no intrinsic relationship between the credit volume of a module and its level of difficulty. The European norm for full-time over one academic year is 60 credits. 1 ECTS credit represents 20-25 hours estimated student input, so a 10-credit module will be designed to require 200-250 hours of student input including class contact time, assessments and personal study. ECTS credits are awarded to a student only upon successful completion of the course year. Progression from one year to the next is determined by the course regulations. Students who fail a year of course will not obtain credit for that year even if they have passed certain component courses. Exceptions to this rule are one-year and part-year visiting students, who are awarded credit for individual modules successfully completed. 6. Description of Module FR1040 BESS FRENCH LANGUAGE & CIVILISATION 1 (FRENCH SOCIETY AND ECONOMY) 10 ECTS credits (250 student-input hours) This is a year-long module, delivered during both Michaelmas and Hilary terms. It is compulsory for JF BSF students. Course overview The course will introduce students to social and economic issues in contemporary France context and make them aware of the specificity of France in these areas. The program has been designed to help students identify and develop language-learning skills they will then be able to use on their own. Michaelmas Term semester) Contemporary French Society Week 5: Introduction – Geography of France
• 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) This is a year-long module, delivered during both Michaelmas and Hilary terms. It is only open to students of Business Studies and French. Course overview This course is designed to consolidate existing written French language skills through systematic study of grammar structures (see details below), analysis of written texts and written production activities. This will be complemented by the use of visual and audio-visual materials.
• Relies largely on lecture notes and set reading with limited evidence of additional research; • Reluctant to engage critically with primary and secondary literature; • Satisfactory organisation of material; • Development of ideas uneven and may not always be focused precisely on the question; • Argument may lack rigour, relevance and be inconclusive: there may be some contradiction or inadequately explained points; • Tendency to be narrative or descriptive, rather than analytical • Guided writing (if applicable): satisfactory use of stimulus material III 40-49 Work in this grade will demonstrate some limited though acceptable knowledge of the subject, but will be too simplistic or brief, or contain other major weaknesses. Language • Language lacks complexity; some basic knowledge of lexis but lacks variety and contains frequent and significant errors; • Tone and register frequently not suited to the task; • Frequent and serious grammatical errors, impede comprehension and communication; • Limited ability to manipulate language resulting in simple ‘translated’ language which contains many anglicisms Content • Demonstrates some knowledge of the subject matter, but generally narrow, or superficial in of reference; • to discuss many of the points raised by the question; • Some relevant points made, but not always supported by relevant evidence; tendency to unsupported assertions • Reliance on uncritical reproduction of lecture notes; no evidence of additional reading; • Limited ability to organise material • Structure lacks coherence and cohesion • Argument lacks rigour and clarity and is inconclusive; • Descriptive with limited ability to develop ideas • Guided writing: poor use of the stimulus material