2015/16 FR1040 Dates for your diary 10 ECTS Module= MT + HT Details are correct at the time of publication. Some changes might be necessary later on. MT MCQ vocabulary and grammar – Wednesday 16th December 2015@ 2pm room 2039 HT MCQ vocabulary and grammar – Wednesday 30th March 2016 @ 2pm room 2039 Oral exams: Week following the last teaching week of HT. Make sure you are in Dublin that week! Aural (mini-lecture in French followed by questions in English on the lecture; answer questions in English) – Wednesday 6th April 2016 @ 2pm room 2039 End of year written exam during exam period.
• Very low level of fluency and accuracy, with very frequent mistakes in lexis, syntax, morphology and pronunciation, which can result in unintelligibility. • Cannot use even limited and basic vocabulary and syntax with any degree of accuracy. Extensive evidence of anglicisms. • Tone, register and not suited to the setting and task • Lack of confidence and ability to discuss a range of topics at even the lowest level of abstraction and with significant simplification • No evidence of strategic competence in the L2 and, hence, frequent recourse to English • Significant comprehension difficulties • Responds inadequately to questions on the subject matter and cannot engage satisfactorily in dialogue with the examiners F2 0-29 Oral communication skills in the F2 range will reveal some or all of the weaknesses noted under F1, but to a greater, perhaps extreme, extent. • Fluency and accuracy lacking completely; mistakes in lexis, syntax, morphology and pronunciation render the speaker unintelligible • Cannot use even limited and basic vocabulary and syntax with any degree of accuracy. Extensive evidence of anglicisms. • Tone, register and style not suited to the setting and task • Inability to discuss a range of topics at even the lowest level of abstraction and with significant simplification • No evidence of strategic competence • Very significant comprehension difficulties • Responds wholly inadequately to questions on the subject matter and is incapable of engaging in dialogue with the examiners 7. Description of Module FR1050 BSF FRENCH WRITING SKILLS 1 10 ECTS credits (250 student-input hours)
Grading Criteria • The following profiles are general and typical: a candidate may not fit all aspects of a profile to fall into that grade band. • The criteria set out below are applied in a manner appropriate to the Junior Freshman year. • Allowance is made for essays that are written under examination conditions, i.e. where time is limited and there is no access to dictionaries or other resources. Essays written in French I 70+ This indicates work of exceptional quality. A first-class essay will demonstrate some, though not necessarily all, of the following: Language • Rich, complex and idiomatic language, employing a wide range of appropriate lexis correctly; • Tone, register and style wholly suited to the chosen task; • Virtually free from grammatical error; • Showing a very high degree of command of the structures of the language; Content • Excellent knowledge and understanding of the subject matter; • Independent thought of high quality reflected in an original and imaginative handling of the subject matter; • Comprehensive treatment of the question; • Clear evidence of additional research which goes beyond the content of lectures and set reading; • Incisive critical and analytic ability; • Excellent structure and organisation with a very high degree of coherence and cohesion throughout • Rigorous, entirely relevant and conclusive argument supported by evidence from (where appropriate) primary and secondary sources. • Guided writing (if applicable): very skilful handling of the stimulus material