PL12011: Advanced French 1: language and society
[Page last updated: 22 April 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 15 [equivalent to 30 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 300 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
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- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWOA 20%, EXCB 80% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Oral or aural assessment 1 (CWOA 10%)
- Written examination (EXCB 30%)
- Oral or aural assessment 2 (CWOA 10%)
- Closed-book written examination (EXCB 50%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
On completion of the Unit students shall be able to:
- Employ a range of receptive and productive skills in written and spoken language
- Understand and use a broad range of lexis, grammatical structures and syntax
- Show awareness of style, register and appropriateness of language use
- Have an insight into the target culture(s) where the language is spoken.
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| Synopsis: | Further develop your knowledge and understanding of advanced grammatical structures, learn new vocabulary and expressions. You will learn to manipulate the language accurately, in spoken and written forms and develop your listening skills. You will explore reading techniques and develop writing skills, such as summaries, essay writing and critical analysis of texts. This will be done in pair and group activities, including discussions, audio-visual activities as well as debates and presentations
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| Content: | Written language
Activities to develop reading and writing skills, skills in critical analysis of texts, and essay writing.
Spoken language
Pair and group activities, including discussions, role plays, debates and presentations on a variety of topics related to culture and society in French-speaking countries. Audio-visual activities.
Grammar:
Targeted practice to consolidate and deepen understanding of fundamental and some advanced grammatical structures.
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| Course availability: |
PL12011 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AKB67 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (French) with year abroad (Year 1)
- UHPL-AKB55 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio German) with year abroad (Year 1)
- UHPL-AKB58 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 1)
- UHPL-AKB59 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 1)
- UHPL-AKB56 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Spanish) with year abroad (Year 1)
- UHPL-AKB55 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & German) with year abroad (Year 1)
- UHPL-AKB56 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & Spanish) with year abroad (Year 1)
- UHPL-AKB50 : BSc(Hons) International Management and Modern Languages (French) with year abroad (Year 1)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2025/26.
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