Overview

See information around Timetable Groups and Subject Combinations on the BA (Hons) (World Languages) page. 

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements. 

Programme Requirements

Module List

Code	Title	Credits
Year 1
Students take 15 credits as follows:
Core Modules
LC1101	English for Academic Study	10
LC2502	English as a Foreign/Second Language - General English	5
or LC1003	Advanced English for Academic Study (C1 - level = Lower advanced)
Year 2
10-credit Subject
Students take 10 credits as follows:
Core Modules
LC2101	Advanced English (Academic and General) 1	10
Year 3
Study Abroad 2
Year 4
10-credit Subject
Students take 10 credits as follows:
Core Modules
LC3101	Advanced English for Study and Work 3	10

¹

In addition to the general regulations for passing the year, students must pass LC2101.

²

Subject to having completed a total of 25 credits of ESOL in Years 1 and 2, students may spend either two semesters in an English-speaking country (study at partner institution and/or work placement), or one semester each in an English-speaking country and in a country of a second language studied in Years 1 and 2 (study at partner institutions or one semester study at partner institution and one semester work placement). All courses taken during Year 3 will be assessed by the approved Host University or Universities.

³

In addition to the general regulations for passing the year, students must pass LC3101.

Examinations

Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.

Programme Learning Outcomes

Programme Learning Outcomes for BA (Hons) (World Languages) NFQ Level 8, Major Award

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• demonstrate a high level of linguistic competence in each of the languages studied, and at a level commensurate with the number of credits taken;
  
• read texts at an appropriate level in each of the languages studied and perform tasks based on their comprehension;
  
• communicate in writing at an appropriate level and in a range of registers in each of the languages studied;
  
• perform tasks based on aural comprehension and communicate orally at an appropriate level and in a range of registers in each of the languages studied;
  
• demonstrate awareness of aspects of non-linguistic communication relevant to each of the languages studied;
  
• engage in meta-linguistic discourse: i.e. discuss, describe and analyse language as a system;
  
• read and analyse a range of texts (including film and audio-visual texts) pertaining to the culture(s) of one or more of the languages studied;
  
• convey their knowledge in critical essays and oral presentations, using the critical vocabulary and methodologies of the relevant disciplines.