Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- exercise independence and initiative particularly during the period abroad
- produce writing in appropriate genres and to required conventions, including referencing and identification
- set and monitor goals, reflecting on your own learning and learning from feedback
- use ICT to produce documents and other material using a computer, primarily through word processing but, where appropriate, using other software
- plan and organise your learning through self management
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- plan and manage an extended period of residence abroad in one country
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- critically evaluate current research and advanced scholarship in the field and formulate and clarify critical questions
- plan and carry out a focused research project drawing on the latest research and thinking in the area
- identify concepts and data relevant to the task in hand
- engage with subject matter in both breadth and depth
- define, present and exemplify concepts in the languages and related studies area
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- one or more aspects of the cultures, linguistic contexts, history, politics, geography, economic structures of a country(ies) region(s) of the world other than your own
- research which is at the forefront in your chosen field and how to critically engage with the latest thinking
- significant and sometimes competing methodologies within the context of the languages and related studies curriculum.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Wider reading or practice | 88 |
Teaching | 12 |
Completion of assessment task | 100 |
Independent Study | 100 |
Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Blackboard. Relevant resources will vary according to your precise area of study and selected resources from the SPAN, GERM, FREN and PORT modules will be made available through Blackboard or as e-texts through the Hartley library.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Extended Essay | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Extended Essay | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Extended Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External