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Campus: Kensington Campus
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Career: Undergraduate
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Units of Credit: 6
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Contact Hours per Week: 3
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Enrolment Requirements:
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Prerequisite: FREN2102 or permission from the Head of Department
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Description
Contemporary social and political issues in France and the French-speaking world. Students will work with a variety of materials, including television programs, newspaper articles and internet documents.
Note/s: This course is particularly recommended for students preparing to undertake study in a French-speaking university.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Perform effectively at the majority of social situations that foreign students typically encounter in France and in French speaking societies (e.g. Getting a visa, looking for accommodation, buying food, enrolling at university, going to the doctor's, at the post office, etc)
- Explain and synthetise the content of documents from authentic sources (French radio, television, Internet, newspapers) through oral and written communication
- Analyse some contemporary social and political issues in France and in the French-speaking world (e.g. Citizenship, multiculturalism, education, religion)
- Compare these with their counterparts in their culture
- Demonstrate a reasonably good knowledge of the country they will be going to for study purposes
- Apply practical research skills to get further information they may require.
Assessment
- Class work - 10%
- Three practical exercises - 30%
- Oral presentation - 20%
- Individual project - 40%
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