BA French
Year 2
(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)
Learning outcomes
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of:- being able to achieve effective communication in French with native or other competent speakers;- being able to demonstrate complex receptive and productive language skills in a variety of contexts;- having consolidated and extended knowledge and understanding of complex structures of the French language;- being able to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of selected areas of French Studies such as the literatures, cultures, linguistic contexts, history, politics, social and economic structures of the societies of France and Francophone countries;- being able effectively to communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of media.
Transferable (key) skills
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:- qualities and transferable skills related to French studies, valuable for employment, eg be able to gather and process information from a variety of paper, audio-visual and electronic sources, be able to use IT effectively both as a means of communication and as an aid to learning;- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility and independent learning, including the ability to appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners;- decision making.
Assessment
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:- demonstrating the knowledge and application of a broad range of concepts, information and techniques relevant to the area of study;- work that is often descriptive in nature but drawing on a wide variety of material;- demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to the discipline;- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion.