French A2

Code:

LLC038

Acronym:

FA2

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	7	Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Linguistics	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Port.Second Language	1	-	6	52	162
LA	13	Study Plan - Applied Languages: Business Relations	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	19	Joint Language Plan-German/French	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-French/Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-French	1	-	6	52	162
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (French)	1	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With French	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan -English/French	1	-	6	52	162
LRI	19	Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in History	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in German Studies	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in English Studies	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in Spanish Studies	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in French Studies	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Francês

Objectives

By the end of the semester students should:
• have consolidated and reinforced their communicative skills acquired throughout the first semester;
• be able to communicate in a simple way in different situations;
• have enlarged their lexical knowledge;
• have deepened their knowledge of Francophonie and the habits of French speakers;
• have developed their written and oral expression

Program

1.Grammatical skills

• Demonstrative adjectives
• Partitive articles and defined and undefined quantities
• Personal pronouns, Direct (COD) and Indirect (COI) object
• The adverbial pronouns « en » and « y »
• The indefinite pronoun « on »
• Negation (« ne ... jamais » et « ne … plus »)
• Comparison
• Imperative
• Future
• The past tenses - compound past (passé composé), imperfect (imparfait)
• Aspectual paraphrase « venir de », « être en train de » and « être sur le point de »

2. Communicative skills

• Expressing feelings, opinions, criticism, obligations
• Giving orders
• Making recommendations
• Asking for and giving advice and information
• Placing oneself in space
• Comparing objects, places, persons, habits
• Finding specific information in a complex text
• Understanding and writing simple descriptive, informative or narrative texts

Mandatory literature

Josette Rey-Debove et Alain Rey (dir.); Le Nouveau Petit Robert de la langue française, Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française, Le Robert, 2009. ISBN: 978-2-84902-386-0

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical practical lessons and tutorial.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	106	2012-07-14
	Total:	106,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are required to attend 75% of classes. Exceptions according to general and FLUP regulations.

Calculation formula of final grade

Written component: 50% ; Oral: 50%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students who are exempted from attending classes due to their special status must contact the lecturer early in the semester

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.