BA Modern Languages and English Language
This is a
four-year course (with the third year spent abroad) which enables you
to combine a wide choice of English Language modules on sounds, structures,
meaning, use, variation and change in English with a wide choice of options in
one or two Modern Languages (French, German, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish).
You can start any of the languages at a range of different levels (from scratch,
or post-GCSE level, or post AS-level, or post A-level. Details of the structure
of each year are given below. (Click on relevant module titles for further
details of individual modules).
Your First Year
Your first year is a foundation year in which you learn about the structure
and use of English on the one hand, while taking Modern Languages modules on the
other. You take the following four modules in your first year (Click on the
module titles for further details):
| Module |
Brief details |
|
Foundations of Linguistics |
Introduction to linguistic techniques used to analyse sounds, structures, meaning and use in
English |
Foundations of Sociolinguistics
or
Foundations of Psycholinguistics
or
Skills for the Linguistics of English |
Introduction to techniques used to study how factors such as social class, age, sex, ethnicity etc.
affect the way we speak English or
Introduction to techniques used to study how we acquire and process words and sentences
or
Introduction to developing and practising English language skills,
linguistic analysis skills and a wide range of transferable skills in
the domain of communication, IT, and project management.
|
|
Two Modern Languages options |
You can either take two modules in the same language or two modules
in different languages. Click on the link to see the range of language
options open to you. |
Your Second Year
Your second year is a consolidation year in which we build on and extend the foundation acquired in your first year
while also preparing you for the specialist options you are to take in your
final year. You take four modules chosen from the set of options specified
below:
| Module |
Brief details |
| Two
second-year English Language
options |
Click on the link for details of the range of English Language
options available |
|
Two Modern Languages options |
You can either take two modules in the same language or two modules
in different languages. Click on the Modern Languages options link to
see the range of language options open to you |
Your Third Year
This is an acculturation year spent abroad, either working as a
language assistant or studying at one of our partner institutions in France,
Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain or Latin America. Click on the link to
Studying abroad on Modern Languages
courses for details
Your Fourth Year
Your fourth year is a specialisation year in which you choose a range of
specialist options, and take four modules chosen from the set of options
specified below:
| Module |
Brief details |
|
Two final-year English Language
options |
Click on the link for details of the range of English Language
options available |
|
Two Modern Languages options |
You can either take two modules in the same language or two modules
in different languages. Click on the Modern Languages options link to
see the range of language options open to you |
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Last modified on 11 May 2012.