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Module

FRE4081 : Level D (HE Further Advanced) French: Advanced Writing Skills (Inactive)

  • Inactive for Year: 2024/25
  • Module Leader(s): Mr Laurent Binet
  • Lecturer: Dr Adeline Charlton
  • Other Staff: Ms Christelle Vicente-Jacques, Dr Helen Penet
  • Owning School: Modern Languages
  • Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Semester 1 Credit Value: 5
Semester 2 Credit Value: 5
ECTS Credits: 5.0
European Credit Transfer System

Aims

In consonance with the overall aims of the degrees offered in SML, this module will:

- build on language skills gained at Stages 1, 2 and 3.
- provide students with an in-depth knowledge of the target language and with the ability to develop a high level of written proficiency in professional and academic environments.
- prepare students for postgraduate study in areas that make extensive use of the target language.
- develop students' written translation skills into the target language.

Outline Of Syllabus

Specific topics and materials based on current issues will initially be provided by the lecturer. Subsequently, these will be supplied by students themselves for group practice in group work sessions.

Translation into the target language, summarising, and open writing will be practised throughout the year, preparing students for written communication in the target language.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching221:0022:00PiP language seminars
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesWorkshops101:0010:00PiP language workshops
Guided Independent StudyIndependent study168:0068:00N/A
Total100:00
Jointly Taught With
Code Title
FRE4181Level D (HE Further Advanced) French: Advanced Writing Skills - Exchange Students Semester 1
FRE4281Level D (HE Further Advanced) French: Advanced Writing Skills - Exchange Students Semester 2
FRE4084Level D (HE Further Advanced) French: Advanced Writing Skills - IBM
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Language classes will introduce, model and offer guidance in each of the skills that students are required to practise during the course (including summary and commentary writing, intensive reading, taking part in critical discussions, and translation into the foreign language).

Group work will offer students an opportunity to work in small groups (in the target language) under close supervision of the lecturer. These classes will focus on the skills listed in the outline syllabus.

Teaching will be mostly in the target language.

Work requirements:
- researching materials for oral presentation and discussion
- writing critical discussions and summaries in the target language
- practising and revising advanced vocabulary and grammar

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Exams
Description Length Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Written Examination901A40This written exam will test students' ability to write in the target language. *Continued in Assessment Rationale below
Written Examination1202A60This written exam will test students' ability to write in the target language * Continued in assessment rationale below
Exam Pairings
Module Code Module Title Semester Comment
Level D (HE Further Advanced) French: Advanced Writing Skills - Exchange Students Semester 22N/A
Formative Assessments

Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.

Description Semester When Set Comment
Written exercise1MThis exercise will help students prepare for the final written examination.
Written exercise2MThis exercise will help students prepare for the final written examination
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

*Both written exams will be on campus to ensure that the students' output is produced in identical conditions and is their own work.

Reading Lists

Timetable