ATS3271 · European languages: Advanced 2

Overview

The unit includes a cultural component about contemporary global challenges in local contexts; and a language-specific component (French, German, Italian, or Spanish), which explores related themes, while developing language acquisition at the level B2-C1 of the European Framework.

Areas of study: European languages

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. critically examine contemporary global challenges (such as social inequality; discrimination; climate change and sustainability) as they emerge in specific localities and from key cultural texts produced in different European Languages
2. analyse different types of cultural texts and narrative constructs
3. critically read complex texts in the original language and in translation
4. communicate effectively in one of the European Languages (French, German, Italian or Spanish), using grammatical concepts and vocabulary at a level equivalent to B2-C1 of the European Framework.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.