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Student Handbook
BA (Hons) Modern Languages
2016/17
Course Leader: Summer Mouallem
School of Journalism, Language and Communication
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Contents Page
1. Introduction to the course
2. Structure of the course
3. Approaches to teaching and learning
4. Student support, guidance and conduct
5. Assessment
6. Course regulations
7. Student voice
8. Appendices
8. 1 Approved programme specification
9. Fee Information
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Addendum
Addition of KO3008 as an optional module – January 2016.
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1. Introduction to the course
1.1 Welcome to the course
I would like to wish you a warm welcome to the University of
Central Lancashire’s School of
Journalism, Language and Communication We’re delighted that you
have chosen to study
here with us and we look forward to working with you over the
coming year and beyond. The
start of any new academic year or a new term is an exciting time
and a chance for you to
renew your enthusiasm for your specialist subject and to reflect
on how you can get the best
out of your time at University – of course, there are plenty of
people on hand to help you with
this.
We are proud of the research members of the teaching team
undertake, much of which is of
international standing and has a real impact of the lives of
communities around the globe. As
you go through your studies you will become familiar with some
of this research via your
classroom sessions and tutorials and, more importantly, we hope
you will help us develop that
research. Staff in the School are also recognised as Fellows in
the national Higher Education
Academy, we have a list of national and institutional award
winners for our work with student
support and curriculum development. We constantly strive to
improve the quality of the
courses we offer and to enhance the experience of our students;
we value the feedback we
get from you, employers, our business partners and our alumni
which helps us to ensure that
you have a course which is current, relevant and of the highest
quality.
As you work with us, you will find the School of Journalism,
Language and Communication is
a thriving learning community which offers a range of innovative
courses related to language,
literature and intercultural communication which equips you with
up-to-date knowledge of your
specialism alongside real-world skills you can use to help you
get ahead in the world of work.
We are also involved in many exciting projects, and work with
partner institutions around the
world and regularly offer visits, internships and placement
opportunities to our students –
indeed as you walk the corridors of our buildings you will see
recent graduates working
alongside us in their role as interns and helping us develop our
School.
This Handbook is intended to answer your questions about the
course and to offer guidance as you proceed with your studies. You
will also receive the School Core Student Handbook, which contains
information about life and procedures within the School of
Journalism, Language and Communication. The Course-Specific
Handbooks, like the one you are reading, explain in more detail the
content of each language programme. Please read all of these
documents carefully when you start your degree and keep them to
hand for reference purposes throughout your course. We hope that
you will derive enormous stimulation and enjoyment from your
course, and that you will find your experience here at the
University of Central Lancashire both educationally and personally
enriching.
Since this Handbook is intended to help and support you in your
course of study, we would welcome your comments and suggestions for
improvements for future students of the BA (Hons) Modern Languages
programme. Help us to help you!
1.2 Rationale, aims and learning outcomes of the course
The School of Journalism, Language and Communication at the
University of Central
Lancashire has gained considerable experience of teaching
practical and vocational
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languages over the past few years. This was recognised formally
in the excellent rating
received in the recent HEFCE Teaching Quality Assessment visits.
We have used this
experience, together with ideas from employers, consultants and
other experts within the
University and beyond, to create an exciting programme of
studies - BA (Hons) Modern
Languages.
In the ‘global village’, a command of foreign languages is of
increasing importance. The ability
to communicate freely in European and non-European languages,
together with an
understanding of cultural, political and economic contexts
within foreign countries, not only
make for a personally enriching experience, but also are
becoming indispensable tools in
many professions in the UK or abroad. All of our Modern Foreign
Language courses
emphasise the communicative properties of languages, and provide
opportunities to develop
knowledge of ‘area studies’ associated with your target
languages. Each programme is very
versatile and can lead to a broad range of exciting careers.
In choosing to study one of the programmes of Modern Foreign
Languages offered by the
School of Journalism, Language and Communication, you have
embarked on an exciting and
challenging course. All of our courses are:
unique : BA (Hons) Modern Languages: no other university in
Britain gives students
as much choice on the particular balance between the languages
studied. You can
choose how much weight you would like to give to each of the
languages you study;
truly international : not exclusively euro-centric. On the BA
(Hons) Modern
Languages programme, Arabic, Japanese, Korean or Chinese and the
possibility of
taking a third language in Year Two means that you can regard
the world as your
oyster! You will also be likely to be working with non-UK
students on your course, thus
confirming a truly international sense of identity;
innovative : based on student-centred learning in which you will
be encouraged to
take responsibility for your own learning. This has implications
for your work in
seminars and research, but particularly centres on the role of
the Wordlwise Learning
Centre (see page 16 below) as a focus for independent study of
your languages;
practical : the emphasis throughout all of our courses is on
high-order language skills
and the practical use of your languages for presentation,
discussion, negotiation and
translation, together with the study of aspects of the society
and culture of the foreign
countries which you have chosen to study;
multi-media-focused : video and audio recording facilities, use
of satellite TV,
Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and the new
state-of-the-art Digital
Language Learning Lab all of these will play a part in the
teaching and learning
materials used on your course;
intellectually stimulating : you can look forward to a
challenging study of theories
and practice relating to the business, society, politics and
culture of the countries
whose languages you are studying. The study of such background
material will be fully
incorporated into your language work;
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supportive : a series of workshops will be organised to support
the development of a
range of Study Skills for all new students of the University.
These will run throughout
the year and are intended to complement your subject-specific
studies.
As a student of Modern Languages, as well as your
subject-specific proficiency, you will also
develop important transferable skills which will help you long
after you have completed your
degree! Time management and organisation; cultural
understanding; working both
independently and as part of a team these are just some of the
lifelong skills you will learn
over and above the linguistic element of your course. There will
also be ample opportunities
for students from the different languages represented on our
various programmes to meet
both academically and socially. This means that, whatever your
particular course of study, you
will quickly feel part of a wider group of Modern Foreign
Language students in the School.
We hope that you enjoy studying for your degree and that you
will look back on your time here
at the University of Central Lancashire as being an interesting
and enjoyable start to your
career. We wish you every success in your studies…
1.3 Course Team
Member of Staff Room Tel extension /
E-mail
Responsibilities
Paul Elmer GR007
4731
[email protected] Head of School
Judith Broadbridge AB134 3127
[email protected]
Subject Leader, French
Placement coordinator for French
Robert Kasza AB129 3022
[email protected]
Subject Leader, Japanese
Silke Engelbart AB136 3139
[email protected]
Subject Leader, German
Placement coordinator for German
Esther Lopez AB135 3138
[email protected]
Subject Leader, Spanish
Placement coordinator for Modern
Languages and Spanish
Jiayi Wang AB130
3122
jwang11 @uclan.ac.uk Subject Leader, Chinese
Placement coordinator for Chinese
Hae-Sung Jeon AB105
3143
[email protected] Subject Leader, Korean Placement coordinator
for Korean
Summer Mouallem AB138 3137
[email protected]
Course Leader
Subject Leader, Arabic.
Placement coordinator for Arabic
Placement Coordinator for Arabui
Subject Leader, Arabic
Placement Coordinator for Arabic
Caterina
Guardamagna AB 133
4268
[email protected]
Subject Leader, Italian
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]
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Dr. Olga
Tabachnikova AB039
3044
[email protected]
Subject Leader, Russian
1.4 Academic Adviser
The Academic Adviser System is a nationwide initiative set in
place to help you not only
settle in to life in Higher Education but also to better
understand what is expected from you
as a student. You will have a Academic Adviser assigned to you
when you arrive who will
provide support throughout your time at UCLan. He/she will be
able to help you with any
academic or personal concerns you may have regarding your course
and should be your
first point of contact if you wish to discuss any problems or
issues (academic or not) which
you are faced with while at UCLan.
