FRE-90006 - Module Specification
Language Centre
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

French 5 or equivalent (e.g. GCSE grade 7-9/A -A*, AS-level grade lower than 6/B, CEFR level A2+).

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

This course is designed for students with prior knowledge of French (French 5 or equivalent, e.g. GCSE grade 7-9/A-A*). It supports learners in developing greater confidence and fluency in everyday communication, while expanding their ability to express themselves in a wider range of personal and social contexts.
You will build on previously acquired skills to interact in situations such as leisure activities, social media, socialising, narrating past experiences, and discussing future plans. All four core language skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—are integrated into seminar activities, with a continued focus on grammatical accuracy, vocabulary development, and sociocultural awareness.
Teaching is based on a structured set of materials, supported by audiovisual and online resources available via the KLE. A variety of interactive tasks—such as discussions, role plays, listening and reading comprehension, and collaborative writing—will reinforce learning and promote active participation. Opportunities for guided self-study and independent research will also support your progress.
The language level of this module corresponds to A2+ work leading to Level B1 in the European Common Framework for Languages (CEFR).

This module aims to consolidate existing language skills and it prepares students to operate with growing confidence and independence in the target language. It focuses on refining all core language skills, including interaction, mediation and intercultural communication, through engagement with more complex texts and topics. Students will explore diverse cultural perspectives within the French-speaking world and continue to develop strategies for sustained language learning.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Understand the main point in short, clear speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, studies, leisure, etc.: 2,3
Interpret, summarise and extract key information from written texts that consist mainly of high frequency personal, everyday or job-related language: 1,2
Interact in routine tasks requiring direct exchange of information on topics that are familiar, of personal interest, pertinent to everyday life or job related: 3
Write coherent texts on topics which are familiar or of personal interest or job related (e.g. messages, simple personal e-mail, etc.): 1,2
Recognise and use different linguistic structures in the target language and compare them to the English language: 1,2,3
Recognise and act upon cultural differences as encountered in everyday situations and demonstrate awareness of register, style and different language varieties.: 1,2,3

Study hours

22 hours of contact time in class.
40 hours assessment preparation and completion.
88 hours guided independent study.

School Rules

Admission to the module must be confirmed through completion of a language level self-assessment form.
Students are allowed to undertake only one French module per semester.

Description of Module Assessment