French A1

Code:

LLC037

Acronym:

FA1

Instance: 2014/2015 - 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	9	CL - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
LA	17	LA - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	43	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	1	-	6	52	162
LRI	22	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Francês

Objectives

1/ Listening

Be able to recognise familiar words and very basic phrases concerning oneself, his/her family and immediate concrete surroundings when people speak slowly and clearly.

2/ Reading

Be able to understand familiar names, words and very simple sentences, for example
on notices and posters or in catalogues.

3/ Spoken interaction

Be able to interact in a simple way provided the other person is prepared to repeat
or rephrase things at a slower rate of speech.
Be able to ask simple questions in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics.

4/ Spoken production

Be able to use simple phrases and sentences to describe places and people.

5/ Writing

Be able to write a short, simple postcard, for example sending holiday greetings.
Be able to fill in forms with personal details, for example entering
his/her name, nationality and address on a hotel registration form.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the semester students will have developed the five communication skills defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages in order to be able

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

(2) to interact in a simple way provided the other person talks 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

Program

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

2. Grammatical skills: articles and contraction; possessive determiners; regular and irregular conjugation of the indicative and imperative present tense; plural nouns and agreement in gender and number between the noun and the adjective; simple negation; personal subject and tonic pronouns; interrogative form; near future tense.

3. Communicative skills: basic greeting, leave-taking 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 question; asking for and giving information on familiar topics; expressing agreement; locating in time and place; understanding simple written and oral texts; writing simple descriptive texts.

Mandatory literature

J. Girardet / J. Pécheur ; Écho A1, Méthode de Français + Cahier personnel d’apprentissage, Clé International/Sejer. ISBN: 978-2-09-038588-5

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

Teaching methods and learning activities

Interactive and task-oriented approach.

The proposed activities aim to develop students’ skills and autonomy by completing various tasks, individually or in a group, in order to achieve results to be shared in class or on the Moodle platform. These tasks include (1) search for lexical information to be shared on the e-learning platform (glossary); (2) search for information about gastronomy and tourism (recipes, flight schedules, tourist attractions schedules and prices of admission) to be shared on the e-learning platform (forum); (3) group role-playing exercises; (4) writing short texts (post cards, self portrait and portraying others, description of daily activities); (5) oral presentation in a group about gastronomy or tourism.

Software

Email dinâmico
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 (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Prova oral	20,00
Teste	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	88,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	20,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are required to attend 75% of classes. Exceptions according to FLUP regulations. Students allowed by the University regulations not to attend classes have to contact the teacher at the very beginning of the semester.

Calculation formula of final grade

Participation in oral and written class activities (10%); oral presentation in a group (20%); listening, grammatical structuries, reading and writing tests (70%).

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

See "Obtenção da frequência".

Classification improvement

According to applicable standards.