Spanish with Mandarin Chinese BA (Hons)

This course is subject to a review which may mean a change to the units of study.**Overview**Proficiency in modern languages can help you to gain the competitive edge in the global jobs market. In both the private and public sectors, there is demand for professionals with strong language skills who can work in culturally diverse environments. If you are studying languages, we offer a range of them, some of which you can start as a complete beginner, and you will have the opportunity to learn from native speakers.**Spanish:**This course places language learning within the wider context of Spanish Studies including culture, society, literature, film, and history. The language units emphasise communicating effectively and developing transferable skills such as translating, interpreting and interview techniques, with practical language classes embracing speaking, listening, reading and writing. On this course you will have the option to take up our Interpreting and Translation route from your second year.You will be required to spend your third year abroad in Spain or Latin America. The experience of being immersed in another culture for several months is one our students find both beneficial and rewarding. They return having made new friends, experienced new places and having grown in confidence.**Minor languages available:** French, Modern Standard Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, German, Italian and Japanese. This course has a Foundation Year available.**Features and Benefits**- Our Language Resource Centre is equipped with wireless laptops, PCs and voice recognition software for language training. It is also home to our multimedia and audio language learning laboratories, media booths for group-work with PCs or large flat screen TVs and multiple satellite channels broadcast in foreign languages with recording facilities.- You will spend your third year abroad in Spain or Latin America, allowing you to develop your language skills and immerse yourself in the culture.- Many of our 30+ academic, research and support staff are native speakers of French, German, Italian, Spanish, Modern Standard Arabic, Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. We also have multiple connections with language groups across Manchester to ensure you can converse in your chosen language.- Study alongside Erasmus students from our European partner institutions.- Extensive preparation for the period of residence abroad.