2020/21 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

FREN1042 Evolution of the French Language

10 creditsClass Size: 24

Module manager: Dr Ros Brown-Grant
Email: R.Brown-Grant@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2020/21

Pre-requisite qualifications

Grade B in French at A level, or equivalent

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module provides students with an overview of the internal development of the French language from its origins to the present day and aims to enable students to identify and analyse the key linguistic features which characterise the French language at different periods of its history. The course is taught entirely by lectures in French.

Objectives

The module has two key objectives:
- to provide students with an overview of the internal development of the French language from its origins to the present day;
- to enable students to identify and analyse the key linguistic features which characterise the French language at different periods of its history.

Syllabus

In the first five weeks of the course, the emphasis is on examining internal changes: key changes in pronunciation, vocabulary, word order and case up to the late Middle Ages.

In the second half of the course, the emphasis is on exploring some of the external factors which led to the standardization and diffusion of French both within France and beyond its borders.

Lectures introduce key general topics and concepts, provide illustrations of linguistic commentary and analysis, and detailed bibliographies. The lectures also contain interactive exercises involving analysis of short extracts of written texts from the relevant periods.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			90.00
Total Contact hours			10.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

- Background reading
- Preparation for classes
- Preparation for assessment.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- regular interactive exercises set in class;
- optional extra exercises set on the VLE;
- practice essays welcome;
- fully interactive exam revision session at end of teaching.

Methods of assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Online Time-Limited assessment	48 hr	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

Take-home paper. The format of this examination may be subject to change should the situation surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic allow. Students will be informed well in advance if this becomes the case.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 05/10/2020 12:06:24

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