As one of Europe's most creative and diverse civilisations, Italy has a fascinating and influential history. This programme offers you the opportunity to study Italian in its cultural context while exploring how the English language has changed over time.

Combining the linguistic and cultural study of languages demonstrates that you are a good communicator, a resilient problem solver, and someone open to other cultures and new ideas – what employers value as intercultural competence.

The English language has a well-recorded history of more than 1,000 years, and its changes can be traced through written materials ranging from medieval manuscripts to text messages, and more recently, through recordings of spoken English.

Your studies will develop your knowledge and understanding of:

the principles of theoretical linguistics
the way we learn language
the regional and social variations of language, particularly the English language
methods of communication