Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA2174: Year Abroad with Work Placement

This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

The syllabus is set by host institutions and approved by IAIS. Assessment is conducted by host institutions and reported to IAIS. This may include coursework assignments and/or end of term exams.

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
0	0	1200

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Placement/Study Abroad	440	Lectures and practical classes at host institution in destination country in standard Arabic (written) and spoken Arabic. Currently, teaching hours at the host institution are 5 per day from Sunday to Thursday. This is approximately 153 hours /51 days over each term, taking into consideration festivities and national holidays.
Placement/Study Abroad	530	Reading for lectures and classes; preparation and completion of coursework; and revision for written and oral examinations. Students are given a task to prepare a range of activities for class, activities include reading, learning vocabulary, learning grammar and listening. These are then discussed and activated in class through interactive learning sessions.
Work Placement	30	Time spent on placement
Guided independent study	100	For work placement: Independent and assisted preparation for placement: Contact with organisation, arrangements for travel, accommodation and visa (where necessary), arrangement of work activities, communication with appointed academic advisor and with work supervisor. Reading, reflection, essay writing, producing case studies based on personal experience and the critical use of relevant scholarly literature.
Guided independent study	100	Guided independent study for Media Project: Preparation for and reflection on, tutorials with supervisors; Researching topic and creating media project storyboard/outline; Completing final draft of media project.

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Assessment conducted by host institutions. This may include homework and coursework assignments. Host institutions may differ on methods of assessment.	This will vary depending on the host institution	1,4,5,9,10	Oral and written feedback
One work placement application (in English)	One-page covering letters and a two-page CV	12	Oral feedback
One work placement review (in English)	Two-page personal development plan	2,3,7,12	Oral feedback
Media project storyboard/outline, including bibliography	1000 words	4,8,10,11	Oral/written feedback

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
20	80	0

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Average taken from results of termly examinations	80	Set by host institution	1,5,6,9	Written Feedback
Work Placement	10	1000 words reflective project report	2,3,7,12	Written Feedback
Media Project	10	Video to be handed in by end of Spring Term followed by Project Presentation and Question and Answers session.	4,8,10,11	Oral / Written feedback

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Oral examination	Oral examination (10 minutes) - 10%	4 Speaking	August/September reassessment period
Listening examination	Listening examination (30 minutes) - 10%	4 Listening	August/September reassessment period
Written examination	Written examination (3 hours) - 60%	1,2,3,6	August/September reassessment period
Work Placement reflective project	Work Placement reflective project (1000 words) - 10%	2,3,7,12	August/September reassessment period
Media Project	Video Project (can be produced in the UK but in Arabic language) + Presentation and Question and Answers session - 10%	4,8,10,11	August/September reassessment period

Re-assessment notes

If required a student will be offered a referred or deferred examination at the IAIS in August/September. The papers for the referred/deferred examinations will be set by the host institution and marked by IAIS (This includes oral, listening and written examinations). In cases of failure, students may be asked to withdraw from the MArabic programme, repeat the year abroad at their own expense, or potentially transfer to a three year degree programme.