Do make sure that you make a note of your Academic Adviser’s
name and contact details.
(You will be able to find these on myUCLan). You should find
that he/she organises a
meeting early in the year, but if you want to get in touch with
him/her at any time, do not
hesitate to do so. Your Academic Adviser will always do his/her
best to answer your queries
as soon as possible.
Please place your Academic Adviser name and contact details in
this space. Name Telephone e-mail
1.5 Administration details
Campus Admin Services provides academic administration support
for students and staff and
are located in the C & T Hub, room CM235 and is open from
8.45am until 5.15pm Monday to
Thursday and until 4.00pm on Fridays. The hub can provide
general assistance and advice
regarding specific processes such as extenuating circumstances,
extensions and appeals.
Course specific information is also available via school
Blackboard sites.
The hub telephone number for the C & T Hub is Ext 1994 or
1995.
The hub email contact is [email protected]
1.6 Communication
The University expects you to use your UCLan email address and
check regularly for messages from staff. If you send us email
messages from other addresses they risk being filtered out as
potential spam and discarded unread.
1.7 External Examiner
The University has appointed an External Examiner to your course
who helps to ensure that
the standards of your course are comparable to those provided at
other higher education
institutions in the UK. The name of this person, their position
and home institution can be
found below. If you wish to make contact with your External
Examiner, you should do this
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
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through your Course Leader and not directly. External Examiner
reports will be made
available to you electronically. The School will also send a
sample of student coursework to
the external examiner(s) for external moderation purposes, once
it has been marked and
internally moderated by the course tutors. The sample will
include work awarded the highest
and lowest marks and awarded marks in the middle range.
The MOLA External Examiner is
Dr Dawn Marley;
Director of Learning and Teaching
School of English and Languages, University of Surrey.
2. Structure of the course
2.1 Overall structure
Stage One
There are certain course requirements associated with Stage One
(Stage One indicates Year
One of your Studies). At Stage One, you must undertake the
equivalent of 6 Standard
modules, normally at Level 4.
The module distribution is as follows:
in the case of a combination of two post-A Level
languages:Either
Example 1 LANGUAGE 1 LANGUAGE 2
Another Subject
= Elective
Level 4 (year 1) Standard Module Standard Module Standard
Module
Standard Module Standard Module Standard Module
As ab initio languages follow an accelerated route at Stage One,
they make use ofa third module (the ‘Ancillary Elective’). The
module distribution involving ab initiolanguages will therefore be
as follows:
Example LANGUAGE 1
Post A Level
LANGUAGE 2
ab initio
ELECTIVE
Level 4 (year 1) Standard Module Standard Module Standard
Module
Standard Module Standard Module
Standard Module
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As a full-time student, you will need to have completed Stage
One in order to proceed to
Stage Two. Normally, this means that you will need to pass,
transfer in or gain exemption
from all your Stage One modules. Stage Two refers to the entire
course following Stage
One. It therefore comprises Level Five (the second year); the
year abroad (the third year)
and Level Six (the fourth year).
Stage Two
In addition to the overall course regulations, there are
particular requirements within Stage
Two. At Stage Two, all BA (Hons) Modern Languages students must
pass the
equivalent of 12 Standard modules, of which
1 must be an Elective module
and
1 must be a Level 6 Dissertation module or the Translation
Project module for certain
languages.
Of the two language subjects combined at Stage Two, you will
choose one as your Main
language and the other as your Subsidiary language. The
consequences of the choice are:
a greater emphasis on the Main language;
the Period Abroad will be spent in the country of the Main
language (studying
at a partner institution abroad, on a work placement, or as a
Foreign
Language Assistant).
Alternatively, you can combine the study of your two language
subjects at Stage Two on a
Joint Route, i.e. giving equal weighting to each language.
Taking this route means that you
would split your Period Abroad in Year 3 of the programme
between the two foreign
countries in question, involving a minimum stay of 18 weeks in
each.
Stage Two Module Distribution
The distribution of modules at Stage Two is very versatile. Here
are the combinations
possible:
MAIN LANGUAGE
Arabic or French or German or
Spanish or Chinese or Japanese
Minimum Modules – 6
(including Dissertation)
Maximum Modules – 8
(including Dissertation)
SUBSIDIARY LANGUAGE
Arabic or French or German or
Spanish or Chinese or Japanese
or Korean or Italian or Russian
Maximum Modules – 5 Minimum Modules – 3
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LANGUAGE MODULES Main and Subsidiary = 11 Main and Subsidiary =
11
ELECTIVE MODULE 1 Elective (any level) 1 Elective (any
level)
TOTAL STAGE TWO
MODULES 12 12
LEVEL FIVE
(Students will select one of the following three options):
Main Language No. of Modules Subsidiary Language No. of Modules
Total No. of
Modules
1. Arabic or French or
German or Spanish or
Chinese or Japanese 2.5
Arabic or French or
German or Spanish or
Chinese or Japanese or
Korean or Italian or
Russian
2.5 5*
2. Arabic or French or
German or Spanish or
Chinese or Japanese 3
Arabic or French or
German or Spanish or
Chinese or Japanese or
Korean or Italian or
Russian
2 5*
3. Arabic or French or
German or Spanish or
Chinese or Japanese 3.5
Arabic or French or
German or Spanish or
Chinese or Japanese or
Korean or Italian or
Russian
1.5 5*
* Five modules plus one Elective module = 6 modules
LEVEL SIX
(Students will select one of the following four options):
Main Language No. of
Modules**
Subsidiary Language No. of Modules Total No. of
Modules
1. Arabic or French or
German or Spanish or
Chinese or Japanese 3.5
Arabic or French or
German or Spanish or
Chinese or Japanese or Korean or Italian or
Russian
2.5 6
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2. Arabic or French or
German or Spanish or
Chinese or Japanese 4
Arabic or French or
German or Spanish or
Chinese or Japanese
or Korean or Italian or Russian
2 6
3. Arabic or French or
German or Spanish or
Chinese or Japanese 4.5
Arabic or French or
German or Spanish or
Chinese or Japanese or Korean or Italian or
Russian
1.5 6
4. Arabic or French or
German or Spanish or
Chinese or Japanese 5
Arabic or French or
German or Spanish or
Chinese or Japanese or Korean or Italian or
Russian
1 6
** This includes the Dissertation in the Main Language
2.1.1 Elective modules (where relevant)
Free-Choice Elective modules enable you to develop skills such
as a language or acquire knowledge outside your main areas of
study. You can make your choice from a selection of modules that
are delivered across many subject areas from the Electives
Catalogue.
2.1.2 Accreditation of Prior Learning
If you consider that you may have already achieved some of the
learning outcomes of the course through previous learning, please
consult your course leader and gain advice from the APL Coordinator
to find out whether you can make a claim for credit exemption for
part of your course.
