Studying German in combination with English Language and Linguistics enables you to learn another language and gain an understanding of how language itself works. German is one of Europe's most important languages for business and culture. Worldwide, it is the second-most widely used language on the internet (W3Techs 2014). It is also frequently used as a second language in Eastern Europe, serving as a means of communication across international boundaries.  Fluency in the German language, combined with knowledge of political and cultural developments in the German-speaking world, opens up career opportunities in many areas of Europe. Along with our other European language departments, German has native-speaker language assistants and state-of-the art computing and audio-visual facilities. Many classes are taught in German, and you have the opportunity to spend a year studying, teaching English or working in a German-speaking country. Language is fundamental to everything we do: it helps us communicate ideas, express our feelings, and present ourselves to different audiences. English Language and Linguistics is therefore an ideal complement to the subject of German, where an understanding of how language works is important.