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On completion of this module students should be able to:
1) recognize, understand and manipulate a range of basic and intermediate grammatical structures;
2) discuss their ideas on a range of prepared francophone civilisation topics in accurate spoken French;
3) prepare and present a live oral presentation video on a francophone civilisation topic;
3) use written texts as sources for ideas and vocabulary;
4) write detailed, accurate and fluent short narrative accounts of events using past tenses;
5) reach CEFR level B1.
1) Grammar revision: past tenses; subjunctive; relative pronouns; negation in the past
2) Oral work: students will study a selection of francophone destinations e.g. Tahiti, Le Maroc, in order to be able to discuss these destinations and to present a 'live' video recording
3) Rédaction: students will practise writing cohesive short narratives in the past, incorporating the four grammar points revised during the module
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 11 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 12 |
Specified Learning Activities | 36 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 51 |
Total | 110 |
Normally Grade C in Leaving Cert. Hons French or equivalent
Learning Recommendations:This module is a logical follow-on from the French language module FR10060 and complements the French literature modules FR10080 and FR10090.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Oral Examination: Oral Presentation Exam | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Examination: French Language Grammar and Expression Exam (traduction et rédaction) | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 60 |
Continuous Assessment: Online Grammar Tests | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Self-assessment activities
Grammar: After each grammar point is studied, then students are invited to trial Kahoot! exercises and BrightSpace QUIZ exercises (formative assessment- does not 'count' twds final grade) before they sit an online grammar assessment on each grammar point. Translation: Students submit individual translation sentences and get individual feedback on their work (formative assessment - does not 'count' twds final grade). Oral: Students practise using accurate French in Oral seminar groups, to help prepare the five selected francophone destinations for their Oral exams. Rédaction: Students are invited to submit up to three rédactions during the semester, which are graded as practise for the final written exam.