Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Linguistic Skills - Apply linguistic knowledge to the practice of translation or interpretation.
• Master the foreign languages at level C2 in reading and listening, and level C1 in writing and speaking.
• Continuously assess and maintain that linguistic knowledge.
• Cultural and Intercultural Competency - Utilise intercultural knowledge in order to understand, analyse, and contextualise in the practice of translation.
• Be able to recognise the socio-cultural components underlying an oral or written text.
• Analyse the assumptions, implicit or explicit, allusions, stereotypes and intertextuality of any oral or written document.
• Cognitive Skills - Possess a solid theoretical grounding in translation and/or interpretation and be able to apply it to the professional practice thereof and actively pursue further independent development of it.
• Develop the necessary analytical and synthesis faculties to be able to understand and work on complex texts.

Language Combination

Unité d’enseignement de la combinaison linguistique

Learning Outcomes of UE

Students will be able to:
- read and understand relatively long and complex pieces of writing, capturing subtle nuances in style and meaning, both implicit and explicit;
- follow a lecture or exposé on a specialized topic using regional, familiar or idiomatic language as well as unfamiliar vocabulary; subsequently, produce a clear and succinct outline;
- produce a clear, well-structured argument, oral or written, on a complex subject;
- argue a point of view using secondary arguments, justifications and examples.

Content of UE

Critical reading and discussion of aural or written, structurally complex documents on abstract or specialized subjects (professional or academic context).
Activities involving reception (analysis): level C2 of the Common European Framework.
Activities involving production (commentary): level C1.

Prior Experience

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q1

• Oral examination
• Written examination

Q1 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

• Oral examination
• Written examination

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable

Type of Resit Assessment for UE in Q1 (BAB1)

• N/A

Q1 UE Resit Assessment Comments (BAB1)

Not applicable