FREN3119
Overseas immersion language course
FREN3119
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Overseas immersion language course
First or second semester
6 credits
Assessment:
100% coursework
Prerequisites:
FREN2002 or equivalent
Co-requisites:
nil
Hours per week:
Variable
Contact hours:
At least 60 hours
Total learning hours:
Variable
This course provides an opportunity to study French and to experience linguistic and cultural immersion in a partner institution located in a French-speaking country. The course usually takes place in the summer months (e.g., June, July and/or August) and the duration of the stay may vary from two weeks to one month, but must include at least 60 hours of formal class tuition. Students typically take part in this course after the completion of their second year of language studies at HKU. The course is designed to build on and to reinforce the language competence acquired during the previous years of study as well as to prepare the participants for more advanced work in the final years of the programme.
Objectives
To expand the participants’ proficiency in all aspects of the language; To offer a first-hand cultural and linguistic experience of the environment where the language is spoken; To better prepare the participants for more advanced work upon their return.
Learning outcomes
1) Apply a range of skills and strategies aiming at improving effectiveness of interaction and communication in the language; 2) Demonstrate renewed confidence in handling the written and spoken language through the acquisition of new vocabulary items and structures; 3) Show evidence of enhanced intercultural awareness and global perspective acquired through firsthand experience and engagement in an overseas French speaking environment.