French 1

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01011950
Subject Area
French Language
Language of Instruction
French
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Learning processes of initial levels of foreign languages are carefully pu tinto practices. Eacho syllabus topic will be presented with care and in detail. Students have na active role in their own learning process: they will observe, discover, deduct, reuse and organize French structures. The main metholologies are interactive language practice in reading / writing comprehension and in Reading / writing production.

Learning Outcomes

This course enables students to accomplish tasks in different areas of academic and social life in French language, through the acquisition of communicative, linguistic and cultural knowledge. It will also implement learning strategies for subsequent learning levels.

The course corresponds to the A.1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Grammatical contents:
Simple sentences
Present Indicative,Imperative,"conditionnel de politesse"
Personal and tonic pronouns
Nouns:gender and agreement
Simple interrogative sentence:the three forms
Negatives
Definite,indefinite and partitive articles;article zero;possessive and demonstrative adjectives
Ordinal and cardinal numbers;expression of determined and undetermined quantities
Spatial and temporal localization
Lexical contents:
Alphabet,marital status,address and greetings
Nationalities,professions,hobbies,family, people and objects in the classroom,colors
Date,time,calendar,weather conditions
Socio-cultural contents and language uses
Greetings,salutations,difference between«tu»/«vous»,value and use of«on»
Letter,postcard, email
Answer simple questions about oneself,where one lives,people one knows,things that one has and ask questions
Statements in areas of immediate or familiar needs
Making a purchase
Date and time
Fill in a simple form,write a simple e-mail

Head Lecturer(s)

David Jean-Louis Couvidat

Assessment Methods

Continuous evaluation
Mini Tests: 25.0%
Other: 25.0%
Frequency: 50.0%

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Alter Ego + A1 (livre et cahiers d´exercices), Paris, Hachette.

Grammaire progressive du français– niveau débutant, Paris, Clé International.

Communication progressive du français – niveau débutant, Paris, Clé International.

Dictionnaire bilingue ou unilingue, Larousse/ Le Robert.