2.2 Modules available
(Please note that not all modules will be available every year;
this depends on the
number of students who choose to study optional modules)
List of modules on the course includes the following
Level Module
Code
Module Title Credit
rating
4 AK1010 AK1002 CL1000 CL1001 FR1000 GM1006
Compulsory Modules All students will study the following core
modules, as appropriate: Arabic Language (ab initio) (Double Module
- Semester 1) Arabic History & Contemporary Society (Standard
Module - Year) Chinese Language I (ab initio) (Double Module) and
Background to China (Standard Module) Introduction to French
Studies (Double Module) Introduction to German Studies (Double
Module) (post A Level route)
40 20 40 20 40 40
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JL1106 JS1070 KO1000 KO1001 SH1000 SH1050 SH1052 RN1001 RN1003
IA1000 IA1001
Japanese Language 1 (ab-initio, Double Module) Post A-level
Japanese Language 1 (Double Module) Background to Korea (Standard
Module) and Ab Initio Korean Language 1(Double Module) Introduction
to Spanish Studies (Double Module) Ab Initio Spanish Language 1
(Double Module) and Background to Spanish Studies (Standard Module)
Ab Initio Russian Language (Double Module) Background to Russian
Studies Italian, ab-initio Background to Italian Studies
40 40 20 40 40 40 20 40 20 40 20
5
AK2000 AK2001 AK2002 CL2004 CL2201 CL2001 FR2001 FR2203 GM2101
GM2112 JS2001
JS2002
JS2060
JS2061
JS2080
JS2081
JS2051 JS2059 KO2001 KO2002
SH2050 SH2054
SH2001 SH2002
RN2001 RN2002 IA2000 IA2001
AK2006 AK2004
CL2202
Compulsory Modules
All students will study the following core modules, as
appropriate: Arabic Language 2A (Standard Module - Semester 1)
Arabic Language 2B (Standard Module - Semester 2) Colloquial Arabic
of the Levant (Year - Standard Module) Chinese Language 2A (Core)
(Standard Module) Chinese Language 2B (Core) (Standard Module)
Aspects of Chinese Society (Standard Module) French Language and
Society 1 (Core) (Standard Module) French Language and Society 2
(Core) (Standard Module German Language & Society 1 (Core)
(Standard Module) German Language & Society 2 (Core) (Standard
Module) Japanese Studies - Language 2A (Core) (Standard Module –
Semester 1) and Japanese Studies - Language 2B (Core) (Standard
Module – Semester 2) OR Japanese Language 2A (Core) (Standard
Module – Semester 1) and Japanese Language 2B (Core) (Standard
Module – Semester 2) OR Post A-level Japanese Language 2A (Standard
Module – Semester 1) and Post A-level Japanese Language 2B
(Standard Module – Semester 2) Aspects of Japanese Society (Core,
Standard Module) OR Investigating Japan Project (Core, Standard
Module) Ab Initio Korean Language 2 (Standard Module) Structure,
Variation and Change in the Korean Language (Core) (Standard
Module) Ab Initio Spanish Language 2 (Core) (Standard Module) Ab
Initio Contemporary Spanish Studies (Core) (Standard Module)
Spanish Language and Society 1 (Core) (Standard Module) Spanish
Language and Society 2 (Core) (Standard Module)
Russian Language 2 Contemporary Russian Studies Italian Language
2 Contemporary Italian society
Optional Modules
Arabic Music and Film (Year - Standard Module / Elective)
Contemporary Female Arab and Muslim Writers (Year - Standard Module
/ Elective) Intermediate Business Chinese Conversation(Standard
Module)
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
20
20
20
20
20
20 20 20 20
20 20
20 20
20 20 20 20
20 20
20
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FR2202 FR2016 GM2115
GM2109 ML2881 ML2882 KO2005
SH2202
SH2003 IA2002 ML2991 ML2998 ML2999
Introduction to French Translation (Standard Module) French
Cinema Theory and Technique of German Translation (Standard Module)
The German Short Story (Standard Module) Assessed Period Abroad
(three modules) Assessed Period Abroad (six modules) Contemporary
Korean Society and Culture (Standard Module)
Theory and Techniques of Spanish Translation (Standard Module)
Introduction to Latin America Intercultural representations in
Italian cinema Research Skills for Language Studies (Standard
Module) Student Initiated Module (Half Module) Student Initiated
Module (Standard Module)
20 20 20
20 60 120 20
20
20 20 20 10 20
6
AK3000 AK3001 CL3201
CL3204
ML3205
EB3001
EB3002
EB3990
FR3001
FR3061 GM3001
GM3115
GM3105 JS3051 JS3306 KO3001
KO3002
SH3001
SH3002
SH3050 RN3001
ML3990 ML3995
Compulsory Modules
Arabic Language 3A (Standard Module) Arabic Language 3A
(Standard Module) Chinese Language 3 (Core) (Main/ subsidiary
Routes) (Standard Module) Understanding Chinese Economy and Society
(Core) (Joint/Major Route) (Standard Module) Techniques and
Practice of Interpreting (Main Route) (Standard Module) (Not for
Arabic & Japanese) International Business Communication 3A
(Main/ subsidiary Routes) (Standard Module) International Business
Communication 3B (Main/ subsidiary Routes) (Standard Module)
International Business Communication Dissertation (Standard
Module)
French Language (Core) (Main/ subsidiary Routes) (Standard
Module) or French Language (subsidiary) (Standard Module) German
Language (Core) (Main/ subsidiary Routes) (Standard Module) or
Contemporary German Literature and Society (Core) (Standard Module)
or German Language (subsidiary) (Standard Module) Japanese Language
3 (Double Module) OR Japanese Studies – Language 3 (Double Module)
Ab Initio Korean Language 3 (Core Module) (Standard Module) OR
Advanced Korean Language (Standard Module)
Spanish Language (Core) (Main/ subsidiary Routes) (Standard
Module) Spanish Language (Core) (Subsidiary Route) (Standard
Module) Spanish Language (Core) (ab initio) (Standard Module)
Russian Language and Society
Modern Language Dissertation (Standard Module) Modern Language
Dissertation/ translation project (Double Module)
Optional Modules
20 20 20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20 20
20
20 40 40 20
20
20
20
20 20
20 40
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AK3005 AK3003 CL3004
AI3000
AL3001
FR3014 JS3059
JS3079
KO3003
ML3026 ML3205 ML3999 SH3006 RN3002
Arabic Literature in English (Standard Module) Arabic/English
Translation (Standard) Theory and Practice of Translation (Main
Route) (Standard Module) Development and Change in Asia Pacific
Region (Standard Module) Asia Pacific International Relations
(Standard Module)
French Existentialist Thought and Literature Exploring Japan
through Media and Visual Arts (Standard Module) Interpreting Japan
through Literature and Cultural Readings
Korean Language for Academic Purposes
Translation Project in a Foreign Language (Standard Module)
Techniques and Practice of Interpreting (Standard Module) Student
Initiated Module (Standard Module) Key Themes in Contemporary Latin
America Russian Literary Identities
20 20 20
20
20
20 20
20
20
20 20 20 20 20
Please note that all modules will be assessed. You are expected
to attempt all required assessments for each module for which you
are registered, and to do so at the times scheduled unless
authorised extensions, special arrangements for disability, or
extenuating circumstances allow you to defer your assessment.
If relevant, refer to the Free Choice Electives Catalogue
2.2.1 Progression
Discussions about your progression through the course normally
take place in February each year. It is an opportunity for you to
make plans for your study over the next academic year. The course
team will tell you about the various modules / combinations
available and you will both agree on the most appropriate (and
legal) course of study for you.
2.3 Study Time
2.3.1 Weekly timetable
You can expect to attend up to 15 hours of classes per week,
depending on your choice of
modules. These may be spread across the week 09.00 – 21.00. You
will be provided with
detailed timetable information during induction. Please see also
link to electronic timetable
below:
https://intranet.uclan.ac.uk/ou/lis/Pages/DailyWeekly-Timetables.aspx
2.3.2 Expected hours of study
The normal amount of work involved in achieving a successful
outcome to your studies is to study for 10 hours per each credit
you need to achieve – this includes attendance at UCLan and time
spent in private study.
KO3005 Divided Korea 20
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For each standard module you undertake, you should expect to
carry out around 5 hours of
private study, per week, in addition to the time spent in class.
The module descriptors provide
detailed information of the work you should undertake. This may
include:
action planning
directed reading
e-learning activities
homework tasks
independent library work
participation in on-line discussions/forums
preparation for assignments
preparation for next lesson
reflection revision
revision
self-evaluation
supplementary reading
team meetings
2.3.3 Attendance Requirements
You are required to attend all timetabled learning activities
for each module. Notification of illness or exceptional requests
for leave of absence must be made to the relevant module tutor and
subject leader (Contact details found earlier).
