ML9642: French Higher Intermediate B1 Part 2
School | Languages for All |
Department Code | MLANG |
Module Code | ML9642 |
External Subject Code | 100321 |
Number of Credits | 10 |
Level | L4 |
Language of Delivery | English |
Module Leader | MRS Samia Zitouni |
Semester | Autumn Semester |
Academic Year | 2019/0 |
On completion of the module a student should be able to
- Understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
- Deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken.
- Produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest.
- Describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
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 the main points of clear, standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered; understand the main points of many radio and TV programmes on current affairs or topics of personal or professional interests then the delivery is relatively slow and clear.
- Understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language.
- Deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken; enter unprepared into conversations on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life.
- Write simple and connected texts on topics that are familiar or of personal interest.
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 |
Essential Reading and Resource List
Le Nouvel Edito, 2012; M. Abou-Samra, E. Heu, M. Perrard and C. Pinson; Didier (Units 4-6).
Background Reading and Resource List
Grammaire en dialogues, 2013; C. Miquel; CLE INTERNATIONAL
Preparation for DELF B1:
Réussir le DELF B1, 2010; G. Breton, S. Lepage, M. Rousse; Didier
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