2022/23 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

FREN1042 Evolution of the French Language

10 creditsClass Size: 24

Module manager: Professor Rosalind Brown-Grant
Email: R.Brown-Grant@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2022/23

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.

Recorded lectures which students are expected to watch in advance of the class introduce key general topics and concepts, provide illustrations of linguistic commentary and analysis, and detailed bibliographies. These lectures also set quizzes on the key points made in each lecture as well as exercises involving analysis of short extracts of written texts from the relevant periods; students are expected to prepare these exercises in advance for going over in the classes.

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 to be gone over in class;
- practice essay plan exercise;
- fully interactive exam revision session at end of teaching.

Methods of assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Open Book exam	672 hr 00 mins	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

Take home exam which students will have 4 weeks to complete.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 19/10/2022

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