BA Italian Studies and English Language QR3H

Bachelor's degree

In Reading

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Reading

Full Time: 4 Years
This joint honours degree provides you with a solid grounding in the core mechanics and usage of language, and will enable you to write and speak fluently in Italian.
Join our friendly and dynamic Department of Modern Languages and European Studies, which offers the opportunity to study in a lively, multilingual community with staff and students from all over the world. We offer a flexible and supportive approach to learning which allows you to tailor your degree to your interests, including the opportunity to learn other languages.
Through this course you will become confident and highly skilled in written and spoken Italian. You will master the fundamental elements of the language, to the point where you will graduate with a near-native command of it. We’re proud of our small language classes, led by native speakers. Direct access to expert staff for help and feedback ensures you develop your language skills to the best of your ability.
Optional modules in Italian politics, culture, history, literature and cinema enhance your learning, and provide you with an in-depth knowledge of the country. You will gain a broad understanding of the most important features of the culture and history of Italy, from the Middle Ages to today. You will have the opportunity to study with leading academics on topics including Dante, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, fascism, the history of the language, the resistance, Fellini and contemporary culture.
The course enables you to pursue your own interests beyond the language you're learning through comparative modules. For example, if you really enjoy film, then you can take a module in Italian cinema together with comparative modules in European and world cinema. It's a great way to broaden your knowledge and get even more enjoyment from the course.
In English language, you will analyse language, its use in different social contexts and settings, on and off line, and how it is acquired and used by children and...

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Reading (Berkshire)
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Whiteknights, RG6 6AH

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On request

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Subjects

  • English
  • English Language
  • Teaching
  • Cinema
  • Italian Language
  • Staff
  • Grammar

Course programme

  • Year 1
  • Year 2
  • Year 3
  • Year 4
Year 1 Core modules include:
  • Italian language at: Advanced level (post-A level) or Intermediate (post-GCSE/AS level) or Beginners (little or no prior experience)
  • Sounds, Grammar and Meaning
  • English Language and Society
  • Techniques and Skills for Applied Linguistics
Optional modules include:
  • Italian Medieval and Renaissance Culture (in translation)
  • Twentieth Century Italian Culture
  • Making Italians: A Journey in the History and Culture of Modern Italy
  • 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:
  • English Grammar
  • English Phonology
  • Language Research Project
  • Sociolinguistics
Optional modules include:
  • Italian cinema
  • 'Apocalittici e integrati': Intellectuals and Society in Twentieth Century Italy
  • Fictions of Italy: Themes and Genres
  • 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 Italian partner institutions include universities in Bergamo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, Naples, Padua, Pavia, Pisa, Rome, Siena and Venice. The Department of Modern Languages 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 organisations such as Ermanno Scervino, the Istituto per la storia della Resistenza e dell’età contemporanea and the UN.

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:
  • Italian language
Optional modules include:
  • Italian Language for Management and Business
  • Dante
  • Performance and the Self in Renaissance Italy
  • History of the Italian language
  • Voice and the Self in Modern Italian Poetry
  • 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 in the World
  • Forensic Phonetics
  • Introduction to Language Teaching
  • Issues in Bilingualism
  • Language and Gender
  • Language and Power
  • 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.

BA Italian Studies and English Language QR3H

£ 9,250 + VAT