In addition there are excellent television and video resources in the University's Language Centre. The Modern Languages Course is divided into two parts. The first part, covered in the first year, is designed to form a bridge between your school and university work. In the second part of the course, occupying your second and fourth years, equal weight is given to language and literary study, with an emphasis on the oral command of the language. Students learn to speak, write and translate to a high standard and are encouraged to spend their third year in the countries whose language they are studying.
Tuition is provided wherever possible by first-language speakers at colleges across the university.