Objectives Students completing the course should display a relatively high degree of fluency, accuracy and ease in oral expression, and a high degree of accuracy and stylistic control in written expression. In particular, it will be expected that a good command of academic prose and exposition will have been attained.
Synopsis Varied oral and written exercises with particular emphasis on reading and writing activities of relevance to the preparation of the dissertation.
Assessment Weekly written exercises: 60%
* Weekly oral work, and a
final oral test: 40%. The equivalent in words is 12,000.
Prescribed texts
Collins-Robert French-English English-French dictionary Collins and Société du Nouveau Littré
Robert Le Nouveau Petit Robert Les Dictionnaires Robert
Recommended texts
Judge A and Healey F G A reference grammar of modern French Arnold
Vinay J-P and Darbelnet J Stylistique comparée du français et de l'anglais Didier
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