PGCE Secondary Modern Foreign Languages with Qualified Teacher Status
Sheffield Hallam University
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Course summaryTrain and become a qualified, competent teacher of key stage 3 to post-16 French, Spanish or German.Gain hands-on experience of the school environment with 120 days placement work.Attain a masters-level PGCE, or a PCE, along with your Qualified Teacher Status.Work in a supportive, collaborative environment, with wide-ranging teaching methods.Become a capable, employable German, French and Spanish teacher, languages which may make you eligible for an NCTL-funded Subject Knowledge ...Read more

Course summary

  • Train and become a qualified, competent teacher of key stage 3 to post-16 French, Spanish or German.
  • Gain hands-on experience of the school environment with 120 days placement work.
  • Attain a masters-level PGCE, or a PCE, along with your Qualified Teacher Status.
  • Work in a supportive, collaborative environment, with wide-ranging teaching methods.

Become a capable, employable German, French and Spanish teacher, languages which may make you eligible for an NCTL-funded Subject Knowledge Enhancement course, or SKE booster course. You explore your languages in depth, leaving with advanced qualifications. You undertake 120 days' placement work, with close academic support and mentoring throughout.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

The vocational nature of this course is designed to provide capable, employable German, French and Spanish teachers - having at least two of these languages is a distinct advantage. You'll explore your languages in further detail, leaving with advanced qualifications, and learn how to enthuse and motivate others in these subjects. You'll undertake 120 days' placement work, with close academic support and mentoring throughout, and benefit from wide-ranging teaching methods on-campus.

You learn through

  • 120 days of school-based training
  • seminars
  • workshops
  • lectures
  • observation
  • collaborative planning
  • one-to-one sessions
  • group work
  • practical work
  • independent study
  • written assessments

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

  • teaching Key Stage 3, 4 and post-16 German, Spanish and French
  • academic careers as a researcher via Masters level study and PhD
  • local authority/voluntary sector work or research
  • non-government organisation (NGO) administrative and research posts
  • enrichment work with young people
  • more general graduate careers including, for example, retail management and the civil service

The course is vocational in nature, and our graduate employment rate is usually well in excess of 90%.

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Entry requirements

An honours degree (normally 2.2 or above) or equivalent, that includes substantial study in at least one modern foreign language. Or you need to be a native speaker of French, Spanish or German with any degree plus evidence of recent language study. Normally GCSE grade C or Grade 4 in English Language and mathematics, or equivalent. Where applicants have achieved a GCSE grade 4 or above in English literature only, we will look for further evidence of a breadth of achievement in English. We will consider applicants who are in the process of obtaining the relevant GCSEs.

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£9,250 per year

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The mentioned fee is for 2023/24-year entry. There might be a slight increase in 2024/25-year entry.

£17,205 per year

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Students from EU

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The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.

£17,205 per year

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