Modern Languages and Linguistics (2 Languages: French, German or Spanish), BA (Hons), with study abroad

Course summary

Develop your language skills as you explore how languages are created, learned and shaped as they are used. Choose to study French, German or Spanish alongside linguistics with this degree.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 workplace, teaching or university placement. Develop your language skills and critical thinking while learning about the French, German or Spanish speaking world's culture, history and thought.Whichever languages you choose, you'll:become immersed in the languages and familiar with how they are spokendevelop the skills to interpret cultures and their beliefs and behavioursstudy societies and cultures related to your chosen languagesYou can choose one 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.Choose topics and gain expertise in areas that interest you most, including:translation and interpretingcontemporary societyliterature and filmanthropologyhistory*(Graduate Outcomes 2020/2021) latest, published 2023.

You will study both linguistics and your 2 chosen languages, from French, German or Spanish. Some of the modules you may study include: Applications of Linguistics Language, Ideologies and Attitudes Corpus Linguistics: Working with large-scale text data Language Acquisition Seeing and Being Seen Period Abroad re-entry Understanding Culture Sound and Voice Audiovisual Translation Language, Power and Institutions: how linguistic practices can shape our lives. For more informaton see https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/two-modern-languages-linguistics-french-german-spanish-degree-ba#modules