ML4001 - Unilang - Languages for All - Level 4 Placeholder

You will be taught in weekly workshops and are also expected to complete work through tutor-guided study outside the classroom.

You will be supported by the module tutors who can be contacted in class, by email and in their regular tutorial slots. Support materials specific to the individual language and stages are also provided via Blackboard.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. Online reading lists (provided after enrolment) give you access to your reading material for your modules. The Library works in partnership with your module tutors to ensure you have access to the material that you need.

Knowledge & Understanding:
1. You will be expected to develop knowledge and understanding of vocabulary and grammatical structures


Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
2. You will be expected to communicate effectively and show awareness of appropriate registers as well as
3. To develop strategies to manage your own learning

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
4. You will expected to engage sensitively with different cultural audiences

Formative: You will receive informal feedback week on week verbally or in writing.

Summative: You will have to complete two equal portfolios occurring at the end of each semester.

Portfolio 1 will comprise participation in class-based activities (speaking and listening in the foreign language) and an in-class writing test which would include testing of grammatical knowledge, reading and writing skills.

Portfolio 2 will comprise participation in class-based activities (speaking and listening in the foreign language) and an in-class writing test which would include testing of grammatical knowledge, reading and writing skills. Students going abroad will be asked to submit their portfolio electronically.

Prior knowledge of the chosen language for the higher (not beginner) levels.

N/A

Unilang modules provides the opportunity to study a range of languages (French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin and British Sign Language) within a range of ability (from stage 1 ‘beginners’ for all languages to stage 5 ‘advanced’ for specific languages) across the University.

Learning a foreign language introduces you to a country, its culture encouraging and supports international mobility, thereby enhancing employability at home and abroad, improving communication skills and cultural awareness. Competence in a modern foreign language is advantageous within the job market since:

• The speaking, listening and written language skills are transferable to a wide range of working environments.
• Enhanced communication skills, both in the foreign language and in English.
• Your employability will be enhanced with each stage of Unilang Option.
• Foreign language competence and cultural awareness is an asset in the UK’s increasingly multi-cultural and inclusive society.
• The open economy of the UK will provide job opportunities for working in organisations based in the UK with international links, or in organisations located outside the UK with links to the UK. Complementing your main degree with Unilang can give you the distinctive edge within a competitive job market.

The modules are delivered through workshops/seminar every week with supporting materials distributed in class and/or via Blackboard. Assessment at the end of each semester is by portfolio comprising participation in class-based activities (speaking and listening) and a written test assessing grammatical knowledge, reading and writing skills. Level 5 students going abroad in semester 2 are catered for and assessed via electronic means.