BA Modern Languages and International Relations (German)(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Year 2

(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of Level 2, you will be able to
1. Understand and communicate key events and ideas in the target language (in written and oral forms), and take part in everyday conversations (if you started as a beginner in Level 1)
2. Understand and communicate complex events and ideas, and participate in sustained conversations (if you started from post-A level or equivalent competence in Level 1)
3. Recognise and analyse a range of communicative resources of the target language: vocabulary, grammar, and script (if relevant)
4. Develop an understanding of the social norms and cultural values that frame the societies in which the target language is spoken by critically examining cultural material originating from those societies
5. Widen the knowledge of the history, culture, and society of the countries where the target language is spoken by critically examining cultural and historical material originating from those societies
6. Refine and use effectively the strategies to analyse and contextualise texts from the target culture conveyed in written and audio-visual formats (books, films, digital media content)
7. Demonstrate a broad understanding of concepts of Politics, as well as the practical competencies and techniques which are standard features in Politics. In addition, you will take direction and will begin to specialise in Politics through module choice.
8. Demonstrate awareness of some of a range of debates within the study of Politics, and especially the subfields of Political Theory, and Political Systems and Parties.
9. Appreciate and critically evaluate the appropriateness of different theoretical approaches used to understand the processes and dynamics of politics.
10. Critically appraise a range of research techniques used by different development actors to produce and assess data and information.
11. Be able to make arguments and evaluations of the main debates within the study of Politics.

Skills Learning Outcomes
12. Identify, explore, and use effectively a range of sources of information and knowledge
13. Critically assess and construct sustained arguments supported by evidence and reasoning
14. Communicate effectively information and knowledge in written and oral forms or through digital media
15. Evaluate, experiment with, and use effectively a range of digital resources and tools to collect and communicate information and knowledge
16. Explore connections across perspectives and disciplinary boundaries
17. Demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines and work collaboratively on team projects
18. Acquire skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility
19. Acquire decision-making skills

Assessment

You will be working towards the subject specific and skills learning outcomes by engaging with a variety of approaches to assessment, which will depend on the programme, language pathway, and modules that you will take. At Level 2, assessment methods will typically include coursework in English (essays, commentaries) and the target language (short assignments collected in portfolios), oral presentations in English or the target language, exams in the target language that might include elements of English (for example, translation tasks), group projects, the production of podcasts and other digital artefacts. Assessment will be both formative and summative, and will be supported with feedback.