French B2.2

Code:

LLC042

Acronym:

FB2.2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	French

Instance: 2022/2023 - 2S

Active?	Yes
E-learning page:	https://moodle.up.pt/
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
LA	23	Study plan	2	-	6	60,5	162
			3
LLC	22	Study plan	2	-	6	60,5	162
		Study plan	2	-	6	60,5	162
			3
LRI	39	Study plan	2	-	6	60,5	162
			3

Teaching language

French

Objectives

By the end of the semester, students should have reached the B2 level of French (defined CEFR levels).

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the semester, students should have become more autonomous and have developed their linguistic, socio-linguistic and pragmatic skills in order to be able to:

- understand the content of audio-visual documents of various types and length and covering a range of current and social issues;
- understand an informative or argumentative speech such as a conference or a debate, identifying the main ideas, arguments and positions;

- understand different types of texts of varying length and relatively high complexity, with content related to current issues;

- express themselves with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes interaction with native speakers quite possible and without strain for any part;

- produce a clear and organised continuous speech on a given topic;

- defend their opinion by making arguments when giving an oral presentation or participating in a debate;

- express their opinion on a social and/or current issue in a clear and coherent written text. Argumentative productions can take several forms (argumentative essay, cover letter, etc.).

Working method

Presencial

Program

1- Development of knowledge and know-how in the five skills defined in the CEFR; identification of gaps and definition of strategies to fill them.

2- Oral skills development. 
2.1. Understanding radio or TV programmeson current or social issues. 
2.2. Active participation in the oral language activities conducted in class
2.3. Organisation of debates on controversies in contemporary society throughout the semester (Distributed evaluation mode: mandatory participation in one of these oral interaction exercises prepared in groups).

3- Writing and reading skills development. 
3.1. Reading comprehension of informative and argumentative texts on topics of current interest. 
3.2. Training in using appropriate methodology and tools to produce argumentative texts (introduction, problematic, plan, development, conclusion) on current themes addressed in class. 

4- Linguistic, socio-linguistic and pragmatic skills development. 
4.1. Strengthening of language skills and extension of grammar skills. 
4.2. Development of lexical diversity and syntactic complexity to improve written and oral style; raising awareness about language registers.
4.3. Developing skills in expressing opinions, agreement and disagreement, feelings (regret, reproach, surprise) and intentions. 
4.4. Organization, structure and adequacy of discourse. 
4.5. Raising awareness about cultural and linguistic diversity within the francophonie.

Mandatory literature

Grégoire,M.; Grammaire progressive du français (Perfectionnement), CLE International, 2012. ISBN: 978-209-035359-4

Complementary Bibliography

Abbadie,C., Chovelon,B., Morsel,M.-H.; L'expression française écrite et orale, PUG, 2012. ISBN: 978-2-7061-1461-8
Bourmayan,A., Loiseau,Y., Rimbert,O., Taillandier,I.; Grammaire essentielle du français B2 , 2017. ISBN: 978-2-278-087320-7
Descotes-Genon,C., Richou,C., Morsel,M.-H.; L'exercisier, Broché, 2018. ISBN: 978-2706129827
Mimran,R., Poisson-Quinton,S.; Expression écrite, CLE International, 2008. ISBN: 978-2-09-035212-2
Thierry,P., Didier,J.J., Moreau,P., Seron,M.; Vocabulaire français, De Boeck Duculot, 2005. ISBN: 978-2-8011-1371-4

Comments from the literature

More documents available on Moodle.

Teaching methods and learning activities

A task-based approach will be favoured in order to involve the students in the teaching/learning process and to help them become more autonomous.

Software

Sigarra
Courriel dynamique

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Languages > Modern languages > European languages > Romance languages

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Prova oral	40,00
Teste	50,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	37,50
Estudo autónomo	64,00
Frequência das aulas	60,50
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are required to attend 75 % of classes, with exceptions according to FLUP regulations.

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment plan:

Distributed evaluation (Época Normal):

- Participation: 10%
- Reading comprehension: 10%
- Listening comprehension: 10%
- Writing: 30%
- Debate: 15%
- Oral presentation: 25%

---> A passing mark of 8/20 is required for each component of the assessment plan.

---> A passing mark of 10/20 is required to complete French B2.2.

Época de Recurso and Época Especial:

Written exam (RC/W) : 50%

Oral exam (LC/S): 50%

---> A passing mark of 10/20 in the written exam is required to be entitled to take the oral exam.

---> A passing mark of 8/10 is required for each skill being assessed in order to pass the exam and complete French B2.2.

---> A passing mark of 10/20 is required to complete French B2.2.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students who cannot attend classes must contact the teacher as soon as possible.

Classification improvement

Students wishing to improve their final grade will have to take an exam during the second exam period (Época de Recurso), according to the conditions and rules defined for this exam period.