Университет Лестера, BA (Hons), Spanish with German

Year 1: Spanish: students choose from a range of modules which cover: the history of Spain; contemporary Spain; Latin American society and culture; and Spanish and Latin American literature and film. German: students follow a module on the social, political and cultural structures of modern Germany; beginners in German or Spanish follow an intensive language course in the written and spoken language which eliminates the gap between them and post-GCSE/A level students as rapidly as possible. Year 2: Spanish options such as: Catalan; the theatre of Federico García Lorca; Mexican-US border culture; contemporary Spanish and Mexican cinema; and popular culture in Spain. German: language and modern German culture and history. Year 3: Study abroad: normally dividing students time equally between universities in Spain and a German-speaking country; students may opt to spend the whole year in 1 country, studying at a university, as an English language assistant in a school, or in other approved employment; students may make their own alternative arrangements for the year abroad subject to the approval of the Head of School. Year 4: a range of options in German and Spanish literature, history and culture allows students to specialise including: Almódovar; the cinema of Luis Buñuel; Spanish drama (the Grotesque); Latin American boom literature; the Spanish Picaresque; art and society in Spain; Catalan; German language and modern German culture and history; students may also choose to write a dissertation in place of 1 of their options.

Written skills are developed through the production of small pieces of creative writing and other activities, including online language learning and the use of materials taken from German and Spanish television and radio; oral teaching is conducted in small groups by native German and Spanish speakers; the School of Modern Languages also offers special training for linguists with its core skills module for language learners; at the end of the 1st year students normally take a 3-week summer programme in Germany or Spain, subsidised by the university.