International Students: You have responsibilities under the
Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points Based System (PBS) - you MUST
attend your course of study regularly; under PBS, UCLan is obliged
to tell UKVI if you withdraw from a course, defer or suspend your
studies, or if you fail to attend the course regularly.
If you have not gained the required authorisation for leave of
absence, do not respond to communications from the University and
if you are absent for four weeks or more, you may be deemed to have
withdrawn from the course. If this is the case, then the date of
withdrawal will be recorded as the last day of attendance.
Each time you are asked to enter your details on SAM you must
remember that the University
has a responsibility to keep information up to date and that you
must only enter your own
details on the system. To enter any other names would result in
inaccurate records and be
dishonest. Any student who is found to make false entries can be
disciplined under the student
guide to regulations.
2.4 Data Protection
All of the personal information obtained from you and other
sources in connection with your
studies at the University will be held securely and will be used
by the University both during
your course and after you leave the University for a variety of
purposes. These are all
explained during the enrolment process at the commencement of
your studies. If you would
like a more detailed explanation of the University’s policy on
the use and disclosure of personal
information, please contact the Information Governance Officer,
Clerk to the Board Service,
University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE or email
[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]
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3. Approaches to teaching and learning
3.1 Expertise of staff
Research and teaching in the School of Journalism, Language and
Communication are
interchangeable. This means that you will be taught by members
of staff who are engaged in
a wide range of research projects, ensuring that your learning
experience with us will be
informed by relevant and cutting-edge research. The teaching and
research interests of staff
within the School cover a broad spectrum and come to
particularly sharp focus in the following
areas:
Theory and Practice of Interpreting and Translation
Interpreting Methodologies;
The Influence of Language post 9/11
Business English and Teaching English for International
Business;
Cultural Integration and Identity and Cross-Cultural Business
Communication;
Contemporary German Women’s Writing;
Arabic, French, European and World Cinema;
French Existentialism in Thought and Literature: Sartre, Camus,
Simone deBeauvoir;
Asia Pacific Studies;
Interaction in the (EFL) classroom;
Integrating Personal Development Planning and Study Skills into
the Curriculum;
Applied Language Teaching;
Second Language Acquisition;
The Links between Language Learning and Cultural
Acquisition;
Intercultural Communication;
Digital Language Learning Technologies; and
Assessment, Testing and Quality Enhancement.
Further details of the School’s Research Profile, Staff
Expertise and recent publications are
available via our website:
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3.2 Learning and teaching methods
The School of Journalism, Language and Communication embraces a
communicative
approach to language teaching. Whilst we place emphasis on the
acquisition of a high-level
of communicative competence in the foreign language, this is in
the context of a
commitment to the intellectual development of students. It is
the aim of all of our courses
in Modern Foreign Languages to impart a knowledge base, extend
students’ capacities for
analysis, critical awareness and evaluation, and develop
intellectual and personal skills
through discussion, debate and argument of issues arising from
the materials studied. In
addition, all of our courses aim to develop important
transferable skills for instance
problem-solving, presentation and team-working skills which can
be applied to a wide
range of situations.
We believe that languages cannot be studied meaningfully in
isolation from their cultural
context. Such cultural knowledge informs many aspects of
language study and becomes
particularly important at higher levels of language practice.
Equally, an understanding of
culture and cultural contexts is important to an evaluation of
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expectations in tourism and business, as well as to an
evaluation of its impacts upon a culture.
These factors inform all of our programmes in Modern Foreign
Languages.
The School stresses the value of the active engagement of its
students in the learning
process. The Worldwise Centre, based in the whole of the
left-hand side of the first floor of
Adelphi Building, is viewed as an essential tool in our
student-centred approach to language
teaching.
We actively promote a student-centred approach to teaching and
learning. Students are
encouraged at all levels to share responsibility for their own
learning and to acquire skills in
understanding how they learn. They are encouraged to criticise,
present and defend their own
ideas in the target language and to take an active role in
monitoring and evaluating their own
learning. The system of student involvement in the Quality
Assurance Process is set out in the
School Core Handbook and the Course Feedback and QA issues
related specifically to this
Course are discussed later in this document
3.3 Study skills
These are for all students who wish to focus on certain
skills/topics and are not able to commit themselves to a year-long
elective or certificate programme. The workshops are not
accredited. A list of the current workshop topics is available on
WISER
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WISER gives academic guidance to all students enrolled at the
University. They help students in all subject areas, undergraduate
or postgraduate, where you learn how to study more effectively and
write better. They help students develop the formal communication
skills that are necessary for academic success and will be
invaluable in future employment. WISER lecturers give weekly
writing workshops as well as maintain a Blackboard space and
website in order to support students on their journey towards being
independent learners. They also organise bespoke specialist
workshops for specific groups of students, in conjunction with
module tutors or course leaders. They can also share good practice
ideas with teaching colleagues throughout the University and
partner colleges. WISER staff have a lot of experience to share;
from years of lecturing, examining, and teacher training, to their
own experiences of undergraduate and postgraduate study.
3.4 Learning resources
3.4.1 Learning Information Services (LIS)
Extensive resources are available to support your studies
provided by LIS – library and IT staff. Take advantage of the free
training sessions designed to enable you to gain all the skills you
need for your research and study.
The Worldwise Learning Centre, based on the first floor of the
Adelphi Building, is an
important part of the School’s initiative aimed at promoting and
popularising the understanding
of world cultures and languages among UCLan students and staff
and the wider community
of the North West of England.
Open year-round the Centre offers advice and support to anybody
interested in world languages and cultures, travelling, and working
or studying abroad. It also provides a comfortable place to meet
and make friends with speakers of different languages in a
welcoming environment.
The Centre is the place to:
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Access extensive resources including self-study books,
dictionaries and digital video
and audio material in a variety of languages;
Borrow items such as digital voice recorders, video cameras,
projectors and audio
headsets;
Access PCs equipped with specialist language learning software
(including Rosetta
Stone), digital video and audio recording apps and international
TV;
Find out about opportunities to apply for a travel bursary for
studying or working
abroad;
Apply for short-term internships and work experience
placements;
Attend culture and language celebration events, shows,
exhibitions and guest talks;
Use our state-of-the-art interpreting and video conferencing
facilities for international
meetings.
Our website (www.uclan.ac.uk/worldwise) currently offers
information on a number of languages
and their associated cultures. Both the Centre and the website
play an important role in
offering users information and advice relating to the learning
and understanding of
international cultures and languages including Arabic, Chinese,
English, French, German,
Greek, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish,
Turkish and Urdu.
If you want to find more about the Worldwise Learning Centre or
its activities, please visit the
Worldwise Learning Centre Helpdesk (AB110) or contact Sofia
Anysiadou (Worldwise
Learning Centre Resources Coordinator) on 01772 893155 or by
email to
[email protected].
3.4.2 Electronic Resources
LIS provide access to a huge range of electronic resources –
e-journals and databases, e-books, images and texts.
All students will find that material are available from e-Learn,
we also encourage students to use any opportunity to watch their
target languages television via the Internet. Students are also
encouraged to find Podcasts, and web pages with language exercises
in order to practice the different skills.
3.5 Personal development planning
Personal Development Planning is a mechanism to help you reflect
on your learning, your
performance and your achievements in order to help you plan for
personal, educational and
career development.
We hope that through the PDP process you will understand how you
learn so you can set
yourself clear goals and take responsibility for some of your
own learning. The portfolio on the
Language modules is an excellent demonstration of a PDP as it
asks you to think about areas
of study which you feel are difficult for you, set goals to
overcome them and reflect on how
you are progressing.
