BA French(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Year 3

Learning outcomes

By the end of Year 3, you will be able to:
1. Consolidate skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing.
2. Demonstrate a nuanced understanding of the vocabulary, grammar and registers of French, with sensitivity to regional variation.
3. Build on the experience of cultural immersion in another country to gain insights into the ways in which cultures interact.
4. Relate general background knowledge about societies where French is spoken to lived experience.
5. Pursue specific interests in the cultural and social life of the country of residence.
6. Gain insight into live debates pertaining to social and cultural issues as perceived in the country of residence.

Skills Learning Outcomes

By the end of Year 3, you will be able to:
1. Acquire inter-personal skills required to operate in a foreign society.
2. Adapt to living and working or studying in another country.
3. Develop 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 subject-specific learning outcomes, including the language skills acquired, cultural awareness and the ability to develop an independent research project.