LA099-5-FY-CO:
Careers and Employability Skills for Languages and Linguistics

The details
2025/26
Language and Linguistics
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 02 October 2025
Friday 26 June 2026
0
02 September 2024

 

Requisites for this module
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Key module for

BA QX31 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL),
BA QX41 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) (Including Foundation Year),
BA QX51 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) (Including Placement Year),
BA QXH1 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) (Including Year Abroad),
BA QQ13 English Language and Linguistics,
BA QQ15 English Language and Linguistics (Including Placement Year),
BA QQ16 English Language and Linguistics (Including Foundation Year),
BA QQ3D English Language and Linguistics (Including Year Abroad),
MLINQA15 English Language and Lingistics (Including Placement Year),
MLINQA16 English Language and Linguistics (Including Year Abroad),
MLINQQ14 English Language and Linguistics,
BA QQ23 English Language and Literature,
BA QQ24 English Language and Literature (Including Foundation Year),
BA QQ32 English Language and Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA QQ35 English Language and Literature (Including Placement Year),
BA LR59 International Relations and Modern Languages (5 Years Including Foundation Year),
BA LRF9 International Relations and Modern Languages,
BA Q140 Language Studies,
BA Q143 Language Studies (4 Years Including Foundation Year),
BA Q100 Linguistics,
BA Q101 Linguistics (Including Year Abroad),
BA Q102 Linguistics (Including Foundation Year),
BA Q103 Linguistics (Including Placement Year),
BA R900 Modern Languages,
BA R999 Modern Languages (5 Years Including Foundation Year),
BA RQ93 Modern Languages and English Language,
BA RQ99 Modern Languages and English Language (5 Years Including Foundation Year),
BA RQ91 Modern Languages and Linguistics,
BA RQ98 Modern Languages and Linguistics (5 Years Including Foundation Year),
BA R8T8 Modern Languages and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (5 Years Including Foundation Year),
BA RX91 Modern Languages and Teaching English as a Foreign Language,
BA R8T7 Modern Languages with Latin American Studies,
BA R8T9 Modern Languages with Latin American Studies (5 Years Including Foundation Year),
BA RR49 Spanish Studies and Modern Languages,
BA RT97 Spanish, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies,
MLANR990 Modern Languages (Translation),
BA P590 Journalism and Modern Languages,
BA QP10 English Language with Media Communication,
BA QP11 English Language with Media Communication (Including Year Abroad),
BA QP12 English Language with Media Communication (Including Placement Year),
BA QP13 English Language with Media Communication (Including Foundation Year),
BA Q120 Linguistics with Data Science,
BA Q122 Linguistics with Data Science (Including Placement Year),
BA Q123 Linguistics with Data Science (Including Year Abroad),
BSC Q120 Computational Linguistics,
BSC Q121 Computational Linguistics (Including Foundation Year),
BSC Q122 Computational Linguistics (Including Placement Year),
BSC Q123 Computational Linguistics (Including Year Abroad),
BA R106 Language Studies with Latin American Studies,
BA R107 Language Studies with Latin American Studies (Including Foundation Year),
BA R110 International Relations and Language Studies,
BA R111 International Relations and Language Studies (Including Foundation Year),
BA R114 Language Studies and Linguistics,
BA R115 Language Studies and Linguistics (Including Foundation Year),
BA R116 Language Studies and Teaching English as a Foreign Language,
BA R117 Language Studies and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Including Foundation Year),
BA P595 Journalism and Language Studies,
BA Q911 Modern Languages Translation, Interpreting and Cultural Mediation,
BA Q912 Modern Languages Translation, Interpreting and Cultural Mediation (Including Foundation Year)

Module description

LA099 is a compulsory module for all students in the department of Languages and Linguistics. This module gives students the opportunity to develop their employability skills, their awareness of their own skills and career aims, and their knowledge of the graduate job market and its requirements. It will also introduce students to the resources that the careers team in Student Development and the Department provide for their personal and career development, work placements and volunteering, and their research into the job market. The three-year module is non-credit-bearing, but obligatory for all Modern Language and Linguistics students in the Department. It is important to note that although the module carries zero credits and thus does not count toward final degree class of students, the results of this module will appear on a student's transcript.

Module aims

To raise students' awareness of their skills and to encourage them to engage in personal
development planning and activities that enhance their employability (e.g. work
placements, volunteering, study abroad, IT and communication skills training)
• To raise students' awareness of career planning resources and training opportunities that
are available to them within the University of Essex and outside
• To provide students with knowledge about the job market and its requirements
• To develop employability related skills.

Module learning outcomes

After successful completion of this module, students will be able to
1. identify careers that are available to them with their degree
2. make informed choices about career paths based on their own skills, motivations, and
goals, and their knowledge of professions and sectors
3. develop an action plan to achieve their career goals
4. make appropriate applications to employers, effectively demonstrating their skills and
Achievements.

Module information

No additional information available.

Learning and teaching methods

The module will require students to attend a range of different workshops and events and engage in a variety of activities that raise their awareness of their skills, options, and opportunities. It will also provide them with the resources and information that they need to identify appropriate careers and the steps required to achieve their career goals.

Bibliography

This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.

Assessment items, weightings and deadlines

Coursework / exam Description Deadline Coursework weighting
Coursework   Moodle Quiz      
Coursework   CV360 report     

Exam format definitions

  • Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
  • In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary, for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.

Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.

Overall assessment

Module is either passed or marked as not completed.

Reassessment

Module is either passed or marked as not completed.

Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mrs Claudia Alsdorf, email: c.alsdorf@essex.ac.uk.
Various
Ms Claudia Alsdorf, office: 4.315, number: x2212, email: c.alsdorf@essex.ac.uk

 

Availability
No
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No

External examiner

No external examiner information available for this module.
Resources
Available via Moodle
Of 13 hours, 13 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.

 

Further information
Language and Linguistics

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