French B1.2

Code:

LLC040

Acronym:

FB1.2

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

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	0	Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Linguistics	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Port.Second Language	1	-	6	52	162
LA	17	Study Plan - Applied Languages: Business Relations	1	-	6	52	162
			2
		Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	1	-	6	52	162
			2
LLC	16	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	18	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

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/or 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  coherent texts

Learning outcomes and competences

see programme

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Development of oral and communicative skills  • Understanding of authentic audio and/or 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 • 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 • pronouns • The complex sentence • The subjunctive •conditional • past tenses and the passive form •the superlative • the nominalization

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

Complementary Bibliography

Marc Wilmet; Grammaire rénovée du français, De Boeck, 2007. ISBN: 9782804155681

Teaching methods and learning activities

Communicative approach.

Software

Moodle

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	68,00	20,00
oral presentation	Prova oral	1,00	25,00
Written and oral comprehension	Exame	2,00	30,00
Written expression	Exame	2,00	25,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	40	2013-06-07
	Total:	40,00

Eligibility for exams

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

Calculation formula of final grade

written expression : 25%, oral and written comprehension : 30%, oral presentation : 25%, In class participation  : 20%

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students who are entitled not to attend 75% of classes have to contact the teacher asap.