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 French Language Skills
- Ab Initio French Language and Society
- Ab Initio French Grammar
Linguistics
- Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
- Introduction to Syntax
- Introduction to Sociolinguistics
- Introduction to Semantics
Year 2
Languages
- French 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 language option modules. In previous years, options have covered topics such as:
- The Francophone World
- French Society On-screen
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 French-speaking country)
Year 4
- French Language and Cultures: Proficient
Option modules
You will also study five option modules. In previous years, options have covered topics such as:
French modules
- Translation: Methodology and Practice (French)
- French Society Onscreen
- France and the Second World War: memory, trauma and identity
- Independent Study in French
Linguistics modules
- Advanced Topics in Phonetics and Phonology
- Advanced Topics in Psycholinguistics
- Bilingualism
- English Place-names across Time and Space
- Multimodality: Language and the Body
- Neurolinguistics: Language and the Brain
- Psycholinguistics
- Psycholinguistic Approaches to Second Language Acquisition
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language II
