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FL20203: German stage 3A (6 credits)

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2014/5
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Foreign Languages Centre
Further information on credits Credits: 6
Further information on unit levels Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Semester 1
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 40%, EX 60%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Coursework - Listening (CW 10%)
  • Coursework - Reading (CW 10%)
  • Coursework - Speaking (CW 10%)
  • Coursework - Writing (CW 10%)
  • Examination - Listening (EX 15%)
  • Examination - Reading (EX 15%)
  • Examination - Speaking (EX 15%)
  • Examination - Writing (EX 15%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: FL20203 Re-assessment Work (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites: Before taking this unit you must take FL10199 or equivalent.
Further information on descriptions Description: NB. Students wishing to take this unit should visit the Foreign Languages Centre website for information regarding enrolment.
Aims:
The course aims to provide students with extensive additions to their vocabulary and to develop significant linguistic competence in all skill areas.

Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the course students will be able to
* Interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity in a variety of contexts.
* Give a prepared straightforward presentation on a topic of personal interest or of general or cultural relevance.
* Take follow up questions and ask for clarification or repetition if necessary.
* Understand the gist of authentic audio material, such as news broadcasts and advertisements.
* Understand authentic texts on familiar topics without dependence on a dictionary.
* Write short essays on topics of personal and general interest and write accounts of experiences describing feelings and reactions in connected text with a high degree of accuracy for basic structures.

Skills:
Speaking, Reading, Listening and Writing in the target language - all assessed
Interpersonal skills, communication, team skills - facilitated
IT skills - facilitated
Intercultural skills - facilitated and taught
Autonomous learning - facilitated
Research and organisational skills - facilitated
Cognitive - taught.

Content:
The course consolidates previously acquired language structures and skills and develops the four core competences of listening, speaking, reading and writing. More complex language structures, specific to the target language, such as conditional tenses, the passive and conjunctions, are introduced to help learners access authentic material and to express themselves with a greater degree of linguistic competence. Discussion of a variety of general knowledge topics extends learners' ability in expressing and disputing opinions and encourages spontaneous responses.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

FL20203 is Optional on the following programmes:

Foreign Languages Centre
Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2014/15 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2015/16 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2014/15.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.