(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)
Subject Specific Learning Outcome
On successful completion of Level 2, you will be able to
1. Understand and communicate key events and ideas in the target language (in written and oral forms), and
take part in everyday conversations (if you started as a beginner in Level 1)
2. Understand and communicate complex events and ideas, and participate in sustained conversations (if you
started from post-A level or equivalent competence in Level 1)
3. Recognise and analyse a range of communicative resources of the target language: vocabulary, grammar, and
script (if relevant)
4. Develop an understanding of the social norms and cultural values that frame the societies in which the target
language is spoken by critically examining cultural material originating from those societies
5. Widen the knowledge of the history, culture, and society of the countries where the target language is spoken
by critically examining cultural and historical material originating from those societies
6. Refine and apply the strategies to analyse and contextualise texts from the target culture conveyed in written
and audio-visual formats (books, films, digital media content)
7. Demonstrate familiarity with the main concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which
are standard features of English studies
8. Have experience of English literature from a range of literary periods and locations, including literature before
1800
9. Demonstrate a sound critical knowledge of the social, political cultural contexts of the English language as a
medium for literature;
10. Demonstrate a command of English syntax, grammar and style via engagement with literary materials
Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Identify, explore, and use effectively a range of sources of information and knowledge
2. Critically assess and construct sustained arguments supported by evidence and reasoning
3. Communicate effectively information and knowledge in written and oral forms or through digital media
4. Evaluate, experiment with, and use effectively a range of digital resources and tools to collect and communicate information and knowledge
5. Explore connections across perspectives and disciplinary boundaries
6. Demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines and work collaboratively on team projects
7. Acquire skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility
8. Acquire decision-making skills
Competence Standards
1. Understand and communicate events and ideas in the target language (if you started as a beginner in Level 1)
2. Understand and communicate complex events and ideas in the target language (if you start from post-A level or equivalent competence)
3. Identify, explore, and use a range of sources of information and knowledge
4. Investigate the history, society, culture and societies of the countries where the target languages is used
5. Analyse and evaluate texts from the target culture
6. Demonstrate a critical knowledge of up to two particular and specific literary fields, facilitated either through the choice and pursuit of research-led option modules or via the planning of a dissertation
You 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 programme, language pathway, and modules that you will take. At Level 2, assessment methods will typically include coursework in English (essays, commentaries) and the target language (short assignments collected in portfolios), oral presentations in English or the target language, exams in the target language that might include elements of English (for example, translation tasks), group projects, the production of podcasts and other digital artefacts. The assessments will gauge knowledge of English Literature by evaluating one's capacity for critical analysis of scholarly works.
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