French B1.2
Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Francês
Objectives
At the end of the semester students should have mastered the five competencies provided by the Common European Framework of reference for the B1 language level.
Successful Students should be able to :
• understand authentic audio and audiovisual documents, on subjects discussed in class;
• read and understand descriptive, narrative and argumentative texts;
• express themselves orally, with or without preparation, in order to describe, tell, justify or convince;
• write simple but coherent texts
Program
1. Development of oral and communicative skills
• Phonetic correction
• Understanding of authentic oral and audiovisual documents on familiar subjects or on subjects already discussed
• Identification of particular information in authentic documents and brief oral summary of this information
• Role play, prepared or improvised
2. Development of written discursive skills
• Identification of cohesion and coherence networks in simple and short argumentative texts
• Synthesis on a piece of news
• Writing production: letters, summaries, commentaries and stories
3. Consolidation and improvement of linguistic skills
• Consolidation of the grammatical and lexical skills acquired in levels A1,
A2 and B1.1
• All pronouns
• The complex sentence
• The subjunctive
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
Caroline Lamarche; Le jour du chien, Les Editions de Minuit, 1996. ISBN: 2-7073-1564-8
Teaching methods and learning activities
Theoretical practical lessons and tutorial.
Software
Moodle
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
Weight (%) |
End date |
Attendance (estimated) |
Participação presencial |
58,00 |
|
|
|
Teste |
50,00 |
|
2011-07-15 |
|
Trabalho escrito |
11,00 |
|
2011-07-15 |
|
Exame |
2,00 |
|
2011-07-15 |
|
Exame |
1,00 |
|
2011-07-15 |
|
Total: |
- |
0,00 |
|
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
End date |
|
Estudo autónomo |
40 |
2011-07-15 |
|
Total: |
40,00 |
|
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%