Language requirements for modern language students

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT FOR PERIOD ABROAD PRIOR TO REGISTERING FOR FINAL YEAR IN A LANGUAGE

Final Year in French/German/Italian/Spanish assumes a deep understanding of language and society. For this reason the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures strongly recommends that modern language students spend a prolonged period immersed in a culture where the language is widely spoken. The following are the preferred routes:

(i) BA (International) which includes a formal period of study in a foreign University that is integral to the programme.

(ii) Work or voluntary service overseas which would include placements on BA CONNECT programmes or as a foreign language assistant

In exceptional circumstances, the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies, in consultation with the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, may grant permission to allow a student to spend a shorter period of residence abroad and to continue with the BA (Omnibus) programme. In such cases, prior to entering the Final Year, students are required to spend an approved period of time in a country or region where the language is widely spoken. This period must be a minimum of 3 months (consistent with Teaching Council requirements outlined below) and ideally should be approximately six months.

Students should note that the Teaching Council requires that in order to be registered as a language teacher a candidate must, in addition to holding the relevant degree and Postgraduate Diploma in Education, have spent at least three months residency in a country where the language is the spoken language.

In the case of students taking two modern languages a minimum of 3 months (consistent with Teaching Council requirements outlined below) is required for each language.

Students should note that the Teaching Council requires that in order to be registered as a language teacher a candidate must, in addition to holding the relevant degree and Postgraduate Diploma in Education, have spent at least three months residency in a country where the language is the spoken language for each language that the candidate wishes to teach.

Furthermore, students who have not followed either of the preferred routes (detailed at (i) and (ii) above) will be required to furnish the School with satisfactory documentary evidence of the time spent abroad before they will be permitted to register for Final Year. (A list of suitable evidence is available from the School Office and website). Students completing the preferred routes will be deemed to have satisfied this requirement.

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