Program Overview

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With this degree, you’ll develop strong language skills in both German and Spanish and gain a comprehensive understanding of both cultures. You’ll also spend a year living and working abroad, building your fluency and boosting your employment prospects.

Using our language development system, we’ll make sure you start at a level that matches your ability in German and Spanish. This means you can start one of these languages from scratch. You’ll make rapid progress in both languages through this personalised approach.

You’ll have excellent resources to support you, including the

Centre for Language Study

, which can offer support in the form of language and academic advising.

You’ll have the freedom to tailor your degree to areas that interest you. You could, for instance, take modules from a diverse range of topics, or explore more about German and Spanish linguistics, history and culture.

During your

period abroad

you can choose to:

work as an English assistant in a school

study at a university

take a work placement

Course lead

Your course lead is

Dr Michael Kranert

.

His research interests range from comparative discourse analysis to language ideologies, with a particular focus on English and German speaking countries.

Find out more on his staff profile.