| Unit name | French Language 2 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | FREN20001 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Mrs. Duranton |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Relevant core language unit at level C/4 |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of French |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Weekly classes in translation and essay-writing in French, with regular written work, and weekly classes in spoken French throughout the session. Weekly classes on problems in French grammar and usage (one term only).
Students will be more confident in their ability to produce accurate and fluent spoken and written language in a variety of registers and will be capable of understanding reading and speaking the language studied at a more sophisticated level. They will be ready to put their skills into practice during their time abroad.
3 weekly contact hours dedicated to the development of key skills. Mostly seminar based with some lectures for the delivery of grammar lessons. Ongoing e-learning tasks via Blackboard.
The four key skills are; ‘Composition’, ‘Translation’, ‘Guided Writing’ and ‘Oral/Aural’.
1. Composition - assesses the students’ ability to communicate in the longer written form in the target language, which can include essay writing.
2. Translation - may assess the students’ ability to translate accurately and fluently into and out of the target language.
3. Guided Writing - sometimes also known as ‘Mediation into the Target Language’, assesses the students’ skills in reading comprehension and in expressing material in the target language (French) in prose form (including condensing, translation into the target language, rephrasing, asking them to respond to structured or guided questions related to a given text, etc). It may also assess students’ metalinguistic and lexical competence (i.e. grammar and vocabulary).
4. Oral/Aural - assesses the students’ verbal and listening skills, communicating verbally and in comprehension of the spoken language. Split: Oral=70%; Aural=30%
In order to progress into Year 3, students would need to achieve a pass mark (40) in their overall language mark. Marks of below 40 in any of the four language skills would not prevent a student from progressing, as long as the overall average remained above 40. Students, who received an overall mark of below 40 for their language assessment, would be permitted to take a re-sit written 3 hour exam in the August/September. They could only progress into Year 3 with a capped mark of 40 in this re-sit exam.
Selection of dedicated material prepared in-house (SML). Grammar texts and dictionaries as appropriate to language area.