Career development is also an aim of PDP as it makes you focus
on skills that employers want
from new employees such as:
Good communication skills
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Good writing skills
Ability to reflect on your actions and evaluate your
performance
Good planning skills
Good IT skills
Cognitive skills such as ‘understanding’ or ability to
‘critically analyse’Here at the University we recognise how
important these skills are which is why we use them
in classes, homework and even in assessments.
There are many different ways of making a PDP, for example some
students:
like to make a written plan so they can see where they are
making progress and wherethey need to do more work,
prefer to keep it more informal and keep a file of their
assessments which will showthem where they need to do more
study
use the portfolio to make their PDPWhichever system you decide
to use is fine with us! Your Academic Adviser will discuss your
PDP with you in the first semester and help you to set some
clear objectives.
3.6 Preparing for your career
Your future is important to us, so to make sure that you achieve
your full potential whilst at
university and beyond, your course has been designed with
employability learning integrated
into it. This is not extra to your degree, but an important part
of it which will help you to show
future employers just how valuable your degree is. These
“Employability Essentials” take you
on a journey of development that will help you to write your own
personal story of your time at
university:
To begin with, you will explore your identity, your likes and
dislikes, the things that are
important to you and what you want to get out of life.
Later, you will investigate a range of options including jobs
and work experience,
postgraduate study and self- employment,
You will then be ready to learn how to successfully tackle the
recruitment process.
You will be able to record your journey using Pebblepad, the
university’s e-portfolio system,
which will leave you with a permanent record of all the
fantastic things you have achieved
during your time at UCLan.
It’s your future: take charge of it!
Careers offers a range of support for you including:-
career and employability advice and guidance appointments
support to find work placements, internships, voluntary
opportunities, part-timeemployment and live projects
workshops, seminars, modules, certificates and events to develop
your skills Daily drop in service available from 09:00-17:00 for CV
checks and initial careers information. For more information come
along and visit the team (in Foster building near the main
entrance) or access our careers and employability resources via the
Student Portal.
In the ‘global village’, a command of foreign languages is of
increasing importance. The ability
to communicate freely in European and non-European languages,
together with an
understanding of cultural, political and economic contexts
within foreign countries, not only
make for a personally enriching experience, but also are
becoming indispensable tools in
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many professions in the UK or abroad. All of our Modern Foreign
Language courses
emphasise the communicative properties of languages, and provide
opportunities to develop
knowledge of ‘area studies’ associated with your target
languages. Each programme is very
versatile and can lead to a broad range of exciting careers.
4. Student support, guidance and conduct
4.1 Academic Advisers
The Academic Adviser System is a nationwide initiative set in
place to help you not only settle
in to life in Higher Education but also to better understand
what is expected from you as a
student at The University of Central Lancashire.
Within the system every student is given an Academic Adviser;
yours will be a tutor within the
School of Journalism, Language, and Communication. The Academic
Adviser will be your first
point of contact if you wish to discuss any problems or issues
(academic or not) which you are
faced with while at The University of Central Lancashire.
Your Academic Adviser will listen to your problem and then
advise you as best they can on
how to resolve it. As we are academic experts this may mean we
need set up an appointment
for you with someone else who is better equipped to help you
such as Student
Accommodation, Student Services etc. More information can be
found in the School’s
handbook – ‘Student Guide to the Academic Adviser System’.
4.2 Student Support
The 'i' is a central Student Information Centre and your first
point of contact. You can obtain
information on a wide range of topics including Council Tax
Exemption Certificates, Bank and
Confirmation of Study Letters, Portable Financial Credits,
(continuing students only, Printing
and Printer Credit, UCLan Cards, the ‘i’ shop and UCLan
Financial Support Bursary (first year
students only).
4.3 Students with disabilities
If you have a disability that may affect your studies, please
either contact the Disability Advisory Service -
[email protected] - or let one of the course team know as soon
as possible. With your agreement information will be passed on to
the Disability Advisory Service. The University will make
reasonable adjustments to accommodate your needs and to provide
appropriate support for you to complete your study successfully.
Where necessary, you will be asked for evidence to help identify
appropriate adjustments.
Assessment arrangements for students with a disability
Arrangements are made for students who have a
disability/learning difficulty for which valid supporting evidence
can be made available. Contact the Disability Adviser for advice
and information, [email protected]
If you need any help with Disabilities, Dina Kabbani in AB149,
Tel: 01772-894243 [email protected] is the School Co-ordinator
for Students with Disability
4.4 Health and Safety
As a student of the University you are responsible for the
safety of yourself and for that of others around you. You must
understand and follow all the regulations and safety codes
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necessary for a safe campus environment. Please help to keep it
safe by reporting any incidents, accidents or potentially unsafe
situations to a member of staff as soon as possible. Safety
assessments have been undertaken for each module of your course and
you will be advised of all applicable safety codes and any specific
safety issues during the induction to your course and modules. You
must ensure that you understand and apply all necessary safety
codes. These form an essential element of your personal development
and contribute to the safety of others.
4.5 Conduct
You will be expected to abide by the Regulations for the Conduct
of Students in the University. UCLan expects you to behave in a
respectful manner demonstrated by using appropriate language in
class, and switching mobile phones / other devices off prior to
attending classes. If your behaviour is considered to be
unacceptable, any member of staff is able to issue an informal oral
warning and the University will support staff by invoking formal
procedures where necessary. You can read more about UCLan
expectations in the regulations for the Conduct of Students.
4.6 Students’ Union
The Students’ Union is the representative body for all UCLan
students. The organisation exists separately from the University
and is led by the elected officers of the Student Affairs Committee
(SAC) as well as representatives on the Students’ Council. The
Students’ Union building is located at the heart of the Preston
campus, and is the hub for all student activities. Representation
and campaigning for students’ rights is at the core of what we do
and is encompassed by our tag line of, Making Life Better for
Students. Should you wish to make a change to any aspect of your
student experience, whether it be academically related or not, then
the Union is where your voice can be heard, actions taken, or
campaigns launched. Your Union is also the home to a fantastic
range of student-led societies, sports teams and multitudes of
volunteering opportunities. You can also receive help in finding
part-time work, whilst you study. Not sure where to go pop into the
Opportunities Centre on the ground floor of the Students’ Union
building and someone will point you in the right direction. We hope
your time at University is trouble free, but should you come into
difficulties around anything from academic appeals, to issues with
housing, benefits or debt, then our dedicated staff team in the
Advice and Representation Centre are on hand to help. As we are
independently run from the university, we can offer truly impartial
advice. More information on all these things, as well as details
about all our (not-for-profit) commercial services, including our
student supermarket (Essentials) and student-bar (Source) can be
found at http://www.uclansu.co.uk/. The Opportunities Centre is the
Union’s One Stop Shop to find employment or volunteering whilst you
study. With thousands of jobs and voluntary positions advertised,
agency work through the Bridge and information on over 2000
volunteer positions within the Union.
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5. AssessmentPlease note that all modules will be assessed. You
are expected to attempt all required assessments for each module
for which you are registered, and to do so at the times scheduled
unless authorised extensions, special arrangements for disability,
or extenuating circumstances allow you to defer your
assessment.
5.1 Assessment Strategy
Your degree depends directly on the assessment of your work, so
this section is particularly
important. Overall, assessment of performance is designed to
determine accurately the extent
to which you have met the objectives of the modules you have
taken. Where objectives
emphasise particular competences and/or skills, then these will
be reflected in the
assessment. The assessment patterns will allow you to
demonstrate knowledge and practical
abilities over a range of activities. It will reinforce the
development of independent study and
will encourage academic autonomy
The Assessment Strategy we use on the BA (Hons) Modern Languages
is both formative and
summative in approach. It is formative in that it is designed in
a manner to provide you with
feedback on your progress at regular intervals and at all levels
of the programme. Feedback
on your performance will be provided within specified deadlines
and returned to you using the
relevant assessment proforma. It is summative in that it
provides an assessment profile of the
student for consideration at the appropriate assessment
board.
