BA (Hons) Language Studies

Core modules – post-A level route

• 1 or 2 modern foreign language(s) (from Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Spanish, or English as a Foreign Language)

• French/German/Spanish Language Project

• Investigating Language Practices  

• Language, Learning and Teaching

Core modules – post-A level route (if only 1 modern foreign language is studied)

• Nation, Language and Identity  

Core modules – beginner route

• 1 or 2 modern foreign language(s) (from Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Spanish, or English as a Foreign Language)

• Investigating Language Practices 

• Language, Learning and Teaching

Core modules – beginner route (if only 1 modern foreign language is studied)

• Nation, Language and Identity 

Core Modules - Post-A Level Route:

• French/German/Spanish General Language Grade 4

• Language for Professional Communication 1 (French/German/Spanish)

Core Modules - Beginner Route:

• French/German/Mandarin/Spanish General Language Grade 3 and 4 - Part 1

• French/German/Mandarin/Spanish General Language Grade 3 and 4 - Part 2

• French/German/Mandarin/Spanish Language Project

QTS Pathway:

• Learning from Experience Teaching Placement

Optional Modules:

• Business and Markets in a Global Environment

• Clinical Linguistics

• Comparative European Politics

• Development and Democracy in Latin America

• East Asian States and Societies

• Empire and Its Afterlives in Britain, Europe, and Africa

• Engaged Citizenship in Humanities and Social Sciences

• English Forms and Functions

• Forensic Linguistics

• France in the World: Global Actor or Global Maverick?

• Global Security

• Intercultural Perspectives on Communication

• Introduction to Professional Language Services

• Introduction to Teaching

• Introduction to Translation

• Language in Literature: Stylistics

• Language of Human Resource Management

• Managing Across Cultures

• Marketing and Communication

• Modern Foreign Language via the Institution-Wide Language Programme (IWLP)

• Modernity and Globalisation

• Nationalism and Migration: Chaos, Crisis and the Everyday

• News, Discourse and Media

• Politics and Culture of the Hispanic World in 20th Century Literature and Film

• Principles of Economic Crime Investigation

• Professional Communication in a Global Workplace

• Professional Experience L5

• Rethinking Nazi Germany: Politics, History, Society

• Second Language Acquisition

• Space, Place and Being

• TESOL (Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages)

• The Making of the German Nation

• Transitional Justice and Human Rights

• Trinity Certificate Teaching Practice

• Wildlife Crime: Threats and Response

• World and Transnational Cinema

Core Modules:

• Dissertation, Major Project, or Professional Practice in MFL Teaching and Research Project

• Exploring Language and Culture 1 (French/German/Spanish) (Not taken if spending a semester abroad)

• Exploring Language and Culture 2 (French/German/Spanish)

• Professional Practice in MFL Teaching and Research Project (QTS pathway only)

Optional Modules:

• Communication Theory

• Creativity in the Language Classroom

• Englishes in the World

• Exploring Language and Culture 1

• Gender, Language and Sexuality

• Introduction to Teaching

• Language and Social Media

• Modern Foreign Language

• Professional Development: Recruiters and Candidates

• Professional Experience L6

• Research Project

• Researching English Vocabulary

• Spoken Discourse in the Workplace

• Study Abroad

• Written Discourse in the Workplace