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The Facts
UCAS Code:
RQ11
Standard Requirements:
A Levels: AAA IB: 38 with 666 at HL For other qualifications, check the Oxford University website.
Required Subjects:
French.
Advisable Subjects:
None stated by the university.
Maths, English Language, a science, or an additional language (modern or classical).
Applicants must submit one piece in English and one piece in French to the Modern Languages faculty by 2 November 2022. Additionally, if applicants took an A- level or similar course including linguistic analysis (such as English language), written work from that must be submitted.
All Modern Languages and Linguistics: 31 (89% interviewed, 37% successful)
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The Lowdown
This course incorporates the study of a language with analysis of language itself. Both disciplines work well together, and a student on this course will leave fluent in a foreign language with an in-depth understanding of how language works. It is possible to choose a beginner’s language (Greek, Italian or Portuguese) instead of one already studied at school. It’s a small course with an annual intake of a little over 30 undergraduates.
On the linguistics side, teaching covers the formation of sentences, sound perception and production, the evolution of language and how it is organised in our brains. In the first year, the linguistics topics studied are more relatively broad. After this, students specialise more in the linguistics of the language they have chosen.
On the Modern Language side, students complete practical language work - mostly translations. They will also study the literature of their chosen language and write essays to be discussed in tutorials. After the first year, students can choose which literature topics to take. The third year is spent abroad, as in the Modern Languages course, so the total course in four years long.
An A Level (or equivalent) in the chosen language is required, unless it is a beginners’ language. It may also be useful to take English Language, Maths, a science or another language, though this is not considered essential.
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