Modules are inspired by the research interests of our staff and as a result may change for reasons of, for example, research developments or legislation changes. The list below is a sample of typical modules we offer, not a definitive list.

• LK1ELL  Exploring Language and Linguistics
• R81107 Language Meaning, Variation and Change
• R12067  Introduction to French Linguistics
• R12099  Language and Politics in 21st Century French
• R12092  Linguistic variation in French
• R21118 The Sounds of German
• R22144 Investigating the German Language
• R22254 The History of the Germanic Languages
• R22264 Teaching and learning foreign languages
• R23272 The German language and social Media

Past and present topics for postgraduate research include:

• Louis Cotgrove: German youth vernaculars online: re-examining ‘non-standard’ language on social media
• Margarita Rosa Escobar: A Discourse Approach to ‘Question Time’ in the Mexican Congress
• Katie Harrison: Preserving Identities: the role of community languages in the Ukrainian diaspora of the United Kingdom
• Emma Humphries: Defending the French language: An online battle?
• Sonya Kirk: "Whatever you do, do not let a boy grow up without Latin": A Comparative Study of Nineteenth-century Latin textbooks in English and Prussian Education
• Joanna Moore: The representation of gay people in contemporary German and Slovenian newspaper articles: a critical discourse analytic comparison of the use of sexuality labels
• Katherine Bennett: German Identity from a British Perspective: Evidence from School textbooks 1930-2000