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Learning Requirements:

Leaving Certificate or approved equivalents to CEFR A2.2.
Learning Exclusions:

Students taking French major or minor in BA, BA International or BComm International.

Modu...

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Learning Requirements:

Leaving Certificate or approved equivalents to CEFR A2.2.
Learning Exclusions:

Students taking French major or minor in BA, BA International or BComm International.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
FR10060 - French Grammar & Comprehension, FR10070 - French Grammar & Expression, FR20020 - French Language II a, FR20040 - French Language II b, FR30310 - French Language 3a, FR30320 - French Language 3b

Expand+LANG20440 French for General Purposes 4
Academic Year 2020/2021
Autumn Trimester - September to December
Spring Trimester - January to May

This module is designed for students who already have an intermediate level of French. The aim is to deve...

Hide-LANG20440 French for General Purposes 4
Academic Year 2020/2021
Autumn Trimester - September to December
Spring Trimester - January to May

This module is designed for students who already have an intermediate level of French. The aim is to develop communicative competence in a wide range of situations including more specialized topics. Emphasis will be placed on communication and comprehension skills as well as written communication, vocabulary building and grammar review. Themes will be introduced to develop an understanding of the culture and society of contemporary France. This module will be delivered via small group teaching with classes having a maximum of 18 students. Students will also have access to extra resources and materials via the Virtual Learning Environment, Brightspace.

For more information about Applied Language Centre modules see https://www.ucd.ie/alc/programmes/glm/

Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students should be able to:
• express an opinion or ambition and give brief oral explanations for these in the target language; find information on a topic and present it in the form of a short oral presentation (spoken production)
• intervene in a conversation and exchange information on familiar topics (spoken interaction)
• understand the main points of clear, standard speech on familiar matters and understand the main points of short, clear listening texts which deal with cultural themes or topics of personal interest (listening)
• understand written texts using fairly high frequency, everyday or university-related language (reading)
• write simple, connected texts on familiar topics or topics of personal interest (writing)
• show progress in developing an awareness of and sensitivity to a foreign culture

Students who achieve at least a B grade at the end of this module are deemed to have reached Level B1.1/ B1.2 of the Common European Framework