BA Cultural Studies and Portuguese

Year 3

Learning outcomes

**Year Abroad**
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

- communicate fluently and appropriately, maintaining a high degree of grammatical accuracy, in Portuguese, with native or other competent speakers;
- being able to demonstrate academic, practical and cultural understanding of the society of the country of residence;
- perform appropriate professional tasks or study successfully in the environment of the country of residence.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- oral, written and practical skills in the target language;
- interpersonal skills required to live and work successfully in the environment of the foreign country;
- report-writing skills.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed (on a Pass/Fail basis) by:

- submission of a year-abroad logbook;
- satisfactory feedback as to student performance from the foreign educational institution or employer;
- successful completion of any academic work set for the student while overseas.