Master 2 modern languages and understand how languages are created, learned and shaped. Choose to study French, German or Spanish with linguistics. You'll start at undergraduate level and get a master’s in 4 years. 96% of Modern Languages graduates were in employment or further study within 15 months of leaving university.*Spend a year of this 4 year degree abroad on a university placement in 1 or 2 countries. Develop your language skills and critical thinking while learning about other societies and cultures.You can choose a language you have not studied. You'll get extra hours of teaching and funding for a language course abroad at the end of year 1 to make fast progress.Whichever languages you choose, you'll:become a skilled linguist and familiar with how the languages are spokengain the skills to interpret cultures and their beliefs and behavioursstudy a society or cultures where your chosen language is spokenwrite a dissertation on a topic that you are interested inChoose topics and gain expertise in areas that interest you most.These include:translation and interpretingcontemporary societyliterature and filmethnographypolitics*(Graduate Outcomes 2020/2021) latest, published 2023. The 4 year degree combines undergraduate and postgraduate study in one programme. You study both linguistics and your 2 chosen languages throughout your degree.Some of the modules you may study include: Applications of LinguisticsApproaches to Languages and CulturesCorpus Linguistics: Working with large-scale text data Globalisation: Culture, Language and the Nation StateSeeing and Being SeenPeriod Abroad re-entryUnderstanding CultureSound and VoiceMultilingualism Audiovisual TranslationLanguage, Ideologies and Attitudes. For further module information visit: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/two-modern-languages-linguistics-french-german-spanish-degree-mlang#modules The learning activities for this course include the following:lecturesclasses and tutorialscourseworkModules
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The 4 year degree combines undergraduate and postgraduate study in one programme. You study both linguistics and your 2 chosen languages throughout your degree. Some of the modules you may study include: Applications of Linguistics Approaches to Languages and Cultures Corpus Linguistics: Working with large-scale text data Globalisation: Culture, Language and the Nation State Seeing and Being Seen Period Abroad re-entry Understanding Culture Sound and Voice Multilingualism Audiovisual Translation Language, Ideologies and Attitudes. For further module information visit: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/two-modern-languages-linguistics-french-german-spanish-degree-mlang#modules
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