French C1.1
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
French |
Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Français
Objectives
By the end of the semester students should reach an intermediate level between B1 and B2, as defined by the Common European Framework for languages.
Learning outcomes and competences
Students should have become more autonomous and should have developed their linguistic, socio-linguistic and pragmatic skills in order to be able to:
- understand most radio and TV programmes, including those using a non standard language and follow extented speech even when it's not clearly structured and when relationships are only implied and not signalled explicitly;
- follow easily exchanges between external partners in a discussion, a debate, participate to them even on abstract complex and unfamiliar topics;
- understand increasingly long and complex texts by raising relevant points and by identifying the explicit or implicit position expressed by the author;
- analyse and understand a statistical or a pictural document;
- express their ideas and opinions in a logic, accurate and spontaneous way;
- make an oral presentation on a specific topic and using relevant arguments and examples to convince the audience;
- identify, reformulate and organise ideas in order to write a syntheses based on an overview of different types of documents;
- express a point of view written in a style which is clear, accurate, concise and appropriate to the reader in mind.
Working method
Presencial
Program
1. Development of knowledge and know-how using the CEFR self-assessment grid; identification of gaps and definition of strategies to fill them.
2. Oral skills development (listening and speaking).
2.1. Understanding radio or TV programmes on various current topics.
2.2. Oral presentation on a specific topic and based on the analysis and the syntheses of different types of documents.
3. Writing and reading skills development.
3.1. In depth understanding of complex articles on various current topics that can foster a debate among the students.
3.2. Strengthening of skills in writing descriptive and argumentative texts.
3.3. Introduction to the methodology and tools available to write.
4. Linguistic, socio-linguistic and pragmatic skills development.
4.1. Strengthening of language skills and extension of grammar skills (in particular: logical links, cohesion and coherence).
4.2. Lexical enrichment (single words, phrases, collocations, ...) 4.3.Strengthening and widening the mastering of language registers
4.4. Organization, structure and adequacy of discourse.
Mandatory literature
Solinas Hellmann, Sandrine; Se perfectionner en français langue étrangère, Studyrama, 2012. ISBN: 976-27590-1639-6
Complementary Bibliography
Barféty, Michèle; Expression orale - Niveau 4, CLE International, 2009. ISBN: 978-2-09-035213-9
Teaching methods and learning activities
Task based approach or communicative approach in order to involve the students in the teaching/learning process and to help them become more autonomous.
keywords
Humanities > language sciences > Languages > Modern languages > European languages > Romance languages
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Designation |
Weight (%) |
Exame |
50,00 |
Participação presencial |
10,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
10,00 |
Trabalho prático ou de projeto |
30,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Elaboração de projeto |
40,00 |
Estudo autónomo |
68,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
54,00 |
Total: |
162,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Attend 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by University regulations.
Calculation formula of final grade
Written: 50% Oral: 50%
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
Working students should contact the teacher at the beginning of the semester.
Classification improvement
Students may only repeat ONE written test for which they have a negative mark. Students must inform their teacher in writing (via email) which test they wish to repeat so that their names are generated automatically for the ‘recurso’ marks list on Sigarra.