French B1.1

Code:

LLC039

Acronym:

FB1.1

Instance: 2009/2010 - 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	2	Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Linguistics	1	-	6	52	162
			2
		Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Port.Second Language	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan only for 2007/2008	1	-	6	52	162
LA	9	Study Plan - Applied Languages: Business Relations	1	-	6	52	162
			2
		Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	1	-	6	52	162
			2
		Study Plan only for 2007/2008	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	26	Joint Language Plan-German/French	1	-	6	52	162
			2
		Joint Language Plan-French/Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
			2
		Single Language Plan-French	1	-	6	52	162
			2
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (French)	1	-	6	52	162
			2
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) With French	1	-	6	52	162
			2
		Joint Language Plan -English/French	1	-	6	52	162
			2
LRI	12	Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
			2
		Study Plan - Minor in History	1	-	6	52	162
			2
		Study Plan - Minor in German Studies	1	-	6	52	162
			2
		Study Plan - Minor in English Studies	1	-	6	52	162
			2
		Study Plan - Minor in Spanish Studies	1	-	6	52	162
			2
		Study Plan - Minor in French Studies	1	-	6	52	162
			2

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.

Software

Moodle

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Teste	20,00		2009-12-31
	Exame	1,00		2010-01-31
	Exame	3,00		2010-01-15
	Trabalho escrito	30,00		2009-12-31
	Trabalho escrito	20,00		2009-12-31
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	32	2010-01-15
	Total:	32,00

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%