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Academic Year: | 2014/5 |
Owning Department/School: | Foreign Languages Centre |
Credits: | 3 |
Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
Period: |
Semester 2 |
Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
Assessment Detail: |
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Supplementary Assessment: |
Reassessment not allowed |
Requisites: | Before taking this unit you must take FL10311 or equivalent. |
Description: | NB. Students wishing to take this unit should visit the Foreign Languages Centre website for information regarding enrolment. Aims: This unit aims to consolidate and extend language already acquired, for example in Stage 4 Semester 1 and to improve students' accuracy when writing and fluency when speaking. Students will be introduced to more complex authentic reading and listening materials. Learning Outcomes: On completion of the course students will be able to: * Communicate confidently and spontaneously in a wide range of situations. * Understand most TV news and current affairs programmes with some support. * Read articles and reports. * Write complex narratives and reports. Skills: * Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing (all assessed). * Interpersonal and communication skills (facilitated) * Intercultural skills (facilitated). * Autonomous learning (facilitated) * Research and organisational skills (facilitated). Content: The course consolidates previously acquired language structures and skills and further develops the four competences of listening, speaking, reading and writing. In addition, more complex language structure will be introduced. The course will cover specific information relevant to countries where the target language is spoken including current events, political systems and regional differences. The course will further develop fluency, spontaneity and constructive reasoning though in class discussions. |
Programme availability: |
FL10312 is a Generally Available Unit which is available to all students of the University (subject to the usual constraints) to take as an 'extra' unit which does not count towards a final award.Foreign Languages Centre
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