BA Education and Italian (with a year abroad)
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 31 points BTEC: DDM We consider a range of BTEC qualifications equivalent to 3 A Levels, or in combination with A Levels or other qualifications. For example: Distinction, Merit in BTEC Level 3 National Diploma plus B at A Level Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate plus BB at A level Distinction, Merit in 2 BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificates plus B at A level
About this course
BA (Hons) Education and Italian (with a year abroad), an Education and Italian (with a year abroad) degree examining pedagogical concepts alongside language acquisition. Core topics include Research Methods. Students spend the third year abroad studying at another university or undertaking an Italian-speaking work placement or internship. The first year introduces foundational themes through Researching Education, Key Concepts in Education, Cultural and Creative Approaches to Education, Intensive Italian Language and Cultures: Beginner, Understanding Italian-speaking Cultures and Societies, Understanding Language in the Real World, and Structure of English. The second year advances linguistic and analytical skills via Italian Language and Cultures: Advanced and Educational Research Methods, while offering optional modules such as Teaching English as a foreign language I, Education Policy and its Impacts, and Sociology of Childhood and Youth. The final year involves advanced study through Empirical Education Dissertation and Italian Language and Cultures: Proficient, alongside optional choices like Translation: Methodology and Practice, Education and Global Development, and Assessment in Education.
Modules
- Researching Education
- Key Concepts in Education
- Cultural and Creative Approaches to Education
- Intensive Italian Language and Cultures: Beginner
- Understanding Italian-speaking Cultures and Societies
- Understanding Language in the Real World
- Structure of English
- Italian Language and Cultures: Advanced
- Educational Research Methods
- Plurilingualism, multilingualism and transnational languages: concepts, strategies and approaches
- Teaching English as a foreign language I
- Teaching English as a foreign language II
- The Role of Art in Italian Society
- World Cinemas: representing national and transnational societies and cultures
- Worldviews Knowledge and Education
- Education Power and Society
- Children's Literature
- Teaching Learning and Assessment
- Education and the Environment
- Education Policy and its Impacts
- Sociology of Childhood and Youth
- Teaching and Learning a Second Language
- Empirical Education Dissertation
- Italian Language and Cultures: Proficient
- Translation: Methodology and Practice
- Independent Study in Languages and Cultures
- The Mafia from its origin to the Present Day
- World Cinemas: representing national and transnational societies and cultures
- Teaching English as a foreign language II
- Education and Global Development
- Perspectives on Literacy in Education
- Language and Psychology
- Transformative Environmental Education
- Race, Difference, Equity and Equality and other issues in Education
- Assessment in Education
- Learning Gender: Exploring the Links Between Gender, Education and Society
- Dressed for Success: Bringing Texts Alive in the Classroom