• One language at A level from French, Italian or Spanish required with Grade B.
• To study three languages you must normally have two of the languages specified at A level.

Full entry requirements

First Year

Special attention is paid to living, contemporary language, both written and spoken. Beginners in French, 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 short pieces of creative writing and other activities, including online language learning and the use of satellite television. 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 attend a three-week summer school in France, Italy or Spain during the first summer vacation, which is fully funded 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, including for example:

• Introduction to Francophonie;
  
• Italian Society and Culture under Fascism;
  
• The Theatre of Federico García Lorca.

Third Year – Study Abroad*

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.

*It is possible, in exceptional cases, to complete this degree in three years, without a year abroad.

Fourth Year

In addition to advanced language tuition a wide range of specialist options is available to you in areas such as cinema, literature and history, including:

• Latin American Boom Literature;
• the Spanish Picaresque;
  
• Contemporary Italian Fiction;
  
• Visions of Modernity;
  
• Interpreting; Gender Studies;
  
• Life Writing;
  
• Immigration and Ethnicity.
  

You may also choose to write a dissertation in place of one of your options.

Contact

0116 252 2032
modern.lang@le.ac.uk
www.le.ac.uk/modlang/

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