Languages for Global Communication BA (Hons)

at Coventry University

Why you should study this course

Our Languages for Global Communication gives you the following opportunities and benefits:

• There’s a broad range of modules built around four interwoven strands: language learning and teaching, intercultural awareness, international relations and business communication.
• You will have an opportunity to gain the Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT), accredited by Cambridge Assessment English, at no extra cost. The TKT is currently a globally recognised professional qualification in over 60 countries.
• You will have an opportunity to prepare for DALF (Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française), DELE (Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera), HSK (Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì), or CAE (Cambridge Advanced English). Registration for the tests may incur additional costs.
• You can learn other languages at no extra cost.
• You can develop a broad range of skills and knowledge which are desirable for many post-graduation roles including teaching, translation, public sector work, foreign service or private business.
• A chance to develop a dynamic online presence through creating an individual ‘A Domain of One’s Own’ website, which allows graduates to present prospective employers with an online portfolio of the variety of their degree-level work.
• You will have the option of gaining free Student Affiliate Membership of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL). For the Affiliate Membership*, which is annually renewable. You can apply when you show you are taking a language specialis
   

What you'll study

Through studying this course, you will be taught the skills required to become proficient in one or two languages (to at least level C1 in the Common European Framework, CEFR), with the option to attain competency (B1 in CEFR) in another language. You can acquire a foundation in the study of how languages themselves are learned and taught, both face-to-face and online, to adults as well as children.

In addition, you can take optional translation modules which aim to combine both theory and practice in a variety of linguistic contexts, e.g. literary, journalistic, technical, and political and economic discourse.

This should be achieved through the options to study French, Spanish and Mandarin as these are among the key foreign languages rated as most useful to business by successive Confederation of British Industry (CBI)/Pearson Education and Skills Surveys. Other languages rated as highly important by CBI/Pearson Education, including German, Italian and Japanese, are also available at no extra cost through the Add+vantage programme of employability enhancement modules.

Students whose first language (L1) is not English will have an opportunity to learn English as a second language.
Year one
In the first year, you will be introduced to the four key strands of the degree: language learning and teaching, intercultural awareness, international relations and business communication.

Modules

• How Languages are Learned and Taught - 30 credits

• National Perspectives on Intercultural Studies - 30 credits

• Introduction to Languages through International Relations - 30 credits

• Introduction to Business Communication - 20 credits

• Add+vantage - 20 credits

Year two
In year two, you will continue to develop in the four strands of the degree as well as be able to choose an optional translation or online teaching module. In addition, you will again study an Add+vantage module of your choice.

Modules

• Regional Perspectives on Intercultural Studies - 30 credits

• Languages and Changing Power Structures - 30 credits

• The Language of Marketing and Advertising - 30 credits

• Add+vantage - 20 credits

• Online Language Teaching - 20 credits

• Translation Theory and Practice 1 - 20 credits

Final year
There are a variety of optional modules you can take. This is in addition to mandatory modules around intercultural communication, foreign policy and language learning/teaching.

Modules

• Creating an Intercultural Portfolio - 20 credits

• Languages through Foreign Policies Issue - 20 credits

• Final-Year Project - 30 credits

• Materials Evaluation and Design in a Multimedia World - 20 credits

• Professional Qualifications Preparation - 20 credits

• Teaching Young Learners - 20 credits

• Translation Theory and Practice 2 - 20 credits

English language requirements

• IELTS: 6.0 overall

International Fees
£15,300 per year

International Pathways 2022 Scholarship
You could enjoy a £3,000 reduction in tuition fees.
Our high-quality foundation, international year one and pre-masters courses are for international students who do not meet the requirements for direct entry to their preferred Coventry University undergraduate or postgraduate course. We can support you to achieve the academic and/or English grades you need and help you gain the personal and professional skills required to study at university.

We want to encourage ambitious international students like you to study at Coventry University, so we’ve secured extra financial support for you worth £3,000, to help with the cost of tuition fees, living expenses and accommodation.

The scholarship application deadline is:
September 2022 intake: 31 July 2022

Since our degree develops the ability to use language effectively and appropriately in a range of circumstances, it may open up a wide range of career options associated with language proficiency, such as translation, the foreign service, marketing, public relations, advertising, teaching, the civil service or the media.