French Studies and Linguistics BA Hons

Program Overview

This program provides a comprehensive understanding of linguistics and French language, with a focus on developing advanced spoken and written skills. Students engage in an international placement year, enhancing their language proficiency, cultural awareness, and employability. The program emphasizes research skills, critical thinking, and flexibility, preparing graduates for diverse careers in education, business, and research.

Program Outline

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Outline:

Year 1:

• Linguistics: Develops students' fundamental understanding of language and its properties, development, variation, and use.
• Part I French Studies (Advanced/CEFR: B1): Designed for students with existing A-level French knowledge or equivalent, focuses on improving spoken and written French skills and introducing French history and culture.
• Part I French Studies (Beginners to CEFR: A2): Designed for students with little or no French knowledge, focuses on intensive language teaching and introducing French history, culture, and society.
• Part I language studies: Non-credit bearing module offering additional opportunities to expand and solidify knowledge and skills in areas such as essay writing, vocabulary expansion, and engagement with culture.

Year 2:

• French Language: Oral Skills (CEFR: B2): Builds upon skills gained in year 1, focusing on developing accurate pronunciation, intonation, and fluency in spoken French.
• French Language: Oral skills (post-Beginners/CEFR: B1): Follows on from the intensive language course taken in year 1, focusing on developing accurate pronunciation, intonation, and fluency in spoken French.
• French Language: Written Skills (CEFR: B2): Builds upon skills gained in year 1, focusing on writing fluency and accuracy in various registers.
• French Language: Written Skills (post-Beginners/CEFR: B1): Follows on from the intensive language course taken in year 1, focusing on writing fluency and accuracy in various registers.
• Second Year Programme for Academic Skills, Employability and International placement preparation: Non-credit bearing module preparing students for the International Placement Year, covering topics such as language assistantships, partner universities, working abroad, finance, research skills, and curriculum writing.
• Shaping Contemporary France: Moments and Movements: Explores central aspects of French history and culture, including language heritage, centralisation and regionalisation, urbanism, and education.
• Sounds of the World's Languages: Introduces students to the production, description, and transcription of all sounds in the world's languages.
• Structures of the World's Languages: Covers core concepts around word order, agreement, alignment, and other language structures, using these concepts to analyse new data from various languages.

Year 3 (International Placement Year):

• Students engage in a year-long placement abroad, working in areas such as education, business, and research.
• Placement can be in a country where the student is studying the language, or in another country where the language is spoken.
• The placement can be a study placement at a partner university, a teaching assistantship with the British Council, or a working placement with a vetted employer.
• The placement offers students the opportunity to develop their language skills, cultural awareness, and employability skills.

Year 4:

• French Language: Oral Skills (CEFR: C1/C2): Further develops students' spoken French skills, aiming for near-native fluency and understanding of contemporary French society and culture.
• French Language: Written Skills (CEFR: C1/C2): Further develops students' written French skills, aiming for near-native fluency and understanding of contemporary French society and culture.
• Topics in Phonetic and Phonological Theory: Investigates theoretical aspects of speech production and sound structure across the world's languages.
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• The program offers flexibility, allowing students to choose their focus and tailor their learning experience.
• The program emphasizes the importance of developing research skills and critical thinking.
• The program prepares students for a variety of careers in areas such as education, business, and research.
• The program offers students the opportunity to study abroad and gain valuable international experience.
• The program is designed to help students develop their language skills to a high level of proficiency.