Practical tests for skills’ consolidation in controlled
conditions will complement a variety of
coursework formats including:
Analysis tasks
Case studies, simulations and independent learning tasks
Essays/reports
Oral tests/examinations
(Project) presentations
Portfolios
Research projects/dissertations
Written tests/examinations
In the first and second years of the programme, in-class tests
form an integral part of the
assessment strategy: as well as a vehicle for communicating your
subject knowledge, these
tests also provide an opportunity to prepare for the final-year
examinations.
Assessment patterns are outlined in detail for each of the
modules taught on the course.
Please see the individual Module Descriptions for further
details.
How assessment works The marks from some or all of the pieces of
work you do combine to give an overall mark for each module. Such
pieces of work are known as ‘formal assessment’. These module marks
are combined to give a final mark for your course.
The above means you need to pay special care to getting formal
assessment handed in (‘submitted’) in good time. Allow for the
unexpected when calculating how long this will take.
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Each module will have its own assessment pattern or assessment
‘diet’. Elements of this diet may be referred to as ‘assignments’.
There will not only be fixed dates for submission of these, there
may also be different weightings for the different elements. This
simply means, for example, that one piece of work will be
calculated as being twice as important as another in working out
the mark for the module.
Now some good news. You don’t need to do the calculations. Your
lecturers will do that.
So how do I know if I’m doing well? An average piece of work
will get 50% - 54%. A mark of 75% is a very high mark. The lowest
pass mark is 40%. Some adjustment to your expectations may prove
necessary if your previous institution tended to give higher marks.
Please remember, 52% is not a ‘bad’ mark.
Handing in Assignments and other course work On the Ground Floor
of the Adelphi Building, there are a number of lockable assignment
boxes. Assessed work should be placed in the appropriately-labelled
box on or before the deadline date set by your tutors. Some of your
work may need to be submitted electronically via Turnitin; your
lecturer will talk you through which ones need to be submitted that
way.
Collection of submitted work Formally assessed student work will
be available for collection from module tutors until 31 October of
the following academic year. After this date all uncollected work
will be destroyed.
What if I’m late with handing in my work? We hope it will never
happen, but if it does our view of the problem will depend on
whether the lateness is with good cause or not. If possible, get an
extension request form in advance. If it’s a serious extended
problem you should get extenuating circumstances details (see later
pages for more information on these).
We work to the School’s Assessment Regulations. The School’s
Regulations work within the overall University regulations. Please
take the time to read the regulations carefully.
Is the Period Abroad assessed? (for students of languages other
than English) Yes. The year abroad is an integral part of full
degree courses in languages. It has its own module code and its own
assessment carried out in part by the overseas host organisation.
Students are responsible for ensuring that assessment documentation
and reports are returned to us during and following the period
abroad.
5.2 Notification of assignments and examination arrangements
Student will receive either a printed or an electronic MIP( Module
Information Pack) where students will be notified at the beginning
of the course of the requirements for individual
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MADE.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
YOU MUST NOT TAKE HOLIDAYS
DURING ASSESSMENT PERIODS
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assessments and their respective deadlines for submission course
work and examination arrangements as well you would be informed by
your tutor of where to submit assignments. The marking criteria to
be used to mark your assessment and course work will be included in
your MIP or Portfolio Guide.
5.3 Referencing
Any materials taken from another source (whether quoted or
paraphrased) MUST be
referenced. We recommend that you use the Harvard Referencing
system for this.
In the Harvard system, there two aspects to providing the
reference details: in-text citations
and a bibliography (or reference list) – see 5.3.2 below. The
in-text citation means that at every
point in the text where reference to source material is made,
its author's surname, and the
year of publication needs to be given. In addition, if you use a
quote, then the page number
should also be included.
General referencing guidance and details on layout specifics can
be obtained from WISER
(Academic Study Support) ELearn – details are on the website
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from WISER tutors during WISER tutorials (see website for
details).
5.3.2 Bibliography
The bibliography (which is different from a reference list,
which contains only the references
actually cited in your essay/ dissertation) should contain all
the texts, which you have used
in the preparation of your dissertation (or essay), even if you
have not quoted from them.
Works should be listed alphabetically in each section under the
author's surname with full
reference details following.
For example, book references in the bibliography will contain
the following information: author(s) (surname first, then initial),
the date of publication in brackets, the title in italics, place of
publication, name of publisher.
Please note different types of sources need to have slightly
different details included in the
reference list. Below are some examples, of various permutations
of references related to
books (a- f). Please note the punctuation.
a) Bibliography referencing for single authors looks like
this:
Cutting, J. (2002) Pragmatics and Discourse: A Resource Book for
Students, London:
Routledge
b) Bibliography referencing for two authors looks like this:
Kang-Kwong, L. and P. Theodossia-Soula (2002) Telephone Calls:
Unity and Diversity in
Conversational Structure Across Language, Netherlands: John
Benjamins
c) Bibliography referencing for three or more authors looks like
this:
Schriffin, D., D. Tannen, D. Hamilton. and H. Ehernberger (2003)
A Handbook on Discourse
Analysis, London: Blackwell
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d) Bibliography referencing for edited works looks like
this:
Teubert, W.(ed.) (2004). Corpus Linguistics: Critical Concepts.
London: Routledge
e) Bibliography referencing for a chapter/paper in an edited
book
Mahlberg, M. (2009). ‘Local textual functions of move in
newspaper story patterns’. In U.
Römer and R. Schulze (eds.). Exploring the Lexis- Grammar
Interface. Amsterdam: John
Benjamins, 265-287.
f) When citing a specific edition of a book
Toury, G. (1994) (2nd Edn.) Descriptive Translation Studies and
Beyond, Amsterdam:
Benjamin
As stated above, other details needs including for other types
of sources, for instance:
g) Bibliography referencing for articles in journals looks like
this:
Guest, M. (2002) ‘A critical checkbook for culture teaching and
learning,’ ELT Journal, Vol.
6/2, pp 154-161
h) Internet sources looks like this:
Economist Intelligence Unit, ‘German Economic Data’, The
Economist, 25 May 2004,
[accessed 25 March 2009]
Please note, this list is not comprehensive so it is best to get
yourself a referencing guide. As
already mentioned, these are available from WISER e-Learn.
Do note that there are a number of styles within the Harvard
system so you will come across
variations of the above layout. Check with your tutors as to the
style required for your various
modules. Most importantly, show you understand, firstly, the
principles of referencing to avoid
plagiarism (i.e. use of others’ work without acknowledging it)
and, secondly, to be consistent
in your layout, since this facilitates reading and checking of
references by your reader.
5.4 Confidential material
The nature of the personal projects you devise e.g. for your
dissertation may require access
to confidential information. Please be aware of your ethical and
legal responsibilities to respect
confidentiality and maintain the anonymity of individuals and
organisations within
assignments.
5.5 Dealing with difficulties in meeting assessment
deadlines
Assignments must be submitted no later than the date on your
assignment instructions / brief. If you anticipate that you will
have difficulty in meeting assessment deadlines or you have missed
or are likely to miss in-semester tests you must report this at the
earliest possible opportunity to the module leader.
Authorisation of the late submission of work requires written
permission. Your School is authorised to give permission for one
extension period of between 1 and 10 working days where appropriate
evidence of good reason has been accepted and where submission
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this timescale would be reasonable taking into account your
circumstances (Academic Regulations).
You should complete and submit an extension request form, with
any supporting evidence, to your Administration Hub (see section
1.5 for contact details). Further information is available on the
Student Portal at:
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We aim to let you know if the extension has been granted within
1 working day of the receipt of the request.
If you are unable to submit work within 10 working days after
the submission date due to verifiable extenuating circumstances,
you may submit a case for consideration in accordance with the
University’s Policies and Procedures on Extenuating Circumstances
(Academic Regulations and Assessment Handbook).
