French IV: Honours Language I (FREN40005)
HonoursPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Overview
| Availability | Semester 1 |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject is intended primarily to foster students' writing skills, with a particular focus on academic writing. Students will analyse a range of academic texts and learn to identify and use the rhetorical features inherent to French academic discourses. In each text they will identify features of large-scale organisation, stylistic and rhetorical procedures and unfamiliar lexical items. They will also acquire an in-depth understanding of appropriate use of connectors and other rhetorical devices to (1) achieve meaning in a complex argumentative texts and (2) present and develop their own arguments in a clear, coherent and convincing fashion in both oral and written forms. Aspects of French grammar will be explored in context as difficulties occur. Although students undertaking thesis writing in French will find this subject particularly useful, students interested in the advanced mastery of French in both oral and written forms will find this subject rewarding.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should:
- have enhanced oral-aural communication skills required in normal and professional life, in particular for oral presentations (exposes, interviews, debates, etc.) by learning appropriate strategies and operating at various levels of formality;
- have enhanced their pronunciation, in particular acquisition of native-like patterns of delivery;
- have enhanced their ability to write and translate (French-English, English-French) texts of various length, in different registers (in particular French academic writing);
- have enhanced their mastery of a wide range of vocabulary related to the themes and genres studied in class;
- have enhanced their ability to analyse, discuss and use complex grammatical and discourse structures at sentence and text level.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should:
- have fostered linguistic competence, have an ability to analyse, discuss and use complex grammatical and discourse structures at sentence and text level.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Only students who are admitted to the Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) or fourth-year honours in French may enrol in this subject.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
A summary of an argumentative text (in class)
| Week 6 | 5% |
Written test (explication de texte) (in class)
| Week 10 | 15% |
An oral presentation
| From Week 8 to Week 10 | 20% |
A subsequent write up in essay form
| Week 12 | 40% |
On line blog (5 entries, weeks 2,4,6,8,10)
| From Week 2 to Week 10 | 20% |
| Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of tutorials in order to pass this subject. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
Note: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per day and in-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Veronique Duche Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours: 1 x 2-hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Specialisation (formal) French Informal specialisation PD-ARTS French Specialisation (formal) French Studies - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
Last updated: 3 November 2022