(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)
Subject Specific Learning Outcomes
By the end of Year 4, you will be able to:
1. Communicate fluently and appropriately, maintaining high degree of grammatical accuracy in French (to C1/C2 Level of the CEFR for all students).
2. Identify, use and reflect on complex linguistic structures and different registers in French.
3. Show advanced engagement with multiple contexts to support effective work and functioning in another country.
4. Show a broad understanding and cultural awareness of societies where French is spoken.
5. Demonstrate depth of engagement with the culture, history, literature and society of some of the countries where French is spoken.
6. Make use of specialist knowledge to engage critically with current debates in the field(s) of study.
Skills Learning Outcomes
By the end of Year 4, you will be able to:
1. Produce an autonomous piece of extended research under the guidance of a supervisor.
2. Present a structured and sustained argument and communicate persuasively and professionally to an audience using technical terminology and concepts.
3. Evaluate and critically synthesize complex information and debates in a specific research domain.
4. Reflect on, and work in accordance with, the ethical considerations raised in the research process.
5. Practise active learning by making connections across differing perspectives in order to explore ideas, identify problems and provide solutions.
6. Use a wide range of resources and techniques to undertake your research (to include digital tools and resources, enhancing your digital creation, communication and collaboration proficiency).
7. Demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines through working in a well-organised way on projects (including the FYP).
8. Work effectively and creatively as part of a team, practising problem-solving.
Competence Standards
1. Communicate effectively in French on a range of topics both in written and oral styles.
2. Gather information from a range of sources and use reasoning and judgement to evaluate and analyse.
3. Work independently on a project, with appropriate support.
4. Appraise and compare aspects of examples of the cultures and societies where French is spoken.
5. Direct, monitor and evaluate your own work and consider the advantages and disadvantages of different and new methods of enquiry.
6. Acquire lifelong learning skills such as time management, group working, communication, planning and leadership.
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme. These may include an extended research project, essays, individual and group presentations, creative writing exercises, portfolio, podcasts, reflective logs and exams.
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