French 4 (Level 4)
Overview
- Credit value: 30 credits at Level 4
- Convenor: Agnès Calatayud
- Assessment: continuous assessment (20%), a listening in-class assessment (20%), written in-class assessment (35%), oral in-class assessment (20%) and class participation (5%)
Module description
Leading to CEFR C1 (Advanced)/post-A-level*, this 24-week course further consolidates the development of oral and written skills, with an emphasis on appropriateness and accuracy. You will analyse a variety of authentic texts, documents and audiovisual materials, as well as producing original work in French. You will also make use of off-air TV recordings and the internet.
* Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Please note: this is only an approximate equivalence.
Learning objectives
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- understand extended speech even when it is not clearly structured and when relationships are only implied and not signalled explicitly
- understand television programmes and films without too much effort
- understand long and complex factual and literary texts, appreciating distinctions of style
- understand specialised articles and longer technical instructions, even when they do not relate to your field
- express yourself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions
- use language flexibly and effectively for social and professional purposes
- formulate ideas and opinions with precision and relate your contribution skilfully to those of other speakers
- present clear, detailed descriptions of complex subjects integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion
- express yourself in clear, well-structured text, expressing points of view at some length
- write about complex subjects in a letter, an essay or a report, underlining what you consider to be the salient issues
- select style appropriate to the reader in mind.