Open University

英语和法语语言研究文学士（荣誉）

When you complete your studies, you will be able to demonstrate that you can:

Knowledge and understanding

• Communicate fluently and appropriately with competent speakers of at least two languages in a broad variety of oral and written contexts, including academic ones, maintaining a high degree of grammatical accuracy and appropriate style
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of aspects of the societies of the countries where each language is spoken (including aspects such as literatures, cultures, linguistic contexts, politics, geography, and social and economic structures)
• Show intercultural communicative competence, including a reasoned awareness and critical understanding of the cultures and societies associated with each language and the ability to describe, analyze, and evaluate the similarities and dissimilarities between cultures and societies with your own
• Recognize the relationship between language and social and political processes, as well as debates surrounding the historical and contemporary relationships between other languages
• Recognize how language develops, works, and changes, and how it is used in a variety of contexts and for a variety of purposes
• Understand the nature of linguistic evidence and the different methods used in the collection, description, and analysis of language data (This learning outcome only relates to the routes which include English Language)
• Understand the communicative processes associated with a range of spoken and written academic and/or literary genres.

Cognitive skills

• Make use of a wide variety of written, spoken, and multimodal texts for different audiences, employing appropriate reading and listening strategies
• Interpret and critically evaluate evidence in the light of alternative explanations, arguments, and theories
• Write texts of different types, following appropriate structures and conventions, selecting and making critical use of written and spoken sources
• Make spoken presentations on particular topics, using appropriate styles and techniques, and take part in a wide variety of spoken interactions, using appropriate discourse strategies.

Practical and/or professional skills

• Work independently, scheduling tasks and managing time effectively
• Gather and process information from a variety of paper, audio-visual, and electronic sources
• Demonstrate analytical and problem-solving skills related to academic tasks, including collecting and analyzing linguistic data (this learning outcome only relates to the routes which include the English language)
• Make independent judgments and construct coherent arguments, supported by evidence and appropriately referenced
• Plan and undertake small-scale research.

Key skills

• Recognise and use effective learning strategies
• Gather, identify, use, and evaluate information from a variety of sources and in a variety of forms
• Respond to feedback to improve the effectiveness of written and spoken communication
• Use information and communication technologies (ICT) as a means of communication, as an aid to learning generally, and as an aid to collaborative learning
• Understand, interpret, and discuss basic statistical data in the form of graphs, tables, and diagrams.

This qualification has three stages, each comprising 120 credits.

• 在第 1 阶段，您将学习必修的 60 学分模块。您将从一系列语言模块中选择剩余的 60 学分。
• 在第 2 阶段，您将学习 60 学分的英语语言研究模块和 60 学分的法语模块。
• 在第 3 阶段，您将学习 60 学分的英语语言研究模块和 60 学分的法语模块。

您选择的路线将结合英语语言学习和法语两个科目。您有两种选择来完成学习的不同阶段：

• study both subjects at the same time, working through Stages 1, 2 and 3 in order, or
• study one subject first, completing these subject modules at each Stage, then repeating the route for your second subject.

Stage 1 (120 credits)

You'll study the following:

• Introducing English Language Studies (L101)

You'll study the following:

• 英语语言研究导论 (L101) - 60 学分

You'll choose 60 credits from the following lists (at least 30 must be from list B):

List A:

• Introduction to French Studies (Beginners) (L102)
• Introduction to German Studies (Beginners) (L103)
• Introduction to Spanish Studies (Beginners) (L106)
• Beginners’ Chinese (L108)
• Exploring Languages and Cultures (L161)
• English for Academic Purposes Online (L185)

List B:

• French Studies 1 (Intermediate) (L112)
• German Studies 1 (Intermediate) (L113)
• Spanish Studies 1 (Intermediate) (L116)

Stage 2 (120 credits)

You'll study both of the following:

• French Studies 2: Language and Culture of the French-speaking World (L222)
• English in the World (L201)

Stage 3 (120 credits)

You'll study:

• French Studies 3: Language and Culture of the French-speaking World (L332)

You'll also choose one from:

• Language, Literature, and Childhood (L301)
• Language and Creativity (E302)

职业发展技能

到毕业时，您将成为一名有效的沟通者，并了解文化差异和相似之处——这些特质在国际接触日益增多的环境中尤为宝贵。如果您在学习另一种语言的同时学习英语，您对其结构、历史以及在社会和文化中的地位的学习将极大地丰富和发展您对沟通各个方面的理解。

某些技能可直接通过学习获得，例如翻译、流利地使用多种语言进行交流、撰写和分析各种文本的能力以及与其他文化和社区成员良好合作的能力。您还将培养广泛的就业技能，包括以下能力：

• 与他人有效、清晰、准确地沟通
• 管理和激励自己
• 规划、组织并确定工作优先顺序
• 管理时间并独立工作或作为团队的一员工作
• 评估并反思你的工作
• 设定现实的目标并实现自己的目标
• 了解当代全球问题并欣赏文化多样性
• 收集、分析并批判性地评估信息
• 运用你所了解的语言在各种环境中如何运作的知识
• 提出合理的论据并质疑假设
• 有效利用信息和通信技术 (ICT)
• 使用多种方法来分析数据并开展研究。

职业相关性

作为一名语言学家，您将享受与您的领域直接相关的广泛职业机会：教学；翻译；口译；外交服务；媒体（出版、新闻和广告）；休闲、旅游和旅行；以及在国际组织和政府机构工作。教育领域以及更广泛的经济领域中面向客户的角色对语言技能的需求也特别大。这些范围从业务开发、销售、营销、物流和旅游到支持和管理全球市场绩效，以及在日益多元化的英国提供服务（从医疗和社会护理到驾驶指导）。学习一门语言也可以成为您开启海外新生活的护照。

其他职业

所有领域的雇主都看重能够良好沟通、分析、评估和有效表达想法和论点的求职者。这些技能可用于研究或书面交流起主要作用的工作，例如广告、营销、新闻、出版和公共关系。

许多研究生级别的工作对任何专业的毕业生开放，特别是在商业、金融、管理咨询和公共部门。有些职业可能需要进一步学习、培训和/或超出学位的工作经验。语言学家特别擅长与他人交往，并乐于接受不同的观点，这在许多专业环境中都是备受推崇的技能。

通过我们独特的远程学习方法，您可以在家中、在工作中或在旅途中学习。

你需要满足一些评估截止日期，但除此之外，你可以自由地在适合自己的时间学习，将学习安排在工作、家庭和社交生活之间。

对于每个模块，您要么只使用在线资源，要么结合使用在线和印刷材料。

您学习的每个模块都会有一个模块网站

• 每周的学习计划，为你提供循序渐进的学习指导
• 课程材料，如阅读材料、视频、录音和自我评估活动
• 用于与其他学生进行讨论和合作活动的模块论坛
• 每项作业的详细信息及其截止日期
• 辅导预订系统、在线辅导室以及导师的联系方式
• 一些印刷模块材料和资源的在线版本。