This Course is made up of one mandatory unit and one other unit.

Mandatory Unit:

Modern Languages: Understanding and Using Language

The purpose of this unit is to provide learners with the opportunity to develop their understanding of cultural and topical issues in the relevant country/countries in the contexts of society, learning, employability, and culture. Learners develop the skills needed to understand and use a modern language in a wide range of contexts by further developing their listening, talking and reading skills, as well as offering opportunities to compare and contrast issues and to increase their language proficiency.

Additional unit:

Modern Languages: Extended Reading/Viewing

The purpose of this unit is to provide learners with the opportunities to develop analytical and evaluative skills through the study of literary or media texts in the modern language, or through the study of a thematic aspect of the country/countries of the modern language. Learners develop the skills needed to use a modern language by further developing their writing skills.

Conditions of award

To gain the award of the Course, the learner must pass all of the units as well as the course assessment. Course assessment will provide the basis for grading attainment in the course award.

Skills, knowledge and understanding

These include:

• advanced listening and talking, reading, and writing skills in the modern language, as appropriate to purpose and audience, in the contexts of society, learning, employability, and culture
• advanced knowledge and understanding required to understand and use the modern language across the four contexts
• understanding an advanced range of grammatical knowledge when using the modern language
• advanced knowledge and understanding required to apply the language skills of translation and either:
• advanced knowledge and appreciation of literary and/or media texts in the modern language

or:

• advanced knowledge and appreciation of a thematic aspect