This module is for students who have continued to study French after their A-level in French or who have acquired a comparable level via other routes (including French Language G - CE2044). This is the final stage of the preparation for DELF B2.
 

METHODS OF TEACHING: i) Weekly two-hour workshops ii) Self study including use of digital language laboratory and Learning Central.
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT: i) Coursework 20% ii) Written test 40% iii) Oral assessment 20% iv) Aural test 20%.

Email: Languages@cardiff.ac.uk

• demonstrate their ability to understand complex sentence structures and appreciate distinction of style in complex factual and literary texts by adequately completing reading and  listening tasks,
• show their ability of manipulating language structures, showing familiarity with idiomatic expressions and colloquialism by contextualising a broad range of materials in an oral presentation,
• synthesise and analyse information to produce a well structured lengthy piece of written work by using language creatively and precisely for a range of purposes and audiences,
• show an ability to engage with and interpret layers of meaning within texts by producing spoken and written comments.

This module will be taught in small groups to encourage interaction. The emphasis will be on communication. The module is taught over 12 weeks and is conducted in French.

Intellectual Skills                  

• integrate information provided in taught sessions and private study,
• engage in constructive and critical assessment of ideas and arguments. 

Discipline Specific (including practical) Skills:

1. demonstrate their ability to express themselves fluently and maintain a lengthy conversation in the target language on a wide range of topics.
2. demonstrate their ability to construct a clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects , expressing points of view at some length.
3. demonstrate their ability to understand long and complex factual and literary texts, appreciating a certain distinction of style.
4. understand extended speech even when it is not clearly structured and when relationships are only implied and not signalled explicitly. 

Employability Skills:      - to be responsive to the discipline of working with others as part of a group,

                                            - to understand and reflect upon different cultures and societies,

                                           - to show effective use of mediating skills and qualities of empathy.

Wide range of topics including everyday life in French speaking countries and current affairs.

Topics include issues regarding French language, French culture and society and politics (lifelong learning, environmental issues, generations, etc).

Grammar: students will revise major grammatical points as and when necessary, with an emphasis on further practise of prepositions, conjunctions, subjunctive and passive voice.

Suggested:

Grammaire Progressive Du Français – Niveau Avancé, CLE International, 1997

Réussir Le Delf B2 (Livre & CD), Baptiste A., Marty R., Didier, 2010