BA German and Theatre and Performance
Year 3
Learning outcomes
On completion of the year abroad students should have provided evidence of being able to:- Engage in everyday conversation, write basic sentences and read simple texts in German;- Being able to communicate effectively information, arguments and analysis in a variety of spoken and written forms;- Having consolidated and extended knowledge and understanding of complex structures and registers of German;- Being able to demonstrate an ability to evaluate critically one or more aspects of the literatures, cultures, linguistic contexts, history, politics, geography, social and economic structures of the German-speaking world;- Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of one or more cultures and societies, other than their own, that will normally have been significantly enhanced by a period of residence in a German-speaking country;- Work autonomously within a structured environment.
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 German;- The organisation of life and study in a German-speaking country;- Inter-personal skills required to operate in German society- The ability to appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners;- Skills necessary for the communication of information;- Skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility and decision making.
Assessment
Achievement will be assessed (on a Pass/Fail basis) by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes specified for the residence abroad and will include: - Regular completion and end-of-year submission, and associated debriefing, of a (normally web-based) Year Abroad Log;- Regular language exercises set by the University of Leeds Department of German;- Demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of the discipline- Work that draws on a wide variety of material;- The ability to evaluate critical opinion;- Demonstrating a knowledge base that is both broad and, sometimes, specialised.