French B1.1
Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Francês
Objectives
By the end of the semester students should be able to:
• understand short authentic audio and audiovisual documents slowly and clearly spoken;
• read and understand descriptive, narrative texts and dialogues;
• express themselves orally , with or without preparation, on the themes discussed in class;
• write short descriptive and narrative texts and dialogues.
Students should also have acquired geographical and cultural information on France and the French speaking countries.
Program
1. Development of oral and communicative skills
• Phonetic correction
• Expressive reading
• Listening and understanding of short authentic documents
• Role play
• Brief oral summary of the project
2. Development of written discursive skills
• Identification of cohesion networks in narrative and descriptive texts
• Lexical and semantic explanation of short texts
• Project on the lexicon and the French language system in short literary texts
• Training in descriptive and narrative writing
3. Development of grammatical skills
• All the indicative tenses
• The conditional
• Simples relatives
• All the determinants
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
Distributed 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 |
2012-02-11 |
|
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: portfolio and group glossaries (5%); project (5%); exam (40%) = 50% of the final grade. Oral: understand a real audiovisual document (10%); oral test on the project for the semester (40%) = 50% of the final grade.
Examinations or Special Assignments
Not applicable
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
Students who are exempted from attending classes due to their special status must submit an individual project, take a written test and an oral test to show that they master the skills required.
Classification improvement
In accordance with the regulations in force.