(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)
Level 2
On successful completion of Level 2, students will be able to:
Subject Specific Learning Outcomes
1. Understand and communicate information, events, and ideas on familiar topics in written texts and spoken
interactions in the target language (for beginners)
2. Understand and communicate information, events, and ideas on a range of topics in extended written texts
and sustained spoken interactions (for post-A level or equivalent learners)
3. Identify, explain, and apply vocabulary and grammatical structures in the target language
4. Identify and critically engage with a range of social norms and cultural values in texts and contexts where the
target language is used
5. Identify and critically examine significant historical events that have shaped the cultures and societies where
the target language is used
6. Combine and apply a range of analytical approaches to texts from the target cultures, including written,
audiovisual, and digital media
Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Develop well-structured arguments of some complexity that are supported by evidence and ideas
independently gathered from a range of sources
2. Demonstrate academic integrity by effectively referencing a range of academic and digital sources and
following academic conventions
3. Use a range of digital tools to find, organise, and communicate information and ideas effectively
Competence Standards
1. Understand and communicate information on familiar topics in the target language (for beginners)
2. Understand and communicate information on a range of topics in the target language (for post-A level or equivalent learners)
3. Identify and analyse some significant historical events that have affected the cultures and societies where the target language is used
4. Apply a range of approaches to analyse texts from the cultures and societies where the target language is used
5. Use a range of sources of information to develop and present ideas and arguments
Students 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 language route and modules that they will take. At Level 1, assessment methods will typically include coursework in English (essays, commentaries) and the target language (short assignments collected in portfolios), individual and group oral presentations in English or the target language, exams in the target language that might include elements of English (for example, translation tasks).
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