ObjectivesModern Languages at Leicester include French, German, Italian and Spanish and a wide range of degree programmes. These include Joint Honours, Honours degrees with two or three languages or three subjects including a language, Combined Studies, Modern Languages with Management, and French, Italian or Spanish and English. While all our courses normally last four years, there is also the possibility of completing them in three years where circumstances make this appropriate. French, German, Italian and Spanish can all be studied from Beginners’ or Advanced level.
Entry requirementsEntry Requirements * There are varying language requirements for each of our degrees. * A/AS levels: Three A levels normally required. Two AS levels considered in place of one A Level. General Studies accepted. Please indicate in section 3 (f) of your UCAS form which languages you wish to study. * GCSE: No specific requirements * Access to HE course: Pass with a substantial number of credits at level 3. * European Baccalaureate: Pass with 65% overall (70% with 8 in English for French and English, Italian and English, Spanish and English). * International Baccalaureate: Modern Languages: Pass Diploma with 28-30 points. French and English, Italian and English, Spanish and English: Pass Diploma with 32 points, including 6 at Higher Level English, and a qualification in a foreign language. * Leicestershire Progression Accord: 230-270 points as above plus full Accord credits. * BTEC Nationals: Pass Diploma at DMM, plus any subject requirements. * Other Qualifications: Other national and international qualifications welcomed. * Mature students welcomed: Alternative qualifications considered. * Second Year Entry: Possible for those with advanced qualifications compatible with our degree structure. * Applicants are not normally interviewed. All applicants receiving an offer will be invited to visit the School. * Native speakers: Students whose native language is either French, German, Italian, or Spanish, and who wish to study this language at Leicester, will normally be required in the first year of study to take English language modules in lieu of the foreign language modules in their native tongue. Students with native speaker fluency in both English and the foreign language they wish to study will normally be required to substitute content modules for the relevant language modules. * The School of Modern Languages may consider applicants wishing to complete their studies on a part-time basis. Please contact us.
Academic titleBA Modern Language Studies
Course descriptionBA Modern Language Studies
Programme
First Year
Special attention is paid to living, contemporary language, both written and spoken. Beginners in French, German, Italian or Spanish follow an intensive language course enabling them to catch up with post-A level students as rapidly as possible. Modules are taken in society, literature and civilisation, and written skills are developed through the production of small pieces of creative writing and other activities, including online language learning and the use of satellite TV. Oral classes in each language are conducted in small groups by native speakers. The School of Modern Languages also offers special training for linguists with its Core Skills module for language learners. All students are normally required to spend a three-week period in France, Germany, Italy or Spain during the first summer vacation, which is heavily subsidised by the University.
Second Year
All students continue with their two main languages and their third subject, which may also be a language, and choose from a variety of cultural, linguistic and literary options on offer.
The range is broad, including, for example, film, popular culture, Literature, Introduction to Francophonie, Italian Linguistics, and The Theatre of Federico García Lorca.
Third Year
Students on the four-year course spend the third year abroad, usually dividing the year between two countries. You may, if you wish, make your own alternative arrangements for the year abroad, subject to the approval of the Head of School.