Our typical offer is 72 UCAS Points, must have A2 in Foreign Language that can be studied at year 1. We operate a flexible admissions policy and treat everyone as an individual. This means that we will take into consideration your educational achievements and predicted grades (where applicable) together with your application as a whole, including work experience and personal statement. General Studies accepted.
Opportunities to work or study abroad will enhance language skills, improve confidence and enable students to experience a different culture.
The Korean Society is one of the top three largest societies in the University with regular K-Pop events that attract audiences from across the UK.
On completion of a language degree there will be opportunities to work nationally at various embassies, Chambers of Commerce, security services and the Foreign Office, British Aerospace, tourism, teaching and academia, finance, PR and international relations. At international level, graduates could work in finance, tourism, media and journalism, fashion, translation and interpreting, teaching and many other avenues. Our recent graduates have worked as teachers (UK and abroad), in the media, security services and business. Some have also continued to pursue further studies at postgraduate level.
Lectures and seminars will be in a classroom with video and audio facilities, including the standard teaching equipment and with full internet access allowing use of digital materials on the web.
Away from the classroom students will benefit from the support of our Worldwise Learning Centre which offers the opportunity to learn one of 30 different languages through Rosetta Stone. Open all year, the Centre offers advice to anyone interested in languages, cultures, travelling, working or studying abroad. Students can learn a new language, apply for a Travel Bursary, meet industry experts and participate in many social events. The Centre can also help our students arrange further work experience as a language and enterprise buddy or an international student advisor.
We house professional interpreting suites and our Confucius Institute offers the opportunity to benefit from Chinese language learning and a multitude of cultural activities. The International Institute for Korean Studies at UCLan provides a window on both of the Koreas and a similar Centre for Taiwan Studies is planned in future.
Whilst we place emphasis on the acquisition of a high-level of communicative competence in the foreign language, this is in the context of a commitment to the intellectual development of students. It is the aim of all of our courses in Modern Foreign Languages to impart a knowledge base, extend students’ capacities for analysis, critical awareness and evaluation, and develop intellectual and personal skills through discussion, debate and argument of issues arising from the materials studied. In addition, all of our courses aim to develop important transferable skills for instance problem-solving, presentation and team-working skills which can be applied to a wide range of situations.
We believe that languages cannot be studied meaningfully in isolation from their cultural context. Such cultural knowledge informs many aspects of language study and becomes particularly important at higher levels of language practice. Equally, an understanding of culture and cultural contexts is important to an evaluation of customer needs and expectations in tourism and business, as well as to an evaluation of its impacts upon a culture. These factors inform all of our programmes in Modern Foreign Languages.
Most tutors have many years’ experience of working with British and international students: cultural diversity is one of our distinguishing features. Most of our tutors have experience of studying or working abroad. The School of Language and Global Studies is one of the top teaching departments in the country for Modern Languages (European and Asian) and Business English. The School has recently achieved THES Award for International Student Support 2006 and British Council accreditation in 2008, as well as having its own English language examinations that run in a number of countries abroad. Many members of the Course Team are active Researchers on various fields and have books, articles and Journals published. They are also constantly looking at ways to improve our students experience and to update our courses.
The School has over 30 permanent members of staff from more than 20 nationalities.
At the end of the course you will be able to understand the language and culture and business etiquette of your chosen language (s), and be of a level appropriate to an Honours degree where you would have developed competencies in spoken and written communication; you will have developed your abilities in an intellectual and creative way and you will have developed your interpersonal, critical self-awareness, language and problem solving skills.
You will be taught in small groups enabling good interaction in the classroom. All classrooms are equipped with video/audio facilities and the full internet access allowing use of digital materials on the web. Weekly tutorials are given by language assistants and you will also have the free use of Rosetta Stone for your guided study time in our own Worldwise Learning Centre.
We take a communicative approach to language teaching which enables you to become fluent in your chosen languages.
We actively promote a student-centred approach to teaching and learning. Students at all levels are encouraged to share responsibility for their own learning and to acquire study skills. They are encouraged to develop, present and evaluate their own ideas in the target languages and to take an active role in monitoring their own learning.
Assessment takes into account the varying levels and abilities of students. It include aural, written and oral (role plays and presentations) assessments. For some modules, assessment is in the form of presentations, essays or portfolios.
You’ll also have access to international travel through the Worldwise Lingo Awards, which enables you to spend time overseas on a project related to your studies.
Learning Arabic at UCLan has opened up a number of opportunities that would not have otherwise been available to me such as, exploring new cultures, taking part in internships and making lots of new friends both in the UK and abroad. All of the staff are approachable and act not just as your lecturers but as your friends making you feel at home from your very first day. The languages department at UCLan is one of the few in the country that are expanding and this gives it a vibrant atmosphere in which to study. The Worldwise Learning Centre offers a wide range of resources such as Arabic books and magazines as well free access to Rosetta Stone language software. There are a number of opportunities to travel abroad, not only during the compulsory year abroad but through UCLan travel bursaries and awards that can be used to fund placements to enhance language skills. I was able to travel to Morocco as well as Jordan during my course and as a result of my success at UCLan I am looking forward to completing my Masters degree in London.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my course at the university, the lectures have been practical and interesting and the support I have received from not only my lecturers but from other lecturers within the school has been second to none. The atmosphere around the building is so friendly and with there being so many international students within the school, there are always new people to talk to. There are lots of opportunities to improve languages through interactive computer programmes and various events organised by the Worldwise Learning Centre, such as the Rosetta Stone programme and the film festivals. I felt much better equipped than friends from other universities on my year abroad in Spain, because the Spanish course at UCLan is so practical, we study topics and situations that occur in everyday life, we do not sit and study hours of literature which will never have a functional use. Overall I could not have asked for a better experience and better opportunities than those I have received from the school of Languages, Literature and International Studies at UCLan.