PGCE - Secondary - Modern languages

Age phase: 11-16 with post-16 enhancement

Experience unique opportunities to think outside the box and to capture pupils’ interest - using film, literature, mathematics, sustainable development goals and traditions in your lessons.

Take part in exciting projects and enhance pupils’ language learning experiences by contributing to the European day of languages at a local school and a modern language poetry workshop

Benefit from the high quality support from experienced university tutors and school mentors throughout the course, including with job applications and interviews.

Key Features

• Very high employment rates
• The subject specific part of the course aims to build on your expertise in modern languages and to familiarise you with current teaching methodology and research, thus enabling you to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills required for the successful teaching of modern languages
• Learn to teach modern languages in high quality placement schools
• Use our support systems to help you write assignments at Master’s Level and our additional targeted support for international trainee teachers
• We work in partnership with the Université d’Angers (France) and you may be interested in the Parcours Diffusion du français en pays anglophones ( PGCE-DIFLANG)

NB Modern languages is offered through both Core and School Direct routes.

Academic requirements: Honours degree normally (2:2) or higher from a United Kingdom higher education institution or equivalent qualification, in a relevant subject area. Applicants with a 3rd class degree will be considered on an individual basis. All entrants have achieved a standard equivalent to a grade 4 (formerly grade C) in the GCSE examinations in English Language and mathematics (or equivalent) (for 2022 entry, applicants must have these qualifications by the start of the course). Alternatively, we offer equivalency test if you don’t have the required GCSE grade to apply for our courses. Trainees who begin courses before providing evidence of the required GCSE standard (or equivalent) will not be eligible for financial incentives, such as bursaries or grants until they achieve the required standard.