School of Modern Languages

Applied Foreign Languages

Applied Foreign Languages (AFL) are modern languages units open to undergraduate students across the University. We offer programmes for students on particular degree courses, as well as open units that are available to all students on 120/130 credit degree courses.

Any enquiries regarding AFL units should contact sml-afl@bristol.ac.uk

Programmes

The School of Modern Languages provides tailor-made AFL units for the following programmes:

Open Units

An optional range of language units for General Purposes (Level One), Specific Purposes (Level Two) and Business and Professional Purposes (Level Three). All units are fully accredited and worth either ten or 20 credit points and are taught over TB1, or TB1 and TB2.

All units are registered in the Open Units Catalogue.

For: Undergraduate students from all faculties.

Languages available: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.

If you are a native speaker of any of the languages on offer you are not permitted to study that language.

Study in Continental Europe

A range of language units for General Purposes (Level One) and Specific Purposes (Level Two). All units are fully accredited and worth 20 credit points and are taught over a 23-week period from October to May.

For: Students from Engineering, Science, and Social Science and Law Faculties who are spending the third year of an undergraduate degree in Europe.

Languages available: French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

If you are a native speaker of any of the languages on offer you are not permitted to study that language.

Language for Medical Studies

An optional range of language units. These units are optional and taken as 'student selected components' (SSC) in the second year. This language option is only available to students in Stream B. All units are fully accredited and worth ten credit points. Language for Medical Studies runs for 14 weeks from October to February.

For: Students taking a degree in Medicine. This language option is not offered to students in Stream A.

Languages available: French, German, and Spanish.

If you are a native speaker of any of the languages on offer you are not permitted to study that language.

Study resources

Student in the Multimedia Self-access Facility

AFL students have access to the Multimedia Self-Access Facility based at the Centre for English Language and Foundation Studies on Tyndall's Park Road.

What languages are on offer?

The School of Modern Languages offers fully accredited AFL units in:

  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Mandarin Chinese
  • Spanish