Language Studies combine courses from two related but different disciplines: Languages and Linguistics. Students learn one (or multiple) foreign languages and explore how languages and human communication work.
Language Studies are ideal for students interested in the complexity of languages and their evolution, who also want to learn at least one foreign language. Due to their interdisciplinary nature, Language Studies can have significantly different curricula depending on the university that offers the course.
Some of the topics you can expect to study during a Bachelor's or Master's in Language Studies are: English, French or German (or another foreign language), language and culture, grammar, syntax, phonetics, morphology, semantics, discourse analysis, history of language, etc.
Future Language Studies graduates develop excellent oral and written communication skills, learn how to analyse information and think critically, and discover how languages work in different contexts. Students also learn how to be culturally aware, which is a great ability for any professional communicator.
As a linguist, you can work in various fields, such as advertising, communications, editing and publishing, journalism, teaching, and others. You can also develop a career in the tech industry, where companies work on improving text-to-speech recognition, natural language processing, and other similar technologies. Some of the most popular Language Studies jobs are: teacher, translator or interpreter, diplomat, journalist, PR specialist, copywriter, etc.
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