Courses / Module

• Recognise and effectively manipulate a range of tenses and other grammatical structures in the French language.
• Extrapolate information from a variety of written and audio texts.
• Derive and use new vocabulary from reading and listening exercises.
• Converse in French with a degree of fluency and spontaneity.
• Produce written texts that display an awareness of French syntax, a level of accuracy of approximately A2.2 level according to the European Framework and an ability to construct coherent arguments in a second language.
• Read short texts pertaining to topics in contemporary French society and culture.

• 5 contact hours per week.

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded
• Continuous Assessment detail(s): 30% Continuous Assessment, 40% Written paper, 30% Other.
• Other detail(s): Aural examination which is a required element of the assessment.

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? No
• 40%
• Penalties: Penalties for late submission of assignments will be applied. For details see the French Studies Student Handbook.

• 3 hour written examination and an aural examination
• University scheduled written examination (Autumn): 180 minutes

• Leaving Certificate Honours C3 or equivalent.

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