Course Content
Year 1
Languages
- French Language and Society I
- French Grammar
You'll take Italian ab initio and follow an intensive, fast-track programme. Examples may include:
- Ab Initio Italian Language Skills
- Ab Initio Italian Language and Society
- Ab Initio Italian Grammar
Linguistics
- Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
- Introduction to Syntax
Year 2
Languages
- French Language and Cultures: Advanced
- Italian Language and Cultures: Advanced
You will also study four option modules. In previous years, options have covered topics such as:
- The Francophone World
- The Berlin Republic
- French Society On-screen
- Contemporary German-speaking Film
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language I
- Intermediate Phonetics and Phonology
- Intermediate Syntax
- Introduction to Language Acquisition
- Linguistics as Data Science
Year 3
- Year Abroad (You can divide the year abroad between two locations, a French-speaking country and Italy, or you can choose to spend the whole year in one location.)
Year 4
- French Language and Cultures: Proficient
- Italian Language and Cultures: Proficient
You will also study four option modules. In previous years, options have covered topics such as:
- Independent study in French
- Independent study in Italian
- Translation: Methodology and Practice (French)
- France and the Second World War: Memory, Trauma and Identity
- Translation: Methodology and Practice (Italian)
- Mass Media, Culture and Intellectuals in Contemporary Italy
- French Society Onscreen
- Advanced Topics in Phonetics and Phonology
- 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
- Bilingualism
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language II
