LSE Language Centre

Although I was never a particularly good French student, I'm really adamant about someday becoming fluent. So my question is...what is the Language Centre like? Has anyone here taken classes there? What, exactly, are the certificates that it gives out worth? How many hours of instruction per week is there, and is it basically just a structure around which for you to pursue individual study, or is it much more organized (probably not looking at the independent nature of LSE classes)?

Reply 1

lorrybeep

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smithsj

Although I was never a particularly good French student, I'm really adamant about someday becoming fluent. So my question is...what is the Language Centre like? Has anyone here taken classes there? What, exactly, are the certificates that it gives out worth? How many hours of instruction per week is there, and is it basically just a structure around which for you to pursue individual study, or is it much more organized (probably not looking at the independent nature of LSE classes)?

go to the lse language centre page
its all up there

Reply 2

Bismarck

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smithsj

Although I was never a particularly good French student, I'm really adamant about someday becoming fluent. So my question is...what is the Language Centre like? Has anyone here taken classes there? What, exactly, are the certificates that it gives out worth? How many hours of instruction per week is there, and is it basically just a structure around which for you to pursue individual study, or is it much more organized (probably not looking at the independent nature of LSE classes)?

Roughly speaking, you attend a class with 5-15 other students once a week for 1.5-2 hours a session for 20 weeks. There are usually 5 different courses for each language, based on difficulty level. While you do learn quite a bit in the courses, you have to do a lot of work by yourself as 2 hours a week is not going to help much.

The certificate is worthless by the way. The only reason to take classes in the Language Center is to learn/get better at a language.

Reply 3

YellowBentine

The Language Centre is one of the "gems" of LSE. Some of the most dedicated and professional staff in the whole university. I did a French course there to brush up my knowledge, I thought I was decent as I did French for GCSE and did well, but they taught me so much more. Their English Literature in the 20th Century course is also fantastic - not many people know you can do English Lit at LSE - taught by the excellent Angus Wrenn.

Reply 4

ellomoto

YellowBentine

The Language Centre is one of the "gems" of LSE. Some of the most dedicated and professional staff in the whole university. I did a French course there to brush up my knowledge, I thought I was decent as I did French for GCSE and did well, but they taught me so much more. Their English Literature in the 20th Century course is also fantastic - not many people know you can do English Lit at LSE - taught by the excellent Angus Wrenn.

With regards to the LSE's English Literature course, is it hard and do you have to have/should you have English as an A-Level?

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Reply 5

ellomoto

With regards to the LSE's English Literature course, is it hard and do you have to have/should you have English as an A-Level?

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Reply 6

YellowBentine

ellomoto

With regards to the LSE's English Literature course, is it hard and do you have to have/should you have English as an A-Level?

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Sorry for delay in replying, was away over xmas! It's not hard per se, you need to do a lot of reading for it and have a genuine interest in English Literature to get a good grade though. You can get the reading list before the course starts so read a few of the books over the preceeding summer holidays. You don't need to have done English Lit A-Level, though I did. You cover stuff as varied as Auden to Orwell, Graham Greene to Muriel Spark, great stuff. The course code is LN250, if you were wondering.

Reply 7

BigDog04

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I tried to join but I couldnt get a meeting with the lady in charge of French ! So, she recommended I do it at UCL - has anyone got any experience?

Reply 8

mademoiselle84

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lse language center is absolutely amazing and the staff in the french department are brilliant. i took french for 2 years at lse and it was great. the facilities are excellent, better than most of the other departments.

LSE Language Centre

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