Unit name | Foreign Language Skills for Semester Abroad Students |
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Unit code | MODL20018 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Foster |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Modern Languages |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will provide students with the opportunity to study a foreign language in the context of their existing BA (Hons) programme and their preparation to study abroad for one semester in Year Two. Students who choose this unit option will be placed in an existing University-wide Language Programme (UWLP) class in the School of Modern Languages, appropriate to their language level at point of entry (benchmarked against the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages – CEFR). It is expected that this will be in French, German, Spanish or Italian. However, the School of Modern Languages’ UWLP portfolio also includes Russian, Czech, Brazilian Portuguese, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese and Japanese and there may be cases in future where a semester abroad will be facilitated by taking a class in one of these languages.
This unit will not be open to students wishing to learn a new language, as a single semester is insufficient preparation for study abroad. It is expected that students will have some prior learning of the language concerned, typically an A level or equivalent. Similarly, it will not be possible for students to take this unit in their mother tongue.
The unit will include:
Students will:
The level of the intended learning outcomes will be benchmarked against the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages as indicated in the UWLP unit on which the student is registered.
Learners will be involved in a variety of synchronous activities, mostly interactive with maximum use of the target language, but with attention devoted also to explaining the fundamentals of the target language’s structures. These activities will be supported and amplified by asynchronous e-learning opportunities and self-directed exercises.
*In-class tests of Reading, Writing and Listening – 75% - assesses ILOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 *In-class Presentation / Speaking exercise to assess Oral – 25% - assesses ILOs 1, 2 and 3
As indicated in the UWLP unit on which the student is registered: materials developed in house by the relevant Language Department. Reading and reference material will be provided on Blackboard.