French Language Acquisition: Beginners B

Learning Outcomes

• As a student in this course you will acquire skills in all four areas of the language (reading, writing, speaking and listening).  By the end of the course you should have acquired:
  
  
• Basic knowledge and understanding of French grammar and sentence patterns;
  
• Understanding of appropriate everyday expressions and behaviours in context; some basic knowledge of French culture;
  
• Basic ability to grammatically analyse and comprehend simple French texts;
  
• Ability to conduct basic conversations and communicate effectively, using basic French grammar and expressions in everyday situations (such as greetings, introductions, shopping, telling the time, asking directions and ordering food).
  
• Ability to write simple sentences;
  
• Heightened linguistic sensitivity facilitating the acquisition of other non-English languages;
  
• Awareness of some everyday French social customs and non-verbal communication;
  
• Knowledge of current affairs in France and the Francophone world in a global context;
  
  This course will also address key attributes of the UC Graduate Profile:
  
  
• Have competence to use their knowledge of the French language in many situations;
  
• Be enterprising in developing their language skills;
  
• Understand the place of other international languages in the cultural context of Aotearoa New Zealand;
  
• Acknowledge the community role of French in a land of many tourists, students and immigrants;
  
• Be aware of the global reach of the French language in and beyond the many nations of la Francophonie.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

	Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
	Employable, innovative and enterprising Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
	Biculturally competent and confident Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.
	Engaged with the community Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.
	Globally aware Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .