Why choose Modern Languages as a Combined Honours subject at Exeter?

Our students: • Are passionate about language learning and want to understand what makes other cultures unique and complex.

• Have a wide range of academic interests and find there’s plenty of choice within BA Modern Languages.

• Get involved in language activities outside class: language societies, Tandem partnerships, liaison work in schools.

• Come back from their Year Abroad transformed!

• Engage in an ongoing dialogue with the Department about what students need / want.

Our graduates:

• Are confident and persuasive communicators

• Are adaptable, having studied across a range of disciplines that train different skills

• Have not just learnt a language but have learnt how to learn languages

• Can achieve their goals even in unfamiliar cultures

The Department

French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish

Approx. 1200 students

Strong reputation in both teaching and research

Wide range of links with partner universities abroad

Why combine Modern Languages with another discipline?

Adds a European* dimension to your studies

Or deepens the European* component of global knowledge e.g. in

combination with International Relations.

Provides well-established structures for study/work abroad.

Makes you a flexible learner who can move between disciplines which

have different ways of working.

Trains your verbal skills in a way that will support the other discipline.

(* not forgetting Russia and Latin America!)

Course ContentLanguage study is core for all. Plus:

Visual Culture

Linguistics

Literature/Thought

History / Heritage

Information about degree programmeshttp://www.exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/languages/

Further information about what we offerhttp://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/modernlanguages/undergraduate/

Teaching and Assessment Methods

Language tuition from trained native speakers

Skills of critical analysis applied to text and

images

Skills in mounting arguments using evidence

from relevant library or electronic resources

Broad range of assessment methods –

coursework and examination

Lectures / Contact time Modern Languages expects to exceed the

University’s commitment of 10-8-6 contact hours

Total student study time = 40 hours per week

(usually 10 hours per 15-credit module)

Timetable typically 10-12 hours taught and 28+ set

aside for private study each week

Combinations of lectures, seminars, one-to-one

feedback sessions, study groups, etc.

Excellent language resources in the Foreign

Language Centre

Teaching Intranet

Our teaching

intranet (ELE)

provides

information and

resources for

each module

you take.

Teaching Intranet• Accessible information, wherever you are / whenever you need it.

•Organises complex information.

•Week-to-week instructions on reading / preparation.

•Helps visual learners

• Makes materials more varied (audio / video / quizzes / forums)

•Access to courses you aren’t even taking!

Personal Tutor System

• Regular scheduled meetings with tutor

• Personal Development Plan: chance to talk through progress towards achieving goals at university

• Further support/advice from AccessAbility, Counselling Service, Student Advice Centre, Chaplaincy.

• System is overseen by a Senior Tutor.

Year AbroadStudying at a University

Teaching English (British

Council)

Work placements

Choose from:

Special arrangements for Russia

Opportunities in Latin America

Employment

Our graduates have all the skills of an arts graduate PLUS language skills and experience of living abroad. A very wide range of careers is open to them, including:

Civil Service, Diplomatic Corps, GCHQ, Publishing, Advertising, Journalism, Law, Accountancy, Banking, Voluntary Sector, NHS, Retail, PR and Marketing, Leisure Industry, Finance, Translating and Interpreting OR Postgraduate Study

For more information on individual languages

If we haven’t answered your questions about a particular language, feel free to contact our Programme Directors:

French: Dr Zoe Boughton z.c.boughton@exeter.ac.ukGerman: Dr Sara Smart s.c.smart@exeter.ac.ukSpanish: Prof Derek Flitter d.w.flitter@exeter.ac.ukItalian: Dr Danielle Hipkins d.e.hipkins@exeter.ac.ukRussian: Dr Katharine Hodgson k.m.hodgson@exeter.ac.uk