Languages at st andrews

Hi, I am a first year student at St Andrews studying French and German. In first you, you only have the choice of 1 module in each subject which you have to select. As you go though Uni, you gain access to more modules and choice. Unlike other subjects (which are far more lecture heavy) you will find that you have far more tutorials than you peers but far fewer lectures. In French, your weekly commitment is 1 lecture and 3 tutorials (writing, literature and oral) as well as something called tele-matin, which is a miscellaneous lecture on some part of French culture. The German requirement is slightly different. Instead of having the tele-matin, you have an extra grammar tutorial in addition to the other 3 tutorials. In terms of literature, you cover a new piece every 2 weeks. It is actually called literature and culture. This means that you will also be asked to watch films as well as read plays, novels and poetry. Each semester is roughly 12 weeks so in total, you will cover roughly 6 works of literature/film in tutorials, lectures and homework. In first year, these are all very varied. For example we went from reading a French medieval poem to watching entre les murs.


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