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"languages for all" VS. a language as a minor

What is the diffrence between doing an advanced level i.e. post A level "languages for all" on the side of your dregree or a language as a minor.

I am talking in terms of the proficiency levels at the end of uni
and the amount of coursework/country history/culture work you do in each
and the amount of hours per week.

I was thinking about about doing a language as a minor/joint honour but all the unis I have looked have a course structure of a about 20 credits or so of pure language and like 30/40 or so of cultral/histrorical topics or another similar language which I don't really love the idea of because I'm very bad at Histroy.
Hi,

It'll largely depend on the modules. Generally students taking languages as a component of their degree do the same language modules - so single honours French students do the same amount of French as a French and History student etc etc. Some "languages for all" modules might be the exact same modules that the language students take - in which case you could expect to reach the same level... although you might need a little bit more commitment if you're not getting other content modules in the foreign language.
However, other "languages for all" modules might be separate modules aimed at non-language specialists. In which case you might find they move slower and don't progress as quickly. So that's definitely something to look at in terms of proficiency.

There should also be universities that have options allowing you to avoid history if that's what you really don't want to do. Although, as a minor/joint honours you would likely have to do 20-40 credits of "culture" wherever you went.
Newcastle's Combined Honours is pretty flexible, and with only one cultural module a year you could avoid history (most languages have options in linguistics or film or literature if that's more to your liking).
Thank you very much for your informative reply :smile:, I will definitely do more reseach about the diffrence at each individual uni.
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What is the diffrence between doing an advanced level i.e. post A level "languages for all" on the side of your dregree or a language as a minor.

I am talking in terms of the proficiency levels at the end of uni
and the amount of coursework/country history/culture work you do in each
and the amount of hours per week.

I was thinking about about doing a language as a minor/joint honour but all the unis I have looked have a course structure of a about 20 credits or so of pure language and like 30/40 or so of cultral/histrorical topics or another similar language which I don't really love the idea of because I'm very bad at Histroy.


Completely depends on what university and language you are studying, just check their website and all the information you need will be available with a little searching.

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