicals and Data Analysis Videos (Various). They are now available under the heading "The VLC Educational Videos" in VLC100 - Tools and Data.