Languages
French Advanced A
Module code: R1133
Level 5
15 credits in autumn semester
Teaching method: Class, Seminar
Assessment modes: Coursework
This module is for you if you have completed both intermediate A and B modules.
The module aims to:
- enable you to understand the main ideas within extended discourse and to communicate effectively in the target language, with increasing fluency, confidence and spontaneity, in a variety of contexts
- provide opportunities, across a variety of topics, for practice of understanding and communication in the target language using the four language skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing, at an advanced level
- introduce and develop the range of complex elements of language structures, syntax, and vocabulary to allow continued progression in the target language
- facilitate the analysis of some aspects of the general social, political and/or cultural background of the language through a variety of contextualised activities and materials, in a range of media, e.g. text; audio; audio-visual; digital.
Successful completion of the module is equivalent to level B1-B2 (Independent User) of the CEFR for Languages.
Module learning outcomes
- With reference to CEFR B1-B1+ level, the student can recognise and identify the main points of clear standard discourse in the target language within a selected range of familiar subjects.
- Communicate effectively in the target language within a selected variety of familiar formal/informal contexts.
- Use and apply a good range of vocabulary and standard language structures cohesively, appropriate to context.
- Convey understanding of aspects of the general social, political and/or cultural context of the target language.