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
Core modules
- Spanish Language and Cultures: Advanced
- Foundations of Meaning
Option modules
You'll study further modules in languages and linguistics. You may also choose one Languages For All module or an elective module offered by another department.
You will study two further option modules. In previous years, options have covered topics such as:
- Historical Memory in the Spanish-speaking World
- Spanish & Latin American Culture Through Film
You'll also continue to deepen your theoretical knowledge in the core areas of linguistics that you choose to pursue. Second-year linguistics modules cover areas including phonetics and phonology, language variation and change, syntax, semantics, interaction, and psycholinguistics. In previous years, options have included:
- Intermediate Syntax
- Intermediate Phonetics & Phonology
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language 1
Year 3
- Year abroad (You'll go to a Spanish-speaking country.)
Year 4
Core modules
- Spanish Language and Cultures: Proficient
Option modules
You will also study five option modules. In previous years, options have covered topics such as:
Language option modules
- Translation: Methodology and Practice (Spanish)
- Spanish & Latin American Culture Through Film
- Latinos in the USA
- Independent Study in Spanish
Linguistics modules
- Advanced Topics in Phonetics and Phonology
- Bilingualism
- Multimodality: Language and the Body
- Psycholinguistics
- Advanced Topics in Psycholinguistics
- Neurolinguistics: Language and the Brain
- Psycholinguistic Approaches to Second Language Acquisition
- English Place-names across Time and Space
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language II
