Modern Languages and Linguistics (1 Language: French, German or Spanish), BA (Hons), with study abroad

Course summary

Develop your French, German or Spanish and critical thinking as you explore how languages are created, learned and shaped as they are used. Study a modern language with linguistics on this 4 year degree course.96% of Modern Languages graduates were in employment or further study within 15 months of leaving university.​*Spend a year of your degree abroad on a workplace, teaching or university placement. Develop your language skills while learning about the French, German or Spanish-speaking world's culture, history and thought.Whichever language you choose, you'll:develop the skills to interpret cultures and their beliefs and behavioursbecome immersed in the language, familiar with how it is spokenstudy a society and culture related to the languageChoose 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 study both linguistics and your chosen language of French, German or Spanish throughout your degree. Some of the modules you may study include: Applications of Linguistics Seeing and Being Seen. Period Abroad re-entry Corpus Linguistics: Working with large-scale text data Language Acquisition Globalisation: Culture, Language and the Nation State Sound and Voice Writing in a Second Language Multilingualism For further module information visit: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/one-modern-language-linguistics-french-german-spanish-degree-ba#modules