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LfA French Upper Intermediate - LFA00261L

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  • Department: Language and Linguistic Science
  • Credit value: Information currently unavailable
  • Credit level: LFA
  • Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
    • See module specification for other years: 2024-25

Module summary

This course is aimed at students who already have a good level of competence in French, i.e. students who have completed the LfA Intermediate course or their A Level in French (or equivalent). The module will take students to level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), in the understanding and use of written and spoken French.

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Semester 1 2023-24 to Semester 2 2023-24

Module aims

This module will steadily build the knowledge, skills, and strategies necessary to communicate and interact in French over the course of a year. It will focus on developing a communicative competence at Upper Intermediate level, to about B2-level standard of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Students will engage, individually and/or in groups, in communicative activities and tasks emphasising three modes of communication:

  1. reception activities (oral, audio-video and reading comprehension);
  2. production activities (oral and written production);
  3. interaction activities (oral, written and online interaction).

The mediums of instruction are English and French.

Module learning outcomes

On completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • understand with a degree of independence authentic texts on both familiar and unfamiliar topics.

  • describe and present the topics studied with appropriate highlighting of significant points, and relevant supporting detail.

  • interact with an appropriate degree of fluency and spontaneity and to sustain views convincingly by providing relevant explanations and arguments.

  • interpret cultural cues appropriately in the culture concerned and reflect on and explain particular ways of communicating across diverse cultural contexts.

Module content

The course may include topics such:

  • Language practices and change

  • Health and well-being

  • Accommodation issues and solutions

  • Helping one another and showing solidarity

  • New technologies, for work and at work

  • Violence, inequalities and discriminations

  • Higher Education and studying abroad

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Departmental - attendance requirement 100

Special assessment rules

Pass/fail & Non-reassessable

Additional assessment information

The course is non-assessed but students will receive an LfA Certificate of Completion if they participate in at least 13 sessions out of 18.

Indicative reassessment

None

Module feedback

Regular homework tasks will provide opportunities for ongoing feedback on progress.

In addition, students will have the opportunity to complete coursework. Its purpose is not to provide a summative assessment of students’ performance but to provide the basis for relevant tutor’s feedback and feedforward.

Indicative reading

Course materials and guided readings will be provided by the module convenors via the VLE at the start of the year.


The information on this page is indicative of the module that is currently on offer. The University constantly explores ways to enhance and improve its degree programmes and therefore reserves the right to make variations to the content and method of delivery of modules, and to discontinue modules, if such action is reasonably considered to be necessary. In some instances it may be appropriate for the University to notify and consult with affected students about module changes in accordance with the University's policy on the Approval of Modifications to Existing Taught Programmes of Study.