BA (honours) i språkstudier med engelsk og fransk

When you complete your studies, you will be able to demonstrate that you can:

Knowledge and understanding

• Communicate fluently and appropriately with competent speakers of at least two languages in a broad variety of oral and written contexts, including academic ones, maintaining a high degree of grammatical accuracy and appropriate style
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of aspects of the societies of the countries where each language is spoken (including aspects such as literatures, cultures, linguistic contexts, politics, geography, and social and economic structures)
• Show intercultural communicative competence, including a reasoned awareness and critical understanding of the cultures and societies associated with each language and the ability to describe, analyze, and evaluate the similarities and dissimilarities between cultures and societies with your own
• Recognize the relationship between language and social and political processes, as well as debates surrounding the historical and contemporary relationships between other languages
• Recognize how language develops, works, and changes, and how it is used in a variety of contexts and for a variety of purposes
• Understand the nature of linguistic evidence and the different methods used in the collection, description, and analysis of language data (This learning outcome only relates to the routes which include English Language)
• Understand the communicative processes associated with a range of spoken and written academic and/or literary genres.

Cognitive skills

• Make use of a wide variety of written, spoken, and multimodal texts for different audiences, employing appropriate reading and listening strategies
• Interpret and critically evaluate evidence in the light of alternative explanations, arguments, and theories
• Write texts of different types, following appropriate structures and conventions, selecting and making critical use of written and spoken sources
• Make spoken presentations on particular topics, using appropriate styles and techniques, and take part in a wide variety of spoken interactions, using appropriate discourse strategies.

Practical and/or professional skills

• Work independently, scheduling tasks and managing time effectively
• Gather and process information from a variety of paper, audio-visual, and electronic sources
• Demonstrate analytical and problem-solving skills related to academic tasks, including collecting and analyzing linguistic data (this learning outcome only relates to the routes which include the English language)
• Make independent judgments and construct coherent arguments, supported by evidence and appropriately referenced
• Plan and undertake small-scale research.

Key skills

• Recognise and use effective learning strategies
• Gather, identify, use, and evaluate information from a variety of sources and in a variety of forms
• Respond to feedback to improve the effectiveness of written and spoken communication
• Use information and communication technologies (ICT) as a means of communication, as an aid to learning generally, and as an aid to collaborative learning
• Understand, interpret, and discuss basic statistical data in the form of graphs, tables, and diagrams.

This qualification has three stages, each comprising 120 credits.

• I trinn 1 skal du studere en obligatorisk modul på 60 studiepoeng. Du velger de resterende 60 studiepoengene dine fra en rekke språkmoduler.
• I trinn 2 vil du studere en 60-studiepoengs engelskspråklig modul og en 60-studiepoengs fransk modul.
• I trinn 3 vil du studere en 60-studiepoengs engelskspråklig modul og en 60-studiepoeng fransk modul.

Din valgte rute vil være en kombinasjon av to fag, engelskspråklige studier og fransk. Du har to alternativer for å fullføre de ulike stadiene av studiet:

• study both subjects at the same time, working through Stages 1, 2 and 3 in order, or
• study one subject first, completing these subject modules at each Stage, then repeating the route for your second subject.

Stage 1 (120 credits)

You'll study the following:

• Introducing English Language Studies (L101)

You'll study the following:

• Introduksjon til engelskspråklige studier (L101) - 60 studiepoeng

You'll choose 60 credits from the following lists (at least 30 must be from list B):

List A:

• Introduction to French Studies (Beginners) (L102)
• Introduction to German Studies (Beginners) (L103)
• Introduction to Spanish Studies (Beginners) (L106)
• Beginners’ Chinese (L108)
• Exploring Languages and Cultures (L161)
• English for Academic Purposes Online (L185)

List B:

• French Studies 1 (Intermediate) (L112)
• German Studies 1 (Intermediate) (L113)
• Spanish Studies 1 (Intermediate) (L116)

Stage 2 (120 credits)

You'll study both of the following:

• French Studies 2: Language and Culture of the French-speaking World (L222)
• English in the World (L201)

Stage 3 (120 credits)

You'll study:

• French Studies 3: Language and Culture of the French-speaking World (L332)

You'll also choose one from:

• Language, Literature, and Childhood (L301)
• Language and Creativity (E302)