Languages with TESOL (German) BA (Hons)

Course summary

You'll study in a range of settings at home and abroad, graduating with a diverse skill-set and accredited qualifications.During your study, you'll work and collaborate with fellow students — developing skills in key areas including foreign languages, the systems and acquisition of language, and approaches to teaching English to speakers of other languages.

Additional qualifications

If you are interested in teaching and want to achieve Qualified Teacher Status, you will be given the opportunity to opt-in on either the BA (Honours) Modern Foreign Languages with TESOL and QTS or the BA (Honours) Languages with TESOL and QTS, in the second or third year respectively. Admissions on opt-in courses will be subject to the standard QTS entry requirements, including literacy and numeracy tests, DBS checks and individual interviews.

You learn through

• lectures, seminars and workshops
• study abroad
• work placements
• presentations
• essays
• group work
• teaching observations

There are opportunities to study abroad at one of our partner universities with the possibility of funding through the Erasmus programme.

Work placements

You spend a total of 18 months abroad, including six months studying at one of our partner universities. This is followed by a teaching placement year in an overseas educational establishment in a German-speaking country. This will not only help you to improve your language skills and develop your understanding of German culture, but will provide exceptional real-world experience for your future career.

Equipment and facilities

On this course you work with

• state of the art language learning facilities
• foreign language assistants
• highly qualified lecturers in the Languages and Cultures Subject Group of Sheffield Business School and the School of Education.
• fellow students
• mentors and teachers at your placement school