Modern Languages (French with German) BA (Hons) – 2020 entry
Bachelor's degree
In Guildford
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Guildford
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Duration
4 Years
This course will improve your practical language skills and allow you to acquire a strong understanding of how languages work.
You’ll have the opportunity to take translation modules each year of your course. You’ll also learn about the cultures and societies of the countries where your chosen languages are spoken in interactive modules taught in the target language.
The course includes a Professional Training placement abroad, giving you the choice between work, study, or a combination of the two.
You will also have the opportunity to begin learning Portuguese from scratch in your second year.
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About this course
We’re one of the UK’s leading universities for modern languages, with our courses ranked in the top 10 by the Guardian University Guide 2020 and in the top ten by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019 for French. We also achieved 100 per cent overall satisfaction for French studies in the National Student Survey (NSS) 2019.
Our flexible BA Modern Languages (French with German) course focuses on training world-class language experts. You will need an A-level or equivalent in at least one of the languages, but you can take one of them ab initio. You will study both French and German to a high level, be taught in and gain near-native fluency in both languages and develop your understanding of how languages work, with the opportunity to focus more on one language in the final year.
A Professional Training placement provides you with the opportunity to develop your professional, academic and personal potential, equipping you to be adaptable, resilient, globally minded, confident, entrepreneurial and digitally savvy in the workplace. These qualities are widely recognised by employers and many of our students are offered employment on graduation by their placement provider.
The Professional Training placement year gives our students an insight into their subject and career potential, and early access to professional experience. It can be invaluable in developing work-based skills and helping them secure a graduate career.
Applicants with one of these languages at the required grade at A-level can be considered if they would like to study the second language ab initio. Ab initio study will involve additional contact hours and intensive study during the first year of the programme.
Applicants taking an A-level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element.
Please note: A-level General Studies and A-level Critical Thinking are not accepted.
GCSE or equivalent: English Language at Grade C(4) and Mathematics at Grade C (4) (or equivalent).
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Subjects
- German Language
- Sociolinguistics
- Writing Skills
- Translation
- English
- Writing
- Language
- French
- LANGUAGE SPECIALISTS
- French-english
Course programme
Module
- AB INITIO LANGUAGE I
- FRENCH LANGUAGE I FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES
- GERMAN LANGUAGE I FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES
- SKILLS FOR LANGUAGE SPECIALISTS
- TRANSLATION FRENCH-ENGLISH I
- AB INITIO LANGUAGE II
- FRENCH LANGUAGE II FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
- GERMAN LANGUAGE II FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
- INTRODUCTION TO FRANCE AND THE FRENCH-SPEAKING WORLD
- Students must take the compulsory modules of the two named languages of their pathway.
- Students without A level or equivalent in a language will take two ab initio modules in the first year, in place of Language for academic purposes and Language for professional purposes. For all other modules they will join post-A level students.
Module
- AB INITIO PORTUGUESE I
- FRENCH LANGUAGE III FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
- GERMAN LANGUAGE III FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
- INTRODUCTION TO TEFL
- TRANSLATION FRENCH-ENGLISH II
- TRANSLATION GERMAN-ENGLISH II
- AB INITIO PORTUGUESE II
- FRANCE SINCE 1945: POLITICS, THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY.
- GERMANY SINCE 1945: POLITICS, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
- INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS
- LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE IN EDUCATION
- TRANSLATION ENGLISH-FRENCH II
- TRANSLATION ENGLISH-GERMAN II
- Students must take the compulsory modules of the two named languages in their pathway and choose 4 of the relevant optional modules.
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- FRENCH DISSERTATION
- ADVANCED ORAL AND WRITING SKILLS IN FRENCH
- ADVANCED ORAL AND WRITING SKILLS IN GERMAN
- FRENCH SOCIOLINGUISTICS
- RESEARCH PROJECT
- TRANSLATION ENGLISH-FRENCH III
- TRANSLATION ENGLISH-GERMAN III
- TRANSLATION OF SPECIALISED AND CREATIVE TEXTS
- GERMAN SOCIOLINGUISTICS
- RESEARCH PROJECT
- THE ARTS IN FRANCE
- TRANSLATION FRENCH-ENGLISH III
- TRANSLATION GERMAN-ENGLISH III
- Choose a language dissertation plus Advance Oral and Writing Skills in that language. Choose 5 optional modules, maintaining a balance between the two languages.
- The two Advanced Oral and Writing Skills modules are also available as optional modules.
Module
- PROFESSIONAL TRAINING YEAR MODULE (FULL-YEAR STUDY)
- PROFESSIONAL TRAINING YEAR MODULE (FULL-YEAR WORK)
- PROFESSIONAL TRAINING YEAR MODULE (WORK-STUDY 50/50)
Modern Languages (French with German) BA (Hons) – 2020 entry