ML9631: French Intermediate A2 Part 1

School Languages for All
Department Code MLANG
Module Code ML9631
External Subject Code 100321
Number of Credits 10
Level L4
Language of Delivery English
Module Leader Dr Sian Edwards
Semester Autumn Semester
Academic Year 2018/9

Outline Description of Module

This is a module designed for students who completed French Beginners A1 Part 3 or who have studied French up to GCSE (and who achieved a grade C) or equivalent. This module aims to provide you with a broader but still limited range of oral, aural and written skills, sufficient for coping with everyday situations with predictable content and simple survival needs.

This module is the first part of the preparation for CEFR A2.

On completion of the module a student should be able to

  • Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. basic personal and family information, local geography, employment).
  • Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
  • Describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

How the module will be delivered

All courses on the Languages for All programme are delivered on a hybrid mode, mixing face-to-face and virtual teaching. You will be expected to actively participate in role-plays, interactive activities and group discussions. Course material is accessible on the University’s Virtual Learning Environment, Learning Central, and should be cross-platform compatible.

18 contact hours – 2 hours per week of interactive language workshops.

Skills that will be practised and developed

Intellectual Skills:

  • Enhanced cognitive skills leading to innovation, creativity and problem solving.
  • Critical analysis applied to discourse, texts, images and events.
  • Advanced listening and reading skills: the ability to scan complex texts (including audio) for gist, to synthesise information and focus on salient points.

Discipline Specific (including practical) Skills:

  • Understand spoken phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most immediate personal relevance; catch the main point in spoken short, clear, simple messages.
  • Read very short, simple texts; find specific, predictable information in simple everyday material.
  • Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topics and activities.
  • Write short, simple notes and messages relating to matters in areas of immediate needs.

Transferable Skills:

  • Ability to learn additional languages for personal/employment reasons.
  • Awareness of and sensitivity to diversity based on culture.
  • Ability to navigate and mediate between more than one culture to interpret meaning and intent beyond the purely linguistic.
  • Heightened literacy, textual analysis and oracy in mother tongue.
  • Presentation skills.
  • Ability to work cooperatively, as a member of a team or with a partner.
  • Problem solving and the ability to look at things from multiple perspectives.

How the module will be assessed

Written class test (30%) and course work (30%).  

Oral and aural continuous assessment (40%).  

Assessment Breakdown

Type % Title Duration(hrs)
Written Assessment 15 Coursework 1 N/A
Written Assessment 15 Coursework 2 N/A
Oral/Aural Assessment 20 Speaking Test N/A
Oral/Aural Assessment 20 Listening Test N/A
Class Test 30 Class Test N/A

Syllabus content

  • Talking about friendship; describing others, their personality; interacting in a social context; informal and formal usage.
  • Talking about education; applying for a job; taking part in an interview
  • Understanding population; talking about cultural differences; comparing life styles
  • Describing situations in the past; expressing opinions.

Essential Reading and Resource List

Alter-Ego + A2  (Hachette), March 2017, Annie Berthet – Emmanuelle Daill – Catherine Hugot – Véronique M. Kizirian – Monique Waendendries  (Dossiers 1-3).

Background Reading and Resource List

Grammaire Progressive du Français, Niveau intermédiaire, 2013, 3rd Edition; M. Grégoire and O. Thievenaz; CLE International.

 

Preparation for DELF A2:

Réussir le DELF A2, 2010; M. Dupuy and M. Launay; Didier.


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