Intensive French Language Course A2

Code:

CIFEA2

Acronym:

FRA2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Foreign languages and literatures

Instance: 2024/2025 - SP (of 10-02-2025 to 02-04-2025)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	French (A2) - Intensive Language Course

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ECIFA2	16	Study Plan	1	-	3	60	81

Teaching language

French

Objectives

Telling, describing the steps of an action, expressing intensity and quantity, questioning, describing someone, comparing, expressing agreement or disagreement, situating oneself in time, talking about the future, expressing wishes, expressing certainty and uncertainty, expressing approval and indifference, express and ask for a point of view, express intention to do something, justify a choice, express restriction, express love and preference, express joy and sadness, express fear and worry, reassure, express surprise, express anger and displeasure, express disappointment and regret.

Learning outcomes and competences

I can understand familiar words and very basic phrases concerning myself, my family and immediate concrete surroundings when peoples peak slowly and clearly.
I can understand familiar names, words and very simple sentences, for example on notices and posters or in catalogues.
I can interact in a simple way provided the other person is prepared to repeat or rephrase things at a slower rate of speech and help me f ormulate what I'm trying to say. I can ask and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics.
I can use simple phrases and sentences to describe where I live and people I know.
I can write a short, simple postcard, for example sending holiday greetings. I can fill in forms with personal detai ls, for example entering my name, nationality and address on a hotel registration form.

Working method

À distância

Program

I - Programmatic content (oral/written communication objectives)

Telling, describing the steps of an action, expressing intensity and quantity, questioning, describing someone, comparing, expressing agreement or disagreement, situating oneself in time, talking about the future, expressing wishes, expressing certainty and uncertainty, expressing approval and indifference, express and ask for a point of view, express intention to do something, justify a choice, express restriction, express love and preference, express joy and sadness, express fear and worry, reassure, express surprise, express anger and displeasure, express disappointment and regret.

II- Morphosyntactic content (Grammar)

Pronominal verbs, EN pronoun complement, interrogation by inversion and revision of the interrogation, the imperfect, the imperfect or the compound past tense, indicators of tense (en/dans), the simple future tense, the present subjunctive, the place of pronouns in the imperative, the recent past tense, possessive pronouns, restriction (ne...que), double pronouns, nominalization and suffixes, comparative, superlative of adjective and adverb, simple past participle agreement, past participle agreement with having, most than perfect (education and employment), pronouns EN and Y.

III- Phonetic/phonological content

Expression of intensity and quantity, description of someone, comparison, agreement and disagreement, situation in time, future, wish, certainty and uncertainty, approval and indifference, point of view, intention, justification of a choice, restriction, love and preference, joy and sadness, fear and worry, surprise, anger and discontent, disappointment and regret.

IV- Lexical Contents (vocabulary)

The French-speaking world, fashion and society, music, caricature, street arts, French people and French people outside of France, holidays, living elsewhere on Sundays.

Mandatory literature

J. Girardet; J. Pécheur; Echo A2 - 2ème édition, Clé international, 2013

Teaching methods and learning activities

Participation, written test and oral presentation.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	25,00
Prova oral	25,00
Teste	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	60,00
Estudo autónomo	21,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance.

Calculation formula of final grade

Participation - 25%
Oral presentation - 25%
Written test - 50%

Observations

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