116-040 French IV: Honours Language II

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Prerequisites

116-036 French III: Language and Communication II or equivalent.

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Subject Description

Various activities and exercises are intended to foster linguistic competence in the areas outlisted below: oral-aural communication skills required in normal and professional life, in particular for oral presentations (exposés, interviews, debates, etc.) by learning appropriate strategies and operating at various levels of formality; pronunciation, in particular acquisition of native-like patterns of delivery; ability to write and translate (French-English; English-French) texts of various length, in different registers (in particular French academic writing; mastery of a wide range of vocabulary related to the themes and genres studied in class; ability to analyse, discuss and use complex grammatical and discourse structures at sentence and text level.

Assessment

A 90-minute end of semester test equivalent to 1500 words, and written and oral practical exercises equivalent to 2500 words, and a 30-minute oral test. NB: For mid-year-entry students assessment will be as for 116-039 French IV: Honours Language I.

Prescribed Texts

Materials prepared by the department.