Modern Languages: Spanish and Global Communication
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In London
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Training
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Location
London
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Duration
3 Years
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This Modern Languages degree is designed to develop your knowledge, use and understanding of the Spanish language and culture, along with the skills needed for effective communication in the professional global environment. The course enables you to achieve a good or high level of linguistic competence in Spanish in all four skill areas (reading, writing, listening and speaking), and demonstrate a good or high degree of proficiency in mediating between Spanish and English. You will be able to function linguistically in diverse cultural situations, and acquire qualities and skills in areas such as interpersonal communication and organisational skills, flexibility and tolerance, analysis and argument, autonomy and team working, and team management. You will also gain the transferable and cognitive skills necessary for lifelong personal and professional development. We accept students at two different entry points – beginner or intermediate. Please note that we may need to test you to determine your entry point. You will study an integrated curriculum with a focus on applied language skills and cultural studies, supported by a rigorous development of your foreign language skills in all areas. You can also study an elective module from across the University in each year. Teaching and learning takes place through a combination of formal lectures, seminars and practical workshops; guided self-study and preparation; and exposure to professionally relevant simulations and real-work environments. Much of your learning will take place during independent study, individually and in groups, in the well-resourced and recently refurbished library, at home and via the online learning provision. Assessment methods include in-class coursework, essays and projects, presentations, and oral and unseen written exams. Year abroad An exciting option on this course is a year spent studying abroad. This is designed to enhance your language skills and allows you to experience the
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One of the following (or an equivalent qualification): A Levels - BCC International Baccalaureate - 28 points Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended National Diploma - DMM Access to HE Diploma - Pass with 45 credits at Level 3 with a minimum of 33 Level 3 credits at Merit or Distinction In addition to one of the above, you should have: GCSE minimum grade 4 (Grade C in grading system prior to 2017) in Maths and English. If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each element. We are ideally looking for
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Subjects
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- Global
- University
- Team Training
- Communication Training
Course programme
Subjects of study include:
- Intercultural Communication: an Introduction
- Interpersonal Global Communication: Concepts and Strategies
- Introduction to the Study of Language and Culture
- Objects and Meaning: World Cultures in London Galleries and Museums
- The Spanish World and the Word
- Culture(s) and Conflict(s): Representations of War, Conflict and Revolution across World Cultures
- Expressions of Spanish Culture
- Language, Power and Institutions: Decoding Dominant Narratives
- Screening Memory through Food, Music and Childhood
- Complex Narratives: Representation, Meaning and Identity
- Transposing Current Affairs through Multilingual e-Collaboration
- Work Placement/Work Shadowing Experience in a Language/Culture Setting
- Developing Career Competences for Linguists
- Dissertation/Professional Project
- Dreaming the Same Dream? Concepts of Happiness across Cultures
- Gender Matters: Femininities, Masculinities and Trans-Cultural Practice
- Narrating the Other: Politics and Literature
- People and Things on the Move: Identity, Place and Memory in and across Diasporic Spaces
- Professionalising Global Communication
- Themes in Contemporary Spanish Studies
Credit Level 4
Subjects of study include:
Credit Level 5
Subjects of study include:
Credit Level 6
Modern Languages: Spanish and Global Communication