Browse Hierarchy SML6202: Advanced Oral Competence in Modern Languages (One Language)

This module is designed for final year students taking a degree involving an L1 language (French, German, Russian or Spanish) either in the BA Modern Languages, or combined with a non-language subject. It is for students who have already reached a high level of linguistic competence and aim to develop listening comprehension and oral production skills ¿ including bilateral communicative skills ¿ to a very high level. Students will learn to perform different types of speech acts in everyday life situations and to perform tasks required in working and social environments, such as summarizing, reporting and presenting, as well as consecutive interpreting (interpreting between speakers of two different languages). This module is not designed for true native speakers of the language studied. Students outside of Modern Languages can take this module at the discretion of the module organiser.