ATS3065 - French proficient 1

Upon completion of this subject, students should be able to meet the following objectives:

1. Express themselves, both orally and in writing, correctly, fluently and appropriately, on a wide range of topics and in different contexts including situations in which instructions are given or requested, events are retold and chronological information provided, or refused, discourse is reported, described or commented upon, proposals are made and accepted or rejected, discourse has to be structured logically and hypotheses formulated, logical arguments are conveyed, accepted or refuted, information is processed, ideas presented or reported orally, and ideas are presented or reported in writing;
2. Understand and demonstrate understanding of written, audio and video documents;
3. Demonstrate explicit competence in French grammar in the areas reviewed;
4. Demonstrate competence in the use of language reference material;
5. Demonstrate autonomous learning strategies;
6. Acquire and demonstrate a greater critical knowledge and understanding of modern and contemporary France and its culture;
7. Develop and demonstrate an explicit understanding of and competence in the theory, research methodology, practices and written and oral discourses of an area of French studies;
8. Develop and demonstrate individual and cooperative research skills.