French A1

Code:

LLC037

Acronym:

FA1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	French

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

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	12	study plan	1	-	6	60,5	162
LA	50	Study plan	1	-	6	60,5	162
LLC	40	Study plan	1	-	6	60,5	162
LRI	48	Study plan	1	-	6	60,5	162

Teaching language

French

Objectives

The main objective of French A1 is to introduce students to the French language and to enable them to master the five competences defined for level A1 by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages in terms of written and oral comprehension and production in an academic context.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the semester students will be able to

(1) understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic sentences;

(2) interact in a simple way provided the interlocutor speaks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.

Students will also have to develop their own strategies to face challenges when completing tasks and discovering Francophonie. These strategies will help them to monitor their life long learning process.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

If necessary, a level at the beginning of the semester will help both student and teacher to decide about the enrolment in the appropriate level (A1 or B1.1).

Program

1. Phonetics: alphabet; pronunciation, namely diphthongs and nasals and liaison between words.

2. Grammatical skills: articles, contraction and elision; possessive and demonstrative determiners; regular and irregular verbs conjugation in the present tense of indicative and imperative moods; future tense (aller + infinitive); introduction to passé composé; plural of nouns; gender and number agreement of adjectives; simple negation; subject and tonic personal pronouns; interrogative sentences.

3. Communicative skills: greeting, farewell and other polite conventions; introducing oneself or someone else; describing oneself and others; making or answering a phone call; expressing likes and dislikes; speaking about daily routine, and personal plans; asking and answering personal questions; asking for and giving information on familiar topics; expressing agreement; locating in time and space; understanding simple written and oral texts; writing short descriptive texts.

The reading of a book may be requested at the beginning of the semester.

Mandatory literature

Jacky Girardet - Jacques Pécheur- Colette Gibbe; TENDANCES Méthode de français A1, Clé International, 2016. ISBN: 978-209-038525-0

Complementary Bibliography

Maïa Grégoire ; Grammaire Progressive du Français. Niveau débutant. , Clé International, 1997. ISBN: 209033858
Sylvie Poisson-Quinton, Célyne Huet-Ogle, Roxane Boulet, Anne Vergne-Sirieys; Grammaire Expliquée du Français ; Niveau Débutant, Clé International, 2003. ISBN: 209-033706-0
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

Comments from the literature

Further references will be provided during the semester.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Interactive and task-oriented approach.

Students will develop their skills and autonomy by carrying out various tasks, individually or in groups, in order to obtain results to be shared in class.

These tasks include (1) individual search for lexical information to be shared in the form of a glossary; (2) search for information on gastronomy, music and tourism (recipes, flight schedules, entry price and time of a tourist visit, etc.) to be shared in class; (3) preparation and presentation of dialogues; (4) writing of short texts (postcards, self-portraits and portraits, descriptions of daily activities); (5) a group oral presentation on gastronomy, tourism or another topic defined with the teacher.

Software

Courrier électronique
SIGARRA

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Languages > Modern languages > European languages > Romance languages
Social sciences > Cultural studies > European studies > French studies

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	55,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Prova oral	35,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	81,50
Frequência das aulas	60,50
Trabalho de investigação	20,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

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

Calculation formula of final grade

Distributed evaluation without final exam ("Epoca Normal"): 

• Participation: 10% (minimum 75% attendance and 75% of the tasks proposed in class and at home)


• Written test: 55% (written comprehension: 10%; language structures: 15%; written production: 30%). [Note: minimum 10/20 to be able to sit for the oral exam]


• Oral test: 35% (oral comprehension: 10%; continuous production and interaction: 25%)

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

"Epoca de Recurso", "Época Especial" and Students with special status (TE, DA, etc.): 

Written exam(written comprehension, language structures, written production) : 50% (minimum 10/20 to be able to sit for the oral exam) 
Oral exam (oral comprehension, continuous production and interaction): 50% 

A passing mark of 8/20 is required for each component of the exams.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

See "Fórmula de calculo da classificação final"

Classification improvement

Students wishing to improve their final result will be required to take the exams during the "Recurso" or "Especial" session. The result of the participation will not be taken into account.

Written exam: 50%
Oral exam: 50%