2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
FREN1013 Pre-Intermediate French (A2 of the CEFR)
20 creditsClass Size: 30
Module manager: Karima Gaci
Email: k.gaci@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
Pre-requisites
| FREN1012 | French for Beginners (A1 of the CEFR) |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Module summary
This module enables students who have completed an A1 CEFRL level to develop their language skills up to A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). Language Learning in this module is student-centred and task-based. The classroom is conceived as a social space for communication and the co-creation of communication-related tangible outputs. Listening, reading, writing, speaking, interaction and mediation tasks will be set to develop all these communication skills. This single-semester module is the second of two language modules taken by beginners in year 1. Both are studied alongside a year-long module offering an introduction to the histories and cultures of the French-speaking world.Objectives
To develop the students’ language skills, cultural understanding, and intercultural competence up to CEFRL A2 level.Teaching is divided into a series of units, developing various important skills, such as the ability to work in a team, to a deadline, and the ability to assimilate and organize language material and present it according to the register, style, and context of an A2 level.
Students should also develop an awareness of the cultural expressions and behaviours of the French-speaking world.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
LO1. Understand both through reading and listening sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance.
LO2. Communicate both through writing and speaking about simple and everyday tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and everyday matters (e.g., very basic personal and family information, describing people, shopping, talking about food and health, films and leisure activities, house descriptions and past experiences).
LO3. Develop an awareness of different cultural behaviours and the use different registers in social situations of most immediate relevance (e.g. greetings, farewells, introducing themselves, asking for favours, asking for objects, asking for and giving permission, apologies, and explanations).
LO4. Develop and communicate both through writing and speaking an understanding of different cultural and historical events and information of French-speaking countries (e.g. food and eating habits, authors, film directors and actors, types of houses and dwellings, places to visit and activities to do, past events of political and social relevance).
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
SO1. Understand, communicate, interact, and have a basic conversation in French, commensurate to the module level.
SO2. Read and write simple texts about topics seen in class or which are familiar for the learner and related to the learner’s everyday life and own experiences.
SO3. Reflect on one’s language learning process.
SO4. Develop one’s cultural understanding and intercultural competence and awareness.
Syllabus
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Practical | 44 | 1.00 | 44.00 |
| Private study hours | 156.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 44.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
-Students will receive formative feedback from the tutor of their oral and written production during language classes, that is, during the 4 hours of weekly contact with the tutor.-Students will receive formative feedback from the tutor on written tasks through homework set on Minerva.
-Students will have some self-assessed homework, which will be set by the tutor on Minerva. Answers for that piece of homework will be available on Minerva.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Presentation | Narrated PowerPoint | 30.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 30.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Open Book exam | 2 hr 00 mins | 40.00 |
| Practical Exam / OSCE | 0 hr 15 mins | 30.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 70.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 24/05/2024
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