Studying French & Italian: What's It Like?

Stay tuned to hear Lola, 4th-year Modern and Medieval Languages student, share everything you need to know about studying MML at Cambridge! A full list of discussion points can be found below.00:00 Introductions01:25 What does MML stand for?01:50 How come you chose French and Italian?02:40 What does ab initio mean?03:10 How do students find learning a language from scratch?04:40 What languages can MML students learn from scratch as a part of the course?05:45 What’s the course structure like for MML?06:50 What does a typical day look like for MML students?08:20 What’s the difference between a seminar and a supervision in MML?09:20 How have you found the supervisions?10:20 Are classes/supervisions in English or your chosen language?12:10 Is it the course that enables students to become fluent in their languages, or their independent hard work?13:50 What advice would you have for anyone who’s trying to learn a language?14:50 Is the aim of the MML course to become fluent in your language, or does the degree act as a humanities degree as well?17:45 What does the year abroad involve in the MML course?19:00 What did you do on your year abroad?20:15 What’s the 4th year like for MML?22:45 What modules have you chosen?25:00 What are the big differences between French and Italian, language-wise and culturally?27:00 Can you borrow papers from other departments?30:00 At what point do the ab initio students join the post-A Level students?31:00 Do you have to continue with all three languages throughout the whole course?34:00 How do you choose between Oxford and Cambridge for MML?36:00 What differences have you noticed between a translated text and its original text?40:00 Can a translation ever be better than the original?41:20 Are two translations ever the same? How have you found doing translations?