Subject Specific Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the Year Abroad, you will be able to:
1. Consolidate and further develop your ability to understand and communicate in the target language (in written
and oral forms) in authentic communicative contexts
2. Expand your knowledge of the communicative resources of the target language and apply them in authentic
communicative contexts: vocabulary, grammar, and script (if relevant)
3. Experience, adapt to, and reflect on the social norms and cultural values that frame the societies where the
target language is used
4. Discover and explore local varieties of the target language and culture
5. Relate the knowledge of the history, culture, and society of the countries where the target language is used to
your lived experience
Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Plan for personal, academic, and professional development in a new environment
2. Take responsibility for setting and achieving your personal, academic, and career objectives
3. Identify and act upon opportunities for personal, academic, and professional development as well as challenges
to overcome
4. Reflect upon your capabilities and areas for personal, academic, and professional development
5. Collaborate effectively with other people in new a environment
6. Reflect on your communication strategies and adapt them to different audiences
Competence Standards
1. Consolidate and further develop your ability to understand and communicate in the target language
2. Relate the knowledge of the history, culture, and society of the countries where the target language is spoken to
your lived experience
3. Engage with and respond to texts from the target culture
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 your Year Abroad experience. Assessment methods will typically
include coursework and a short interview in the target language that will enable you to reflect on your personal,
academic, and professional development as appropriate) during your Year Abroad.
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