Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Description This module, conducted in the target language, is aimed at advanced learners who wish to further develop their writing, oral and analytical skills for academic purposes. Learners work with texts on current affairs from the target language media. They learn to understand and summarise them and produce a critical analysis while gaining accuracy and fluency on linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competences. Learners explore and develop writing techniques through specific writing activities in the target language with a view to improving fluency, accuracy and range of expression in written production in the target language. The module also helps students to further develop their oral communication skills, both in terms of spoken production and interaction. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. 1. Extract information, ideas and opinions from a wide range of written registers drawn from a variety of sources (for example journalistic, literary, artistic). 2. 2. Produce well organised and structured written discourse of various text types on complex current affairs subjects, showing a controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices in the foreign language. 3. 3. Develop critical analysis and cultural awareness when presenting and discussing complex topics written and oral. 4. 4.Give a clear, detailed oral presentation on a range of subjects and explain various viewpoints. 5. 5. Interact and express themselves clearly and spontaneously in a Q&A session. 6. 6. Show good grammatical control of complex language; occasional non-systematic errors and minor flaws in sentence structures may still occur. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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