Languages

French For Professional Purposes 1B

Module code: R1136
Level 4
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Class, Seminar
Assessment modes: Coursework

This module is designed for advanced learners who have completed French for Professional Purposes 1A.

Building on existing levels of proficiency, the module aims to:

• enable you to understand the main ideas within extended discourse and to communicate effectively in French with increasing fluency, confidence and spontaneity in a variety of contexts
• provide opportunities, across a variety of topics, including common professional themes, for practice of understanding and communication in French, using the four language skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing, at an advanced level
• consolidate and develop the range of complex structures, syntax, and specialised vocabulary in French to allow further accuracy and control in use
• facilitate the analysis of some aspects of the general social, professional, political and/or cultural background of the language through a variety of contextualised activities and materials, in a range of media, eg text, audio, audio,visual, digital.

This module is at level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages.

Module learning outcomes

• With reference to CEFR B2 level, the student can demonstrate understanding of the main arguments of extended discourse in standard target language across a selected range of subjects.
• Effective planned and spontaneous communication in the target language within a selected variety of formal/informal contexts, including conventions of style and register.
• Acquisition of some specialised vocabulary and application of some complex language structures of the target language.
• Knowledge and analysis of some aspects of the general social, political and/or cultural, and professional contexts of the language.