5.5.1 Extenuating circumstances
Some students face significant events in their personal life
that occur after their course has started, which have a greater
impact on their studies than can be solved by the use of an
extension. If this applies to you, the University is ready to
support you both with regard to your course and your personal
wellbeing through a process called Extenuating Circumstances (see
Academic Regulations and Assessment Handbook).
Normally extenuating circumstances will relate to a change in
your circumstances since you commenced your course, which have had
a significant, adverse effect on your studies. Everyday occurrences
such as colds or known conditions such as hay-fever will not
qualify unless the effects are unusually severe and this is
corroborated by a medical note. The University does not look
sympathetically on absences or delays caused by holiday commitments
or by work commitments in the case of full-time students. The
normal work commitments of part-time students would not constitute
an extenuating circumstance. A disability or learning difficulty
does not constitute an extenuating circumstance (see Academic
Regulations).
Further information is available on the Student Portal at:
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You can apply for extenuating circumstances online via myUCLan.
You must apply no later than 3 days after any examination or
assessment submission date. Do not wait until you receive your
assessment results to submit a claim. It is in your own interests
to submit the claim as soon as possible.
You will be expected to re-submit claims for extenuating
circumstances for each semester. All
evidence that is provided relating to extenuating circumstances
will be treated in a sensitive
and confidential manner. Supporting evidence will not be kept
for longer than is necessary
and will be destroyed shortly after the end of the current
academic year.
Further information about the submission process is available
at:
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In determining assessment recommendations, Assessment Boards
will consider properly submitted claims from students who believe
their performance has been adversely affected
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by extenuating circumstances. N.B. Assessment Boards are not
permitted to alter individual assessment marks to take account of
extenuating circumstances (Academic Regulations and Assessment
Handbook).
5.5.2 Late submissions
If you submit work late and unauthorised, a universal penalty
will be applied in relation to your work:
If you submit work within 5 working days following the published
submission date youwill obtain the minimum pass mark for that
element of assessment.
Work submitted later than 5 working days after the published
submission date will beawarded a mark of 0% for that element of
assessment.
Unauthorised late submission at resubmission will automatically
be awarded a mark of
0% for that element of assessment.
5.6 Feedback Following Assessments
UCLan is committed to giving you clear, legible and informative
feedback for all your assessments (Academic Regulations). You are
expected to review and reflect on your feedback and learn from each
experience to improve your performance as you progress though the
course.
You will be provided with generic feedback for in-module
formative and summative elements of assessment which contribute to
a module within 15 working days of the scheduled submission or
examination date. Generic feedback on end of module assessment and
dissertations will be made available within 15 days of publication
of results. Feedback may be oral, written, posted on a website or
other.
5.7 Cheating, plagiarism, collusion or re-presentation
You are required to sign a declaration indicating that
individual work submitted for an assessment is your own.
If you attempt to influence the standard of the award you obtain
through cheating, plagiarism or collusion, it will be considered as
a serious academic and disciplinary offence as described within the
Academic Regulations and the Assessment Handbook .
Cheating is any deliberate attempt to deceive and covers a range
of offencesdescribed in the Assessment Handbook.
Plagiarism describes copying from the works of another person
without suitablyattributing the published or unpublished works of
others. This means that all quotes,ideas, opinions, music and
images should be acknowledged and referenced withinyour
assignments.
Collusion is an attempt to deceive the examiners by disguising
the true authorship ofan assignment by copying, or imitating in
close detail another student’s work - thisincludes with the other
student’s consent and also when 2 or more students dividethe
elements of an assignment amongst themselves and copy one
another’sanswers. It does not include the normal situation in which
you learn from your peersand share ideas, as this generates the
knowledge and understanding necessary foreach individual to
independently undertake an assignment; nor should it be
confusedwith group work on an assignment which is specifically
authorised in the assignmentbrief.
Re-presentation is an attempt to gain credit twice for the same
piece of work.
The process of investigation and penalties which will be applied
can be reviewed in the Assessment Handbook. If an allegation is
found to be proven then the appropriate penalty will be
implemented:
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In the case of a single offence of cheating, plagiarism,
collusion or re-presentation:
the penalty will be 0% for the element of assessment, and an
overall fail for the module.
the plagiarised element of assessment must be resubmitted to the
required standard and the mark for the module following
resubmission will be restricted to the minimum pass mark.
when it is detected for the first time on a resubmission for an
already failed module, no further resubmission for the module will
be permitted, and the appropriate fail grade will be awarded.
In the event of a repeat offence of cheating, plagiarism,
collusion or re-presentation (irrespective of whether the repeat
offence involves the same form of unfair means) on the same or any
other module within the course:
the appropriate penalty will be 0% for the module with no
opportunity for re-assessment. This penalty does not preclude you
being able to retake the module in a subsequent year.
The penalties will apply if you transfer from one UCLan course
to another during your period of study and module credits gained on
the former course are transferred to the current course. Contact
the Students’ Union Advice and Representation Centre by emailing:
[email protected] for support and guidance.
5.8 Appeals against assessment board decisions
If you consider that you have a reason to appeal against an
assessment board decision, please bear in mind that your reasons
must fall within the grounds specified in the University Academic
Regulations: Section I. You cannot appeal simply because you
disagree with the mark given. The specified grounds for appeal
are:
1. that an Assessment Board has given insufficient weight to
extenuating circumstances; 2. that the student’s academic
performance has been adversely affected by extenuating
circumstances which the student has, for good reason, been
unable to make known to the Assessment Board;
3. that there has been a material administrative error at a
stage of the examining process, or that some material
irregularities have occurred;
4. that the assessment procedure and/or examinations have not
been conducted in accordance with the approved regulations.
If you want to appeal, then you must do so within 14 days of
your results being published. The onus is on you to find out your
results and submit your appeal on time. Contact the Students' Union
Advice and Representation Centre by emailing: [email protected]
for support and guidance. Results will be published at certain
dates; please refer to the UCLan academic calendar.
6. Course regulations
6.1 Course requirements
THE PERIOD ABROAD
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The Period Abroad, undertaken in the third
year of the course, is an integral component
of your degree. It consists of a minimum of
36 weeks, which is normally spent in the
country of the Main Foreign Language. You
can choose to spend your Period Abroad on
a Work or Study Placement or as an English
Language Assistant.
The Period Abroad is a critical component of
each of our programmes in Modern Foreign
Languages, as it offers you the opportunity to
use your language(s) and your knowledge in
a real and practical way.
Even in the first year of your course, you should be thinking
about where you will go, and in
what capacity you wish to spend your Period Abroad. Take every
opportunity to discuss your
ideas with your tutors. In this way, you can start investigating
your options as early as possible
and ensure that you get the most out of the experience. We
encourage our students to
undertake their preparation for the Period Abroad with a sense
of enterprise and
independence, although you will of course be supported and
helped throughout your second
year by the Placement Team (see ‘Your Course Team’ on page 26
below). Indeed, the School
of Journalism, Language and Communication is recognised for its
thorough programme of
preparation for the Period Abroad.
HOW CAN HELP BE OBTAINED?
through information provided at Subject and Course Talks;
through key-date events throughout the academic year, such as
the Briefing Day for
the Period Abroad in May;
through regular consultation with the Placement Coordinator for
each language,
which will enable you to discuss options, preferences and
suitability for individual
placements. Please note that it is your responsibility to make
regular appointments
with the appropriate Coordinator(s). Through these meetings,
your preparation can
be carefully monitored.
Remember that you are not on your own in the preparation for
your Period Abroad!
Students need to obtain a pass mark in all core modules and the
requisite number of option
and elective modules (see course structure and module list
above).
