Aims & Objectives

Course Aims

• Develop international-mindedness through the study of languages, cultures, and ideas and issues of global significance

• Enable students to communicate in the language they have studied in a range of contexts and for a variety of purposes

• Encourage, through the study of texts and through social interaction, an awareness and appreciation of a variety of perspectives of people from diverse cultures

• Develop students’ understanding of the relationship between the languages and cultures with which they are familiar

• Develop students’ awareness of the importance of language in relation to other areas of knowledge

• Provide students, through language learning and the process of inquiry, with opportunities for intellectual engagement and the development of critical- and creative-thinking skills

• Provide students with a basis for further study, work and leisure through the use of an additional language

• Foster curiosity, creativity and a lifelong enjoyment of language learning

Assessment Objectives

• Communicate clearly and effectively in a range of contexts and for a variety of purposes

• Understand and use language appropriate to a range of interpersonal and/or intercultural contexts and audiences

• Understand and use language to express and respond to a range of ideas with fluency and accuracy

• Identify, organize and present ideas on a range of topics

• Understand, analyse and reflect upon a range of written, audio, visual and audio-visual texts