BA French and German (with a year abroad)
Entry requirements
A level: AAB including at least one of French or German IB: 35 points including 5 in at least one of French or German, at Higher Level BTEC: DDD. An A Level or equivalent qualification in either French or German will be required.
About this course
BA (Hons) French and German (with a year abroad), a French and Francophone Studies and German degree centred on language proficiency and cultural studies. The course includes a year abroad spent studying at a partner institution or undertaking a work placement or internship. The first year establishes core proficiency through compulsory modules such as French Language and Cultures: Upper intermediate, German Language and Cultures: Upper intermediate, Understanding Language in the Real World, and Understanding French-speaking Cultures and Societies, alongside optional study in areas like English Past and Present. The second year advances linguistic abilities via modules including French Language and Cultures: Advanced and German Language and Cultures: Advanced, while offering optional modules such as The Berlin Republic and Sociolinguistics. The fourth year concludes the programme with proficient-level language study through French Language and Cultures: Proficient and German Language and Cultures: Proficient, alongside optional modules like Independent Study in Languages and Cultures and Translation: Methodology and Practice.
Modules
- French Language and Cultures: Upper intermediate
- German Language and Cultures: Upper intermediate
- Understanding Language in the Real World
- Understanding French-speaking Cultures and Societies
- Understanding German-speaking Cultures and Societies
- Intensive French Language and Cultures: Beginner
- Intensive German Language and Cultures: Beginner
- Understanding French-speaking Cultures and Societies
- Understanding German-speaking Cultures and Societies
- English Past and Present
- Phonetics and Phonology
- Syntactic Structures
- French Language and Cultures: Advanced
- German Language and Cultures: Advanced
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- The Berlin Republic
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language I
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language II
- Acoustic Phonetics and Phonological Analysis
- Sociolinguistics
- The Language of Turn & Sequence
- Aspects of a Theory of Syntax
- Language Acquisition
- Plurilingualism, Multilingualism and Transnational Languages: Concepts, Strategies and Approaches
- Laicité: religious freedom or state repression?
- French Language and Cultures: Proficient
- German Language and Cultures: Proficient
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- Myths, Memories and the Legacy of the French Occupation (1940-44)
- Modern German Language
- Independent Study in Languages and Cultures
- Independent Study in Translation
- Translation: Methodology and Practice
- Topics in Phonetics and Phonology
- Multimodality: Language and the Body
- Psycholinguistics: Language Processing
- Topics in Psycholinguistics: Language Processing
- Neurolinguistics: Language and the Brain
- Linguistic Approaches to Second Language Acquisition
- English Place-names across Time and Space
- Bilingualism
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language II