Course Content
Year 1
Language
You'll take core modules in Spanish. These modules focus on developing your fluency, accuracy and communication expertise.
- Spanish Language and Society I
- Spanish Grammar
- Ab initio Spanish
If you are taking Spanish ab initio, you'll take three Spanish modules and three linguistics modules.
- Ab Initio Spanish Language Skills
- Ab Initio Spanish Language and Society
- Ab Initio Spanish Grammar
Linguistics
You'll take a selection of linguistics modules depending on your background in Spanish. Examples may include:
- Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
- Introduction to Syntax
- Introduction to Sociolinguistics
- Introduction to Semantics
Year 2
Language
You'll study a compulsory language module in Spanish.
Spanish Language and Society II
You will choose another module in Spanish, examples of which may include:
- Historical Memory in the Spanish-speaking World
- Spanish & Latin American Culture Through Film
Your studies will focus on issues of culture and society in the Spanish-speaking world. You will develop skills in critical analysis of sources and communicate your findings using Spanish in different registers. You'll tackle questions such as:
- Why is the Spanish Civil War still a difficult topic in Spain?
- What is the relationship between the human rights movement and democratisation in Latin America?
Linguistics
You'll study a core linguistics module.
- Introduction to Language Acquisition
You'll study an option module, examples of which may include:
- Intermediate Phonetics and Phonology
- Intermediate Syntax
Option modules
- You'll study further modules in languages or linguistics, these can include one Languages For All module or an elective module offered by another department.
Year 3
Language option modules
You will take a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:
- Translation: Methodology and Practice (Spanish)
- Spanish & Latin American Culture Through Film
- Latinos in the USA
- Spanish Language and Society III
- Independent Study in Spanish
Most linguistics modules require you to have taken certain modules in your first and second year. In some of these, you can choose to focus on a language of your choice.
Linguistics modules
You will take a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:
- Forensic Phonetics
- Advanced Topics in Phonetics and Phonology
- Bilingualism
- Language as Action
- Multimodality: Language and the Body
- Psycholinguistics
- Advanced Topics in Psycholinguistics
- Neurolinguistics: Language and the Brain
- Forensic Linguistics
- Psycholinguistic Approaches to Second Language Acquisition
- Applied Phonological Theory: Clinical Data in English
- The Structure of a Language: Modern Hebrew
- English Place-names across Time and Space
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language II
