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 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Foreign Languages Centre |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| CW 40%, EX 60% |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
FL30225 Re-assessment Work (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: The course aims to further develop a sophisticated use of language, both orally and in writing. Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students will be able to * Engage with relative ease in spoken interaction on complex and abstract topics using an appropriate range of grammatical structures, vocabulary and discourse markers. * Relate their presentations and contributions in a discussion skilfully to those of other speakers. * Understand most of the implications and intentions of spoken language, including humour and irony, delivered in a range of accents and registers and at any natural speed * Understand with relative ease most styles, registers and nuances of speech * Understand with relative ease lengthy texts in most registers, with recourse to reference materials for specialised topics * Write clearly in a range of appropriate styles on complex topics in a range of genres * Write coherent, cohesive and accurate texts where errors and slips do not compromise the communicative effectiveness of the writing * Translate short texts on non specialist topics from English into the target language, without the use of a dictionary. Skills: Speaking, Reading, Listening and Writing in the target language - all assessed Interpersonal skills, communication, team skills - facilitated IT skills - facilitated Intercultural skills - facilitated and taught Autonomous learning - facilitated Research and organisational skills - facilitated Cognitive - taught. Content: This course provides a framework for developing a sophisticated use of language through use of challenging and interesting reading and audio-visual material not encountered in Semester 1, to stimulate discussions and debates. Factual texts will extend students' knowledge and appreciation of various cultural, social, economic and political issues in countries where the target language is spoken. In addition to developing overall linguistic proficiency, one hour a week will be spent on improving students' ability to manipulate the target language by translating short texts from English into the target language and related activities, including contrasting analysis of grammar systems, vocabulary extension activities and additional reading. |
| Programme availability: |
FL30225 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Computer Science
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