BA Linguistics with French
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 points BTEC: DDD We consider a range of BTEC qualifications equivalent to 3 A Levels, or in combination with A Levels or other qualifications. For example: Distinction, Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Diploma plus A at A Level Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate plus AA at A level Distinction, Distinction in 2 BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificates plus A at A level
About this course
BA (Hons) Linguistics with French, an undergraduate degree in English Language and Linguistics and French and Francophone Studies. Students can opt for a four-year variant incorporating a year abroad spent at a partner institution, on a work placement, or undertaking an internship. The first year establishes core foundations through modules such as French Language and Cultures: Upper Intermediate, Language and the Mind, Understanding Language in the Real World, and Understanding French-speaking Cultures and Societies. In the second year, students progress to advanced study via modules including French Language and Cultures: Advanced and Foundations of Meaning. Optional choices across the course span diverse topics such as phonetics, sociolinguistics, translation, and cinema studies. Final-year students may also undertake an Independent Study in Languages and Cultures or an Independent Study in Translation.
Modules
- French Language and Cultures: Upper Intermediate
- Language and the Mind
- Understanding Language in the Real World
- Understanding French-speaking Cultures and Societies
- Intensive French Language and Cultures: Beginner
- Understanding French-speaking Cultures and Societies
- English Past and Present
- Phonetics and Phonology
- Syntactic Structures
- French Language and Cultures: Advanced
- Foundations of Meaning
- Laicité: religious freedom or state repression?
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- Plurilingualism, Multilingualism and Transnational Languages: Concepts, Strategies and Approaches
- Aspects of a Theory of Syntax
- Acoustic Phonetics and Phonological Analysis
- Sociolinguistics
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language I
- Language Acquisition
- The Language of Turn and Sequence
- Translation: Methodology and Practice
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- Myths, Memories and the Legacy of the French Occupation (1940-44)
- French Language and Cultures: Proficient
- Independent Study in Languages and Cultures
- Independent Study in Translation
- Forensic Phonetics
- Topics in Phonetics and Phonology
- Bilingualism
- Multimodality: Language and the Body
- Psycholinguistics: Language Processing
- Topics in Psycholinguistics: Language Processing
- Neurolinguistics: Language and the Brain
- Forensic Linguistics
- A Usage-based View of Language
- English Place-names across Time and Space
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language II