Undergraduate Course: Foundation French Language 1 (ELCF07011)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	A course for beginners with no previous knowledge of French, designed to give absolute beginners a basic, working knowledge of spoken and written French. The course is not suitable for students with previous knowledge of French. All students take all elements of assessment, including the examination
Course description	The following list is a description of the contents of the course. Along with each topic and function, relevant vocabulary, grammatical and textual structures will be introduced. 1) Information about self and others 2) Countries and nationalities 3) Talking about work and family 4) Describing your daily routine 5) Shops and shopping 6) How you spend your free time 7) Ordering in bars and restaurants 8) Booking in a hotel room 9) Describing one's house 10) Asking and giving directions 11) Describing people and what they wear

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	A course book A bilingual dictionary

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Entry is subject to a language test by the relevant subject area on arrival and at the discretion of the course organiser.
High Demand Course?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2016/17, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 75
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 153 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Coursework 50% (such as homework, class tests) Degree exam 50% (A two-hour written paper) All students take all elements of assessment, including the examination.
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Foundation French Language 1 (Sem 1)		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Foundation French Langauge 1 (Sem 1 resits)		2:00

Academic year 2016/17, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 41
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 153 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Coursework 50% (such as homework, class tests) Degree exam 50% (A two-hour written paper) All students take all elements of assessment, including the examination.
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)	Foundation French Language 1 (Sem 2)		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Foundation French Language 1 (Sem 2 resit)		2:00

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Knowledge and Understanding: Basic knowledge of French up to the equivalent of A1 CEFR. Students will acquire knowledge of basic grammatical structures and a vocabulary of approximately 500 words and phrases. Students will understand basic words and phrases Practice - Applied Knowledge, Skills and Understanding: Development of grammar, oral and aural skills and ability to use them in a variety of situations. Students can produce oral and written simple phrases, and understand short passages where the context is clear and identified. Students apply a basic knowledge of grammar appropriate to the level. Generic Cognitive Skills: The students will develop the skill of using known material to make appropriate deductions and informed guesses about the meaning of material that is new to them. They can apply strategies for understanding gist and specific information. Communication, ICT and Numeracy Skills: Ability to conduct simple conversations on a limited range of topics. Students will be able to communicate at an elementary level (A1/A1+) in the target language (both written and oral) in situations of daily routine. They will be able to ask and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need or on very familiar and routine topics. Autonomy, Accountability and Working with Others: The course aims to develop confidence in language learning, understanding and responding to others in appropriate situations. Students learn to work individually as well as in pairs or small groups.

Reading List
As this is a course for beginners, there is no reading list as such. Students will be told in good time about the text book which will be used in the course. Simple texts will be issued as appropriate.

Additional Information
Course URL	http://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/open-languages
Graduate Attributes and Skills	The students will be encouraged to develop positive study-habits which will be of use to them in other disciplines, particularly in the further development of French but also in the acquisition of other new languages. Where relevant, students will be able to continue their study of French in any other University at CEFR level A1+. The students will acquire the following transferable skills in each element of the course: a) Writing The students will learn how to be accurate with unfamiliar orthography and this will teach them the value of care and precision. b) Listening and Reading The students will learn how to extract essential information from a body of unfamiliar written or spoken language, even though there might not be total comprehension. The students will develop the skill of using known material in these language sources to make appropriate deductions and informed guesses about the meaning of material that is new to them. c) Speaking The students will develop the ability to progress from learned formulaic responses towards a more spontaneous generation of language. The development of this creativity is one of the most important elements of language learning. d) General In addition to the specific skills mentioned in a) to c), students will learn the skills of using a dictionary intelligently, learning vocabulary systematically, and understanding the rules - and exceptions - of grammar.
Special Arrangements	This course is open to all students as a credit bearing course, or over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course. Auditing this course is not allowed. You must be enrolled as CE (Class and Assessment including centrally arranged exam). DELC students may only take this course if it over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course. Visiting students may only take the course for credits.
Additional Class Delivery Information	IMPORTANT: Students must attend pairs of classes. The first class meeting will be in week 1. The teaching classes start in the second week of the semester.
Keywords	OLFFREN1SEM1

Contacts
Course organiser	Mrs Helene Lovell Tel: Email: H.Lovell@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Miss Helene Thomsen Tel: (0131 6)50 6949 Email: Helene.Thomsen@ed.ac.uk