Program Overview
This BA in Modern Languages and English Language combines language study (French, German, Italian, Spanish) with English language exploration. Taught by experts in both areas, you'll gain a deep understanding of language and its role in society while developing your language proficiency. The degree offers a study year abroad, equipping you with global perspectives and enhanced language skills. Graduates pursue careers in diverse fields, including translation, teaching, and the arts.
Program Outline
This highly flexible degree enables you to study a modern language – choosing from our core languages of French, German, Italian and Spanish – alongside your studies in English language. Taught by experts from the Department of Languages and Cultures and the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics, you’ll acquire a strong grounding in the core mechanics and usage of language. Throughout, you’ll be encouraged to follow your interests as they develop and tailor your learning to your career goals. In the National Student Survey 2023, 98% of students in the Department of Languages and Cultures said our teaching staff were good or very good at explaining things. In the National Student Survey 2023, 94% of students in the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics said that their course challenged them to achieve their best work very often or fairly often.
Outline:
Year 1
- Compulsory modules:
- Sounds, Grammar and Meaning
- English Language and Society
- Optional modules:
- Beginners French, German, Italian or Spanish Language
- Intermediate French, German, Italian or Spanish Language
- Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language I
Year 2
- Compulsory modules:
- English Grammar and Phonology
- Sociolinguistics
- Optional modules:
- Intermediate French, German, Italian or Spanish Language
- Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language I
- Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language II
Year 3
- Study Year Abroad
Year 4
- Compulsory modules:
- Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language I
- Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language II
- Advanced French, German, Italian or Spanish Language III
- Optional modules:
- Philanthropy à la française: The History of Ideas and Practices in the French Third Sector
- The German Language and National identity
- Crisis, Change, Opportunity: Italy from 1968 to the Present
- Memory, Dictatorship and Cultural Resistance in the Southern Cone
- Language and Power
- Child Language Development
- Issues in Bilingualism
- Language in Professional Communication
- Professional Communication Project
- May '68
- French Popular Music and Society
- Language, Diversity, and Inclusion: The Representation of Otherness in the Italian Context
- Narrating the Colombian Conflict
- Writers and Publishers in Spain
- Future Worlds in Film
- Extended Essay
- Identity and Conflict in Modern Europe
- Teaching the Language Skills
Teaching:
Taught by experts from the Department of Languages and Cultures and the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics, you’ll acquire a strong grounding in the core mechanics and usage of language. Throughout, you’ll be encouraged to follow your interests as they develop and tailor your learning to your career goals. In the National Student Survey 2023, 98% of students in the Department of Languages and Cultures said our teaching staff were good or very good at explaining things. In the National Student Survey 2023, 94% of students in the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics said that their course challenged them to achieve their best work very often or fairly often.
Careers:
In the latest Graduate Outcomes Survey 2020-21, 93% of our leavers are in work or further study within 15 months of graduation (based on our analysis of HESA data © HESA 2023, Graduate Outcomes Survey 2020/21; includes first degree Languages and Cultures responders). 100% of graduates from English Language and Applied Linguistics are in work or further study within 15 months of graduation (based on our analysis of the most recent HESA data for this subject © HESA 2022, Graduate Outcomes Survey 2019/20; includes all English Language and Applied Linguistics responders). Recent modern languages graduates have found careers in translation, teaching, business and finance, the arts, and marketing. Recent employers include:
- Sony Europe
- the Civil Service
- BBC
- BNP Paribas
- LEGO Group
- Vodafone
- PwC. Our English language and linguistics graduates have pursued careers in fields such as:
- teaching, both in the UK and abroad
- speech and language therapy
- publishing
- event coordination
- journalism
- speech writing
- Civil Service
- media, including advertising, marketing and public relations
- New UK/Republic of Ireland students: £9,250
- New international students: £22,350
- Year abroad fees If you spend a full year abroad, you will only pay 15% of your usual tuition fee for that year.
