Spanish and Japanese (BA) at Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Tuition Fee £ 19,450
- Country Rank-
- Duration48 Months
- Score IELTS: 6.5
Program Overview
Spend a year abroad
Adventure into a new culture; open your mind to new ideas and experiences while applying and developing your language skills.
Tailored to your ability
All our languages can be studied at beginner or advanced level and do not require an A Level.
Links to the Spanish Embassy
Benefit from The Spanish Embassy which has a satellite office at our School and supports Spanish language learning across Wales.
Freedom to choose
Gain experience on a placement, work as a teaching assistant or choose to study during your year abroad.
Advocate for language learning
Inspire others through the Welsh Government supported Student Language Ambassador and Student Mentoring schemes.
Our aim at the School of Modern Languages is to develop and educate our students to become ‘global citizens’. In addition to developing high-level language skills, our BA Spanish and Japanese programme allows you to gain an in-depth intercultural understanding that encompasses a specific knowledge of Spanish and Japanese culture. You will develop high-level communication and critical-thinking skills, and foster resilience and independence through time spent in immersive foreign language contexts.
The Hispanic world is a major actor on the European and world stage, possessing rich and sophisticated cultures. Spanish is one of the official working languages of the European community and still a global language of culture and diplomacy.
Contemporary Japan is founded on a rich and fascinating cultural history that stretches back thousands of years. It remains a major economic power as well as an innovator in the fast-moving automotive and electronic industries. By studying Japanese, you will gain a wealth of transferable skills and knowledge beneficial to the world of employment, making you competitive and attractive in an increasingly global workforce and opening the doors to a variety of career paths.
By studying Spanish combined with Japanese you will gain a wealth of transferable skills and knowledge beneficial to the world of employment, making you competitive and attractive in an increasingly global workforce and opening the doors to a variety of career paths.
We offer Spanish language for advanced students and beginners and Japanese language for beginners only. In terms of language acquisition, this course will enable you to develop your writing, oral and aural skills through a range of learning activities and audio-visual materials. In your first year, in addition to your language tuition, an introduction to Spanish and Japanese history and culture seeks to provide a solid foundation for more specialised studies as you progress through your course.
Your understanding of the language will be further developed and refined during your year abroad, when you will experience life in a Spanish-speaking and a Japanese-speaking country at first hand.
In the final year, you have the opportunity to write a dissertation, which stimulates initiative and can serve as a useful preparation for postgraduate study.
It is important to remember that studying languages is not just about the language itself, it involves exploring many aspects of a country, and we aspire to offer a genuinely broad course that offers challenging and stimulating modules.
On completion of this four-year programme, you will have a high level of proficiency in the both Spanish and Japanese language, as well as a critical understanding of key aspects of Spanish and Japanese history, culture, literature, politics and contemporary society.
Cost Of Studying At Cardiff University
Interest rates as low as 8.9% *
250K+
Students Assisted
800Cr+
Loan Amount Disbursed
5000+
Loans Sanctioned
