This course is aimed at people hoping to return to the job market with modern language and intercultural communication skills along with competencies relating to managing global relationships, ICT, translation and localisation skills.

 

It offers advanced specialism in one language (from Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian and French) and 10 credits of an additional foreign language from the same range. The programme will equip students with the necessary language competence, as well as intercultural skills, to be able to do business with markets of particular strategic interest to Ireland, both in Europe and beyond. By the end of the course, students in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German and French will have reached a minimum of CEFR level B1.

 

It is a 60 credits course which comprises of the following:

• Advanced Language Skills in either French, German, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese (20 credits)
• Additional 10 credits in a second language chosen from French, German, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese (10 credits)
• Translation and Professional Communication Skills (5 credits)
• ICT and Localisation Skills (5 credits)
• Mobility, Pluringualism and Intercultural Communication in a Globalized World (10 credits)
• Work Placement (10 credits)