Module Details

Module Code: FREN B8Z11
Full Title: French 7
Valid From:: Semester 1 - 2019/20 ( June 2019 )
Language of Instruction: 
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits:: 5
Module Owner:: Mary Kennedy
Departments: Unknown
Module Description: The aim of this module is to equip the student with the necessary communicative skills for working in a French speaking environment and to broaden the students’ understanding of French society and culture.
 
Module Learning Outcome
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Module Learning Outcome Description
MLO1 Interact fluently with native speakers on a range on subjects.
MLO2 Perform aural comprehension tasks based on authentic and advanced material such as films or documentaries
MLO3 Compare, contrast and critically comment, in written French, on topics relating to French/Francophone history and literature and cinema
MLO4 Respond appropriately to advanced texts relating to French/Francophone history and literature and cinema
MLO5 Apply a range of strategies designed to eliminate recurrent errors
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named DkIT module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
No recommendations listed
 
Module Indicative Content
Language Awareness
Register and appropriacy; The passive voice, the past conditional; Revision and consoldiation of previously studied grammar.
French for general purposes
French & Francophone History; study of a French film and extracts from literature; Current affairs; French for the workplace
Module Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Course Work70.00%
Final Examination30.00%
Module Special Regulation
 

Assessments

Full-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Presentation % of Total Mark 30
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing S1 Week 5 Learning Outcome 1,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Research and presentation
Assessment Type Oral Examination/Interview % of Total Mark 30
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcome 1,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Oral
Assessment Type Class Test % of Total Mark 10
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing S1 Week 11 Learning Outcome 2,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Aural Test
No Project
No Practical
Final Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 30
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcome 3,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
End-of-Semester Final Examination
Reassessment Requirement
A repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.

DKIT reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 4.00 4
Directed Reading Non Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Independent Study Non Contact No Description Every Week 3.00 3
Total Weekly Learner Workload 9.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 4.00
Workload: Part-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Directed Reading Non Contact No Description Every Week 3.00 3
Independent Study Non Contact No Description Every Week 4.00 4
Total Weekly Learner Workload 9.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 2.00
 
Module Resources
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Dietiker & Van Hoof. (2001), En Bonne Forme, 7th. Houghton Mifflin.
  • Anne Christine Rice. (2013), Cinema for French Conversation, 2nd. Focus Publishing.
  • Jean-Luc Penfornis. (2010), La Communication Progressive du Francais des Affaires, Cle Interational, Paris.
Supplementary Article/Paper Resources
  • Le Monde.
  • L'Express.
Other Resources
  • website, www.tv5.fr.
  • website, www.lepoint.fr.
  • website, www.radiofrance.fr.
  • website, www.euronews.fr.
  • language lab, language learning software.