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Module Title	French Language 3
Module Code	FR130
School	SALIS
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Level	1	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None

Module Aims

to develop students’ personal language-learning strategies that will enable them to become autonomous language users and learners
to consolidate students’ language competence and increase fluency
to provide students with an introduction to the social, political and cultural evolution of modern France

to provide students with an introduction to French-speaking European countries and regions (‘la francophonie’)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this module students will be able to demonstrate

language-learning strategies
ability to listen and read for the gist of written and oral discourse
increased confidence in the use of the target language to meet the needs of differing but familiar situations and tasks
ability to identify the dominant factors in the evolution of modern French society
ability to identify the major cultural and intellectual contributions France has made to the history of modern Europe

some knowledge of the ‘DOM-TOM’, and of Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

Indicative Time Allowances
	Hours
Lectures	36
Tutorials	39
Laboratories	0
Seminars	0
Independent Learning Time	0

Total	75
Placements
Assignments

NOTE

Assume that a 5 credit module load represents approximately 75 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.

Indicative Syllabus

French grammar (revision)
identifying purpose of language tasks, setting goals, self -evaluation
listening and reading for gist in relatively complex situations.
authentic material (newspaper articles, extracts of TV news and radio programmes, etc. ) on a variety of themes (especially cultural)
survey of cultural, political and social developments in France in the modern and contemporary period

insights into the socio-political structure of France and its cultural/intellectual heritage at selected points in its history: 18th Century, the age of Enlightenment and the French Revolution