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On this course, you will learn about the language, culture and history of most European, and many non-European, countries. You'll study one modern language in depth. Alongside this, you will also explore how the scientific study of language can help us understand the human mind and creativity.

You’ll choose one language to study on the course, most of which you can study without any previous knowledge of the language. The LML course at Cambridge lasts four years, with the third year spent abroad. The main languages available for study are: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. It is also perfectly possible to combine a European language with a classical language (e.g. classical Greek or classical Latin) or with a language from Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (such as Arabic). Studying MML will give you the opportunity to become fluent in at least two languages.

All the languages on offer in the Faculty, except for French, may be started ab initio, and a substantial proportion of students each year choose to do this. Beginners follow a different course from post A-level students in their first year and, where language papers only are concerned, in their second. The third and fourth year of the course is identical for ex-beginners and post A-level students. Starting a new language is hard work, but most students who choose this option find it very rewarding.

You can find further information about studying Linguistics & Modern Languages on the University's course . Detailed information is also available on the Faculty's Prospective Undergraduates .

The Year Abroad

The third year is spent abroad, in a country in which one of your languages is spoken as a first or second language. Many students enrol in a university course given in the target language (the course may be in any subject, provided that instruction is in the language you have been studying). Others teach English as a Language Assistant at a school through the British Council. Others again opt to work abroad, as interns or in paying positions.