BA French Studies and English Language QR31

• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 3
• Year 4

Year 1 Core modules include:

• Advanced French (students with A level French) or Intermediate French language (students with an A at GCSE French)
• Sounds, Grammar and Meaning
• English Language and Society
• Techniques and Skills for Applied Linguistics

Optional modules include:

• The making of modern France
• Introduction to French Culture
• The English Language in Use

Comparative modules include:

• The Making of Modern Europe (1): Europe to 1945
• The Making of Modern Europe (2): Europe since 1945
• Greats of European Cinema
• Introduction to linguistics

Please note that all modules are subject to change. Year 2 Core modules include:

• Advanced French translation and language skills
• English Grammar
• English Phonology
• Language Research Project
• Sociolinguistics

Optional modules include:

• Introduction to the French Novel
• Introduction à la littérature de jeunesse
• French Literature Onscreen
• Literacy: Social, Educational and Cognitive Perspectives
• Analysing Speech
• Approaches to Discourse
• Child Language Development
• Core Issues in English Language Teaching
• Corpus-based approaches to language description
• English in the World
• Forensic Phonetics
• Issues in Bilingualism
• Language and Gender
• Language and the Mind
• Teaching the Language Skills

Comparative modules include:

• Society, thought, and art in Modern Europe
• Unity, nationalism and regionalism in Europe
• Science, perversion, and dream in global fantastic literature
• Love in Medieval Renaissance

Please note that all modules are subject to change. Year 3

You can choose from three options for your third year: studying at a partner institution through the Erasmus+ programme, undertaking a work placement or working as a British Council language teaching assistant.

Our French partner institutions include universities in Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Rennes, Poitiers and Grenoble, as well as prestigious business schools such as Paris-Dauphine and Montpellier. The Department of Modern Languages and European Studies has a study abroad officer who can help you prepare for study at one of these universities.

You can also talk to the Department's specialist year abroad team, who can provide you with support in securing and preparing for a placement. Past students have carried out roles with companies such as Knight Frank, Hewlett Packard, PSA Peugeot and PwC.

Our Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics has an innovative placement scheme which allows you to take a placement module on languages and literature in media, education or heritage. You may also have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, run by members of staff, under the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme. So far, students have worked on projects on multilingualism, corpus linguistics and child language development.

Year 4 Core modules include:

• Advanced French translation and language skills

Optional modules include:

• French Language for Management and Business
• The Legend of Tristan and Iseult
• La Belle Epoque: France 1880-1914
• The French Caribbean: Language, Literature and Identity
• Dissertation
• Literacy: Social, Educational and Cognitive Perspectives
• Analysing Speech
• Approaches to Discourse
• Child Language Development
• Core Issues in English Language Teaching
• English Grammar and Lexis
• English Language Dissertation (completion)
• English in the World
• Forensic Phonetics
• Issues in Bilingualism
• Language and Gender
• Language and the Mind
• Psycholinguistics
• Saxons to Shakespeare
• Second Language Teaching and Learning
• Teaching the Language Skills

Comparative modules include:

• EU Case studies I
• EU Case studies II
• EU Case studies III
• Cinemas of the World
• 19th Century European Novel
• Language and Power

Please note that all modules are subject to change.