The document outlines the undergraduate and postgraduate programs in modern languages at Southampton, highlighting various course structures, modules, and year abroad opportunities. It details supportive resources available to students, including academic advisors and work experience opportunities. Additionally, it mentions research programs and notable conferences associated with the department.

1. Modern Languages at
Southampton
Dr Ian McCall
idm@soton.ac.uk

2. Modern Languages -
Undergraduate Programmes
● Programmes
○ Single Honours
○ Combined Honours (with ML, outside ML)
○ 3 Languages Degree
Four Year programmes (Year Abroad)
Three Year programmes

3. Modern Languages – course
structures
● 8 modules per year
● 2 semesters
● Contact hours / workload per module
● Lectures, seminars, tutorials, online study

4. Modern Languages – curriculum
● Language modules
● Linguistics modules
○ ‘The Making of Modern French’
○ ‘Applications of Linguistics’
● Socio-historical modules
○ ‘Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité’
○ ‘Ethnography for Language Learners’
● Cultural studies modules
○ ‘Modern French Culture’
○ ‘Reading Culture’

5. Modern Languages – Year Abroad
● ERASMUS exchanges / University Exchanges
● Language Assistants
● Work Placements
● Non-EU placements & exchanges (Mexico, Chile,
Brazil, Canada, Switzerland)
● Projects

6. Supportive environment
● Academic Advisors
● Staff Office Hours
● Communications (email, Blackboard, blogs)
● Student reps
● Specialist counselling
● Student language societies
● Pre-entry preparation

7. Opportunities – future careers
● Employability Programme
● Work experience opportunities
Year Abroad
Student Ambassadors / Associates
Student Mentors
Visit Day guides

8. Postgraduate Programmes
Taught
● MA programmes
● Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching
● Applied Linguistics (Research
Methodology)
● English Language Teaching
● English Language Teaching (online)
● Transnational Studies

9. Postgraduate Programmes
Research
● MRes
○ Linguistics (Language Acquisition)
○ Linguistics ( Syntax and Semantics)
○ Modern Languages
● MPhil/PhD

10. Research at Southampton
● Three Research Centres
○ Centre for Global Englishes
○ Centre for Transnational Studies
○ Centre for Applied Language Research
● Top 2 in European Studies (RAE 2008)

11. Conferences
● Sociolinguistics Symposium (Sept 2010)
● Music and Migration (Oct 2009)
nd
● 2 International Conference on English as
a Lingua Franca (April 2009)
For your diaries!
● British Association for Applied Linguists
(BAAL) September 2012.