BA Modern Languages and History (Portuguese)(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Year 1

(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of Level 1, you will be able to
1. Understand and communicate basic information in the target language (in written and oral forms), and interact in simple conversations (if you start as a beginner)
2. Understand and communicate key events and ideas in the target language (in written and oral forms), and take part in everyday conversations (if you start from post-A level or equivalent competence)
3. Recognise and describe the basic communicative resources of the target language: vocabulary, grammar, and script (if relevant)
4. Develop an awareness of the social norms and cultural values that frame the societies in which the target language is used by assessing cultural material originating from those societies
5. Acquire a basic understanding of the history, culture, and society of the countries where the target language is used assessing cultural and historical material originating from those societies
6. Identify and apply the strategies to analyse and contextualise texts conveyed in written and audio-visual formats (books, films, digital media content)
7. Evaluate insightfully how individuals and groups have existed, acted, and thought in a range of societies and cultures across a broad chronological and geographical span;
8. Assess the range, value, and challenges of the primary source material available for historical study and apply selected concepts or theories to the analysis of sources

Skills Learning Outcomes
9. Explore and use effectively different sources of information and knowledge
10. Evaluate and develop arguments supported by evidence and reasoning
11. Communicate information and knowledge effectively in written and oral forms
12. Use effectively basic digital resources and tools to collect and communicate information and knowledge
13. Identify different perspectives and disciplinary boundaries
14. Demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines
15. Develop critical and analytical 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 1, 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).