BA (Hons) Arabic and English Bachelor's degree at Westminster

Gives you the knowledge and skills necessary to start analysing and describing the English language systematically (according to grammar, morphology and phonology) and prepares you for future modules at Level 5. Develops your theoretical awareness of spoken and written mediums, how they are structured, and how they can be used as linguistic data. Gives you a thorough understanding of the concepts of style, register and genre, and introduces you to some of the main historical developments of the

Introduces the core theoretical knowledge, methodologies and fundamental skills required for the study of language and culture. Develops a sound understanding of key terms and concepts in addition to the skills needed to produce clear and competent written English in a range of registers and styles appropriate for undergraduate academic study. Emphasises the interconnectedness of the study of language and culture and introduces you to a variety of methodological approaches, including textual and

Introduces a series of 'keywords' that have been historically central to the study of literature, and explores these in relation to specific critical approaches to, and theoretical understandings of, literary works.

Beginners and false beginners of Arabic will learn a range of language skills, cultural competencies and critical abilities to enable them to function with a limited degree of linguistic and cultural autonomy in Arabic-speaking countries and the learning environment. Language and culture are taught in an integrated way through task-based and enquiry-based approaches to learning. Students will achieve level A2 on the CEFR; cultural elements focus on key concepts.

Develops the practical and conceptual foundations of the translation process. In addition to language-specific translation seminars that focus on real-world texts of a gradually more complex but mostly factual and explicit nature, in the translation workshops, you'll be introduced to a range of translation-specific skills, including IT skills as well as basic theoretical concepts as a means of identifying, understanding and resolving translation issues in a practical manner. Available to interme

Investigates how language works in texts, and how texts produce their effects through examination of writers' lexical and grammatical choices. Students analyse how writers' linguistic choices indicate the attitudes of characters and narrators, and represent characters as powerful or passive. Students discover how analysing the language of literary texts differs from the approaches taken by literary scholars.

Introduces the study of contemporary and ancient material culture and examines its meaning in social, political and historical perspectives. You'll acquire skills of object analysis and visit London galleries and museums to apply them. You'll examine the social and cultural lives of objects, and how their meaning changes depending on their context and use, by assessing their production, the impact of trade, war and migration on their circulation, and their provenance and politics of ownership an

Post-beginner students of Arabic will learn a range of language skills, cultural competencies and critical abilities to enable them to function with a good level of linguistic and cultural autonomy in Arabic-speaking environments. Language and culture are taught through task-based and enquiry-based approaches with special emphasis on the promotion of intercultural understanding. You'll achieve level B1 on the CEFR; cultural elements focus on key events and ideas that have shaped the modern and c

Gives you an overview of the history of the English language and focuses on specific lexical and syntactic variants present throughout the ages. It considers texts as discourses in order to demonstrate the varied history of English in all its historical forms through to the present day.

Examines the literary, social and political concerns of Romanticism and its legacies across the period c.1790-1865. Centring on the idea of 'revolution', the module considers how a range of texts (poetry, the novel, non-fictional prose, and paintings) engage with issues as diverse as the natural world, political upheaval, liberty and the rise of the individual, 'Englishness' and the nation, gender and sexuality, the role of the artist, and the idea of modernity.

Examines the literature, society and politics of the Victorian period, an age of considerable change and upheaval. Through close consideration of a range of texts – including poems, novels and visual material – you'll consider responses to pressing social and political issues such as industrialisation and the 'Condition of England', scientific developments, faith and doubt, psychology and the mind, gender, sexuality, imperialism and the empire, and decadence and the fin de siècle.

Introduces you to the key debates and concepts that have been central to the formation of current understandings of memory, and its relationship to culture, history, and representation. Sample topics include slavery and its contemporary legacies; the Holocaust; and 9/11.

Provides you with the necessary tools to analyse spoken texts in terms of the phonological, lexical, morphosyntactic, and discourse features they display. Texts are analysed as products of discourse, that is, language that is situated in, and takes significance from, particular times and places, and is constructed with a particular purpose.

Focuses on the role of the reader to the process of textual interpretation. You will be introduced to topics in cognitive poetics to examine the ways in which readers combine their real-world knowledge and their understanding of characters to create discourse worlds, and how they respond to cues in texts to build an understanding of text worlds.

Examine how those in positions of power use language to create narratives, values and beliefs held by different groups of people in the world. You will explore how language found in the public space reflects values and conventions and how this can change across different societies. The module focuses on the role and purpose of different kinds of social institutions and analyses the means through which they maintain their identity in the international public space and the language they use to do

A blended module – which combines lectures, workshops, and online student-to-student collaboration – introduces professional language transposition skills relevant to the communication of current affairs in an increasingly globalised and digitised world. You take ownership of learning, choosing the topics studied and how to manage the synchronous online sessions. International collaborations develop interpersonal and organisational skills, as well as interlingual, intermodal, and intercultural c

Focuses on key cultural developments that have impacted the Arabic world through the analysis of pertinent cultural artefacts. It considers the development of each cultural and linguistic area over time up to and including the present day. To do so, the module will identify and focus on cultural artefacts that include text, objects, and audiovisual media such as – but not exclusively – literature, film, individual testimonies, political material, music, museum pieces, and artwork. The module aim

Offers you a choice of three pathways to complete an independent project: (1) The Professional Transcreation Project pathway provides the opportunity to work on a professional brief, creating materials for an organisation's expansion into new markets, with a focus on localisation and transcreation processes. (2) The Translation Project pathway prepares you for translation in a professional context through the completion of an extended translation as well as a critical commentary. It is available

Designed for final year students. Students will learn a range of language-specific structures and skills, cultural competencies and critical abilities appropriate to this level which will enable them to function with linguistic and cultural autonomy in an Arabic-speaking environment. Language and culture are taught through task-based and enquiry-based approaches with special focus on intercultural understanding.