BA (Hons) Modern Languages with Translation Bachelor's degree at Oxford Brookes University

Find your footing as a linguist and cultural scholar, building on your first year to develop a deeper understanding of your subject and your own potential. Through hands-on projects, collaborative challenges and structured reflection, you'll explore what it means to engage with language, culture and the wider world. You'll develop research skills - learning to find, evaluate and use academic sources with confidence and integrity. You'll build analytical and intercultural communication skills, co

You can choose to study one or more languages, from Beginners (French, Spanish, or Japanese) and/or Intermediate (French or Spanish).

In this module, you'll gain core analytical skills for your degree as you explore the intercultural differences between societies and expressions of identity. You'll also enhance your communication skills, which are essential for any future career.

In this module, you'll get to understand language and how to study it. You'll look at language as a system, and how we use it in different instances of communication. You'll understand language and its associated terms and definitions. You'll gain core linguistic skills as you explore linguistic analysis in: sound (phonetics and phonology) language as meaning (semantics) language as structure (syntax). You'll gain a strong grounding in these concepts by studying instances of written and spoken l

In this module, you'll dive into International Relations, and its key theories. You'll explore how International Relations emerges from specific cultural and historic concerns. You'll gain core analytical skills, as you interpret historical events and use them to explore pressing debates on International Relations. You'll learn how International Relations has been shaped as a Western discipline, and how to challenge this by learning about aspects of international relations that have been erased

Explore the study and understanding of Culture and Society by looking at relevant Customs, Icons and Symbols with a particular emphasis on communicative practice of reading and written language in contexts.

In this module, you'll use anthropological perspectives to make an in-depth investigation of contemporary life in Japan. You'll cover factors and topics that affect Japanese everyday life such as: child rearing education and early socialization households, marriage and kinship work and employment gender and sexuality religion and ritual immigration and diversity Japanese popular culture and the globalization of Japanese culture. This will give you a good base of knowledge for taking more advance

You are the marketers of tomorrow, so it is key you understand and are able to respond to the ethical and environmental sustainability challenges that will be faced. As such, your learning is tied to the Business School's commitment to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management. You will discuss the meaning of ethical marketing and key environmental issues, such as: global warming pollution biodiversity loss freshwater depletion. You'll examine the role of marketing in causing, as

This is your chance to work in the community and learn about education in real-life situations. The goal is to give you a wide range of experiences and show you that education also happens away from the school environment. You'll also discuss important things like: keeping people safe being fair and inclusive and doing the right thing. You'll have the choice to pick a place locally that interests you, and we'll help you arrange your experience there.

In this module, you'll investigate politics, and the struggle for power, across the nations. You'll have a clear introduction to how and why political systems differ in our world today. You'll examine case studies from a wide range of states, and gain a strong insight into how different regimes function – from the democratic to the totalitarian.

The world's most pressing challenges don't fit neatly into one subject or discipline. This module puts you at the heart of tackling them. Working alongside academics, fellow students and external partners, you'll contribute to real, cross-disciplinary projects addressing complex, real-world problems. The experience is designed to stretch you, building confidence, resilience and a deeper understanding of your subject in the context of today's world and tomorrow's workplace. This is also a space f

You will engage with key models and concepts that form the field of intercultural communication. This will help you as a basis for the analysis of practical examples taken from a variety of texts. Which will be in your main languages of study, including audio-visual support. You will learn to detect intercultural components in the source text. Translating the text in respect of the target cultural and linguistic conventions. Building your linguistic and intercultural skills Working with differen

This module provides an introduction to organisations, their structure and culture, and the behaviour of individuals and groups within them. This module incorporates elements which will enable you to understand your personal tendencies and will significantly contribute to your