French, German and Italian BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Bangor

£ 11,750 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bangor (Wales)

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Start date

    September

This course is designed for students who want to acquire a high level of expertise in three languages other than their own. It caters for those who prefer to concentrate exclusively on language learning, without any literature. The course is intended to appeal to people from different countries of the world, coming to work together in a multilingual learning society. With quadrilingual language skills, graduates of these courses will be equipped to succeed in their chosen professions in every continent. You may not study your native/first language.

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Location

Start date

Bangor (Gwynedd)
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LL57 2DG

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course


The course aims to enable understudies to: Speaking: discuss basic topics of general and current interest; deliver prepared presentations in the TL on topics of general interest.

Reading: understand a range of styles and registers in order to obtain information, ideas and opinions from a variety of texts.

Writing: express themselves accurately in the TL in a variety of text types including essays, summaries, letters, etc.

Listening: obtain information opinions and ideas from a range of simple and complex spoken registers; understand information in both formal and informal registers in the TL (= target language).


Studying Modern Languages opens the door to a wide variety of careers. Many Bangor Modern Languages graduates have, of course, gone into teaching and translating, but just as many have embarked upon successful careers in the civil service, business and commerce, industry and the media. The skills you learn whilst studying languages – cultural awareness, communication, accuracy, planning and logical analysis – are valued highly by employers from all sectors of the economy.

280 260 points including a B at A2 level in one of the languages
Cambridge First certificate in English: Grade B
European Schools Baccalaureate: 70% average
French Baccalaureate: 12 point average

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Subjects

  • Cultural Awareness
  • IT
  • University
  • Project
  • Skills and Training
  • German
  • Italian
  • Communication
  • Accuracy
  • Planning and logical analysis
  • Teaching and translating
  • Business and commerce
  • Industry and the media
  • Consolidation and extension
  • Few formal lectures
  • Language classes
  • Civil service
  • Bangor Modern Languages
  • French, German and Italian

Course programme

What will you study on this course? Year 1 (in Bangor) 40 credits in written, aural and oral skills in each of your three languages, starting at levels appropriate to your knowledge in each Accelerated modules in language(s) of which you have little or no knowledge Consolidation and extension modules for languages in which you have A level or equivalent Year 2 Semester One (in Bangor) 20 credits in written, aural and oral skills in each of your three languages Year 2 Semester Two (at university in country No 1) Project in language of country No 1 Classes/exercises in all 3 languages Year 3 Semester One (at university in country No 2) Project in language of country No 2 Classes/exercises in all 3 languages Semester Two (at university in country No 3) Project in language of country No 3 Classes/exercises in all 3 languages Year 4 (in Bangor) 40 credits in written, oral and aural skills for each of your 3 languages, with classes/exercises in extended writing; textual, video and aural analysis; translation; formal and informal oral expression

French, German and Italian BA (Hons)

£ 11,750 VAT inc.