English (with a modern language) Manchester Metropolitan University

Overview

This course gives you the opportunity to study English in combination with another language.

The English department is home to internationally renowned writers and critics, and there’s a strong research culture, creating a learning environment that is both supportive and intellectually challenging. And with our extensive cultural links both in Manchester and further afield, you’ll be in the right place to begin building a creative network for your future.

Flexibility is key to our approach and as your English (with a modern language) course at Manchester Metropolitan University progresses you’ll be able to choose course units to suit your own particular interests, such as creative writing, film and cultural theory. Or why not focus geographically and culturally on writing from the USA, Ireland, Africa, India and the Caribbean?

In this degree you will also take a number of units relating to your chose modern language. Adding a modern language to your degree means you can develop as a more effective communicator, acquire linguistic skills and develop a wider cultural awareness. You can choose from French, Modern Standard Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, and Japanese.

In this degree you will also take a number of units relating to your chose modern language. Adding a modern language to your degree means you can develop as a more effective communicator, acquire linguistic skills and develop a wider cultural awareness. You can choose from French, Modern Standard Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, and Japanese.

Career

A language and English focused degree allows you to learn many transferable skills that can be used in a multitude of jobs, media work, teaching, translation and interpreting are popular pathways. Adding a language, whatever you choose it to be, makes you stand out in applications. 

The economic, business and diplomatic opportunities provided by the languages we offer will give you a competitive edge in the jobs market. Languages graduates are also sought after in many different industries, with recent graduates being offered positions in a variety of different sectors both in the UK and abroad. Recent English graduates have become school and college teachers, and some have gained employment in fields as diverse as banking, finance, manufacturing and retail.