BA Modern Languages and English (Arabic)(For students entering from September 2023 onwards)
Year 4
(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)
Learning outcomes
On completion of the year students should have provided evidence of being able to: Research Skills: - Produce an autonomous piece of extended research work (the Final-Year Project), responding to guidance and feedback from a supervisor - Present a structured, sustained argument, and communicate using terminology and concepts appropriate to the field(s) of study - Evaluate and critically synthesize aspects of recent enquiry in the field(s) of study - Reflect on, and work in accordance with, the ethical considerations raised in the research process Language Skills and Intercultural Awareness: - Communicate fluently and appropriately, maintaining high degree of grammatical accuracy, in the target language - Demonstrate a consolidated and extended knowledge and understanding of complex structures and registers of the target language - Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and an ability to see the world’s societies and cultures from multiple perspectives - Show advanced engagement with multiple genres to support effective work and functioning in another country Subject Knowledge: - Show a broad understanding and cultural awareness of societies in which the target language is spoken - Demonstrate depth of engagement with specific aspects of literatures and social and historical issues pertaining in the cultures in which the target language is spoken - Make use of specialist knowledge to engage critically with current debates in the field(s) of study - Have knowledge of linguistic terminology (if English Language modules are selected) - Have experience of a large amount of English literature from a range of periods and places, including study of periods before and after 1800 - Have an enhanced awareness of the importance of the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written and read - Have an enhanced knowledge of the structure of English, and how to apply concepts of the structure and history of English to analysis of texts (if English Language modules are selected) - demonstrate a coherent and detailed command of the key concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which constitute English studies - demonstrate a skilled knowledge of generic and subject-specific qualities, ie, - present a structured and coherent argument - have detailed knowledge of critical terminology - have a sound knowledge of the varieties of language and forms; - have an advanced knowledge of how to apply concepts of the structure and history of English to the analysis of texts; - develop and deploy dynamically and self-consciously a range of critical and analytical skills; - demonstrate a command of the English language via an engagement with literary materials.
Transferable (key) skills
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme: - The transferable/key/generic skills necessary for employment related to the area(s) studied - The exercise of initiative and personal responsibility - The deployment of decision-making skills in complex and unpredictable situations - The communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences - The ability to undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature
Assessment
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include: - Demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of the discipline - Work that draws on a wide variety of material - The ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion - Demonstrate a broad knowledge base