Module manager: Pascale Cheung
Email: P. Cheung@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
| FREN2010 | French Language in Contexts |
| FREN2015 | Language in Contexts |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This course aims to further develop language skills, building upon the enhancement of the command of French achieved during the residence abroad. The aim is to approach the ability to speak and write and understand French possessed by an educated speaker whose first language is French. This involves achieving communicative competence, the ability to express oneself idiomatically, with a sensitivity to appropriate register, orally and in writing.
On completion of this module, students will be expected to have achieved a high degree of competence in receptive, productive and inter-lingual skills in a range of registers.
On completion of this module students should:
- have a thorough knowledge of French grammar and syntax;
and should be able to:
- understand authentic speech, audio recordings and written texts of a variety of subject and type;
- differentiate between a range of registers and styles in spoken and written French and use them appropriately;
- Write in French, using the vocabulary, syntax and phraseology appropriate to the target language;
- express themselves fluently and accurately in French and in English;
- identify and pursue their individual needs for independent study.
On completion of this module students should be able to:
- express themselves fluently and accurately in French;
- communicate orally in French effectively and at an advanced level demonstrating awareness and use of register and vocabulary appropriate to the context, and awareness of French society and culture;
- prepare, deliver and discuss a short oral exposé in French;
- identify, interpret and use complex grammatical and syntactical patterns in French;
- produce a summary in French of a French journalistic text.
Tuition will consist of three classes per week, two for written skills and one for oral. The written skills will involve regular written task in French, and summary in French of French texts (synthèse). Oral classes will include communication and comprehension across a range of registers, including the formal presentation of ideas (exposé). An important element of both will be the private study and revision which backs them up. Much other teaching of modules is carried out in French in Level 3 with the aim of consolidating these skills.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop | 20 | 1 | 20 |
| Oral Class | 19 | 1 | 19 |
| Lecture | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Seminar | 20 | 1 | 20 |
| Private study hours | 139 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 61 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Weekly preparation of written task or summary exercises; preparation of material for oral classes; revision of grammar and vocabulary and preparation of exercises to discuss in grammar workshops.
Five marked written pieces per semester (written tasks, summary); feedback on work in grammar workshops: feedback on performance in Travaux Pratiques (oral) classes
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| In-course Assessment | Synthèse Online Time-Limited assessment | 35 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 35 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Open Book exam | 2.0 Hrs 0 Mins | 35 |
| Practical Exam / OSCE | 0.0 Hrs 20 Mins | 30 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 65 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
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Last updated: 08/05/2025
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