6.2 Classification of Awards
The University publishes the principles underpinning the way in
which awards and results are decided in Academic Regulations.
Decisions about the overall classification of awards are made by
Assessment Boards through the application of the academic and
relevant course regulations.
In simple terms an undergraduate honours degree classification
is based on the highest classification:
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1. The Average Percentage Mark (APM) of your level 5 and 6
modules (generally takenin years 2 and 3 of a full time course)
weighted 30:70.Or
2. Your Average Percentage Mark in year 3 only (ie your level 6
modules)
If the APM is near a borderline, ‘at the discretion of the
Assessment Board, students may be classified according to the
academic judgement of the Assessment Board taking into account
their overall profile and performance with the minimum requirement
that:
1. A minimum of 3 modules (60 credits) at level 6 are in the
classification band and2. The APM is no lower than 2 percentage
points below that required for the higher
classification.’
In operating discretion for profiling Course Assessment Boards
will use academic judgement and may refer to performance in core
modules; the placement component, the dissertation/project or other
factors which have been published to students.
7. Student voiceYou can play an important part in the process of
improving the quality of this course through the feedback you give.
In addition to the on-going discussion with the course team
throughout the year, there are a range of mechanisms for you to
feedback about your experience of teaching and learning. We aim to
respond to your feedback and let you know of our plans for
improvement.
Through using this system and due to students’ demands, the
School introduced ‘My UCLan Week’ in both semesters to allow
students time to catch up on their studies and to be more creative
in their approaches to their studies. Dates of those weeks can be
found online on the timetable schedules.
The Students Union can support you in voicing your opinion,
provide on-going advice and support, and encourage your involvement
in all feedback opportunities. They will be requesting that you
complete the National Student Survey (during semester 2 for
students in their final year of study) or the UCLan Student Survey
(all other students).
The Students’ Union and University work closely together to
ensure that the student voice is heard in all matters of
student-life. We encourage students to provide constructive
feedback throughout their time at university, through course reps,
surveys and any other appropriate means,
The Union’s Student Affairs Committee (SAC), members of
Students’ Council and School Presidents each have particular
representative responsibilities, and are involved with decision
making committees as high as the University Board. Therefore it is
very important students engage with the democratic processes of the
Students’ Union and elect the students they see as most able to
represent them.
You can play an important part in the process of improving the
quality of this course through the feedback you give. In addition
to the ongoing discussion with the course team throughout the year,
there are a range of mechanisms for you to feedback about your
experience of teaching and learning and we will feedback any
improvements we can make either for you or for future students. We
are very keen to get student views on the courses that we run. In
the past, student comment has led to some significant improvements.
Below are some mechanisms that we operate.
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“MEQs” Staff in the School of Journalism, Language and
Communication will seek your views frequently on the modules you
take. At the end of each module, you will be asked to complete an
online Module Evaluation Questionnaire or MEQ.
“SSLPs” There are regular student-led meetings, known as SSLPs
(Staff-Student Liaison Panels), which are attended by
representatives from each year of a subject or course and members
of teaching staff. SSLPs are not simply an opportunity for you to
criticise your programme of study. They represent a chance to work
constructively alongside course and subject teams. We will ask for
nominations for student representatives (reps) at the start of the
year. Being a course rep will provide you with invaluable
experience which will enhance your career applications, and will
entitle you to the award of a Certificate from the University. In
semester two, all representatives will be invited to attend the
Language Forum where they have an opportunity to discuss school –
wide issues with staff.
Student Liaison Officer Your Student Liaison Officer is normally
a recent graduate from UCLAN and his role is to provide support,
guidance and confidential advice to students. You can also visit
your Student Liaison Officer if you have a concern or complaint you
do not feel able to talk to your Academic Adviser about.
Your SLO and Students Union can support you in voicing your
opinion, provide ongoing advice and support, and encourage your
involvement in all feedback opportunities. They will be requesting
that you complete the UCLan Student Satisfaction Survey (when
relevant) and the National Student Survey (during semester 2 for
students in their final year of study).
The School of Journalism, Language and Communication has a
Languages Forum, where all student reps are encouraged to attend
and voice the School’s students’ points of view about the School’s
courses and the learning environment.
7.1 Course Representatives and School Presidents
A course representative is a student who represents their fellow
students’ views and opinions to the course team, school, university
and students’ union. Course representatives work proactively and
diplomatically to improve the academic and non-academic experiences
of students.
The role of a course representative is extremely beneficial to
both students on your course and the university. It enables
students to have ownership of their student experience and voice
their opinions and share positive practice with the course team,
primarily the Student Staff Liaison Committee Meetings (see
below).
Course representatives will be elected every year either in
April or September. Alongside receiving recognition, support and
respect being a course representative is a great opportunity to
enhance your employability skills. If you are interested in
becoming a course representative and wish to find out more about
the role visit the Students’ Union website or by emailing:
[email protected].
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School Presidents meanwhile are annually elected representatives
who voice the opinions of
students within each school. They communicate and engage with
students in their school to
gain feedback and work in partnership with senior management to
create positive change.
They are also trained to support and signpost course
representatives where needed. If you
wish to find out who is your School President or more about the
role visit the Students’ Union
website or email: [email protected]
7.2 Student Staff Liaison Committee Meetings (SSLC)
The purpose of a SSLC meeting is to provide the opportunity for
course representatives to feedback to staff about the course, the
overall student experience and to inform developments which will
improve future courses. These meetings are normally scheduled once
per semester.
Your Course Leader will facilitate the meetings using guidelines
and provide a record of the meeting with any decisions and / or
responses made and / or actions taken as a result of the
discussions held. The meetings include discussion of items
forwarded by course representatives, normally related to the
following agenda items (dependent on time of year).
The course team encourage student feedback in all areas and
recognise that additional items for discussion may also be raised
at the meeting
Update on actions completed since the last meeting
Feedback about the previous year – discussion of external
examiner’s report; outcomesof National /UCLan student surveys.
Review of enrolment / induction experience;
Course organisation and management (from each individual year
group, and the courseoverall);
Experience of modules - teaching, assessment, feedback;
Experience of academic support which may include e.g. Personal
Development Planning,Academic Advisering arrangements and The
Card;
Other aspects of University life relevant to student experience
e.g. learning resources, IT,library;
Any other issues raised by students or staff.
The dates of the meetings will be circulated in advance to all
students by the course leader.
You are invited to make your comments known to the course
representatives who will then
present them at the SSLC meetings. Minutes of meetings will be
posted on e-learn as well as
being send out to meeting attendees.
7.3 Complaints
The University recognises that there may be occasions when you
have cause for complaint about the service you have received, when
this happens, the complaints procedure is intended to provide an
accessible, fair and straightforward system which ensures as
effective, prompt and appropriate response. Click on this link for
more information Complaints Procedure
8. Appendices
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MOLA FRAMEWORK YEAR 1
French Post A
German Post A
Japanese Post A
Spanish Post A
Arabic Ab-Initio
Arabic L 1 (40) Arabic History & Contemp. Society (20) Intro
to French Studies (40) English Language Workshop (20) or
Free-Choice or Lang Elective (20)
Arabic L 1 (40) Arabic History & Contemp. Society (20) Intro
to German Studies (40) English Language Workshop (20) or
Free-Choice or Lang Elective (20)
Arabic L 1 (40) Arabic History & Contemp. Society (20) Post
A Level Japanese Language 1 (40) Background to Japan (20)
Arabic L 1 (40) Arabic History & Contemp. Society (20) Intro
to Spanish Studies (40) English Language Workshop (20) or
Free-Choice or Lang Elective (20)
Chinese Ab-Initio
Chinese Language 1 (40) Background to China (20) Intro to French
Studies (40) English Language Workshop (20) or Free-Choice or Lang
Elective (20)
Chinese Language 1 (40) Background to China (20) In