Foreign Language 2 mandatory (Foreign Language 3 optional) - Semester 6 - 3GMC1225

Goal(s)

• Make progress in skills which are needed for communicating in different real-life situations.
• Know about topical issues and current events of the country/ies of the target language.
• Improve and widen lexical knowledge in various different domains.
• Learn more about the cultural aspects of the country/ies of the language studied.

Content(s)

• Presentation of an artistic creation: music, painting, architecture, film, advertising + a debate on a work open to discussion/interpretation or a debate on a controversial subject.
• Or presentation of a press review + a debate.
• Or a TV news presentation + a debate.
• Write up a short report on the operator internship carried out earlier in the year.

The skills aimed at are the following:

• Listening techniques, spoken production and spoken interaction.
• Launching and managing a debate/discussion and controlling the time limits.
• Being polite and diplomatic during debates/discussions when expressing agreement and/or disagreement.
• Exchanging personal opinions with others.
• Reading and writing skills + note-taking
• Writing a short report on an internship (300 words).

Must have met the assessment requirements of the first semester (S1).