116-471 French IV: Honours Language II

Formerly available as 116-040. Students who have completed 116-040 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

116-036 French III:Language II and admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth year honours in French.

In this subject various activities and exercises are intended to foster linguistic competence in a number of areas: oral-aural communication skills required in normal and professional life, in particular, for oral presentations (exposés, interviews, debates etc.); pronunciation, in particular, acquisition of native-like patterns of delivery; ability to write in different registers. Students should complete the subject with a mastery of a wide range of vocabulary related to the themes and genres studied in class; and an ability to analyse, discuss and use complex grammatical and discourse structures at sentence and text level.

• develop skills in research through frequent and systematic use of the library and other information sources, the definition of areas of inquiry and familiarisation with research methods;

• be capable of critical thinking and analysis through required and recommended reading, essay writing and tutorial discussion, and by assessing the strength of arguments;

• be capable of thinking in theoretical and analytical terms through lectures, tutorial discussion, essay writing and engagement in the methodologies of the humanities and social sciences;

• develop understanding of social, political, historical and cultural contexts and international awareness/openness to the world through the contextualisation of judgements and knowledge, developing a critical self-awareness, being open to new ideas and new aspects of French culture, and by formulating arguments;

• be capable of communicating knowledge intelligibly and economically - through essay and assignment writing, tutorial discussion and class presentations;

• develop skills in written communication through essay and assignment preparation and writing;

• develop skills in public speaking and confidence in self-expression through tutorial participation and class presentations;

• develop attention to detail through close reading and textual analysis, essay preparation and writing, and examination revision;

• develop skills in time management and planning through managing and organizing workloads for required and recommended reading, essay and assignment completion and revision for examinations.

A 30-minute classpaper of 1500 words subsequently written up 30% (due a week after the presentation), written and oral practical exercises equivalent to 2500 words 50% (due at regular intervals during the semester), and one 90-minute final test equivalent to 1000 words 20% (during the examination period).

Materials prepared by the department.