183-109 Intensive Beginners French

This is a quota-restricted subject. Applications close on 31 October. Information and application forms are available from the Horwood Language Centre from September.

Strict enrolment deadlines apply to subjects taught during the Summer Semester. Any enrolment in, or withdrawal from, this subject must be made in line with HECS/course fee census dates.

This subject is designed to provide students with a firm foundation in the language covering all four skill areas: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Particular emphasis will be placed on listening and speaking. All courses will be taught through a communicative approach using up-to-date audio-visual materials. Classes will include work in the language laboratory. On completion of the subject, students should be able to communicate in the language in everyday situations, understand slightly more complex speech, read simple texts and write short compositions.

• be able to apply acquired strategies and techniques to the learning of other foreign languages;

• have increased their understanding of and sensitivity to intercultural issues;

• have improved their analytic and problem solving skills;

• have improved their communication skills.

Oral and written class exercises including 10 workbook exercises, three short essays, two tests and a role-play 20% (due at the end of semester), continuous assessment for duration of the subject, a 90-minute written test 12.5% (due mid-semester), a 7-minute oral test 10%(due mid-semester), a 2.5-hour written exam 25% (due at the end of semester), a 10-minute oral exam 20% (due at end of semester) and a 30-minute listening comprehension test 12.5% (due at the end of semester). Students are required to attend all classes to be eligible to sit for the final examination.

• J A Muyskens, A C Omaggio and C Chalmers, Rendez-vous: An Invitation to French. (6th ed) McGraw-Hill 2002.
• Workbook and Laboratory Manual to accompany, Rendez-vous: An Invitation to French.