Students from every discipline and year, including postgraduates, are welcome to study our 20-credit language modules. Even if you don’t have the credits to take one of our modules, there is still an option to take our modules non-credit for a fee.

Attendance is paramount for successful language learning, so we may have to turn down applicants with unavoidable timetable clashes.

Note: Languages for All modules are only available to those studying or working at the University. We do not have provision for the general public.

Credit students

New students arriving for their first year who are permitted and wish to take a Languages for All module for credit, starting in Semester 1, must contact the module selection team or enter your query using Ask a Question on Student Essentials. Please ensure that you use your University email account, providing the module code and title you would like to take. If you are unable to take a Languages for All module for credit, you can still take the module non-credit.

Current students who want to take a Languages for All module for credit in the following academic year need to sign up via RISIS module selection. Languages for All modules will be listed as LA1X + the letter of the language.

All students will need to complete an application and placement test form to finalise registration and be allocated to the correct stage.

If the online module selection window has closed, contact us as soon as you can and we can advise further.

Note: doctoral students cannot take a Languages for All module as a credit module.

Non-credit students

If you have no optional credits available, you can still take our modules alongside your credit modules for a fee, just like taking a language course. You attend the same classes as credit students and can receive a certificate after completion of the module. To complete the registration process, you must fill in the application and placement test form for your chosen language.

Note: non-credit applications open at the beginning of September.

Non-credit fee

There is no fee for Languages for All modules if you are a current undergraduate or postgraduate-taught student taking the module as part of your 120 or 180 credits for the year.

For non-credit students, the fee for the academic year 2025/26 is £375 for the whole module. This will be billed to your student account in Semester 1.

Exceptions:

  • Doctoral students: all doctoral students are required to pay for their Languages for All module. However, if your school or department is willing to fund your Languages for All module, get the PGR Agreement Form signed by your School Director of Teaching and Learning and email it to languagesforall@reading.ac.uk. Those not being funded will be charged to their student account in Semester 1.
  • Staff: all staff are required to pay for their Languages for All module. However, if your school or department is willing to fund your module, please complete the Languages for All Staff Agreement Form and email it to languagesforall@reading.ac.uk. Those not being funded will be invoiced in Semester 1 and will pay via the Finance department.

Withdrawals

We hope you enjoy your Languages for All module. If, however, there is a reason you need to withdraw, you will need to complete the Languages for All Withdrawal Form and email it to languagesforall@reading.ac.uk. We cannot remove you from our records until we have received this form, even if you have told your home department or your academic tutor.

If you are taking your Languages for All module non-credit, you can withdraw before Friday of week four in Semester 1. For any non-credit withdrawal after this date, you will need to pay the full fee amount.