French Language and Culture IV

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Communicative task- and project-based methods. Practice of oral and written skills based on different types of texts and audiovisual materials.

Learning Outcomes

The aim of this course is to develop students’ speaking and writing skills, as well as their awareness of Francophone culture, enabling them to acquire communicative competence in French compatible with level B1.2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

At the end of the course students will be able to

–understand the main points of clear input on matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.;

– deal comfortably with everyday situations;

– produce coherent utterances on matters that are familiar or of personal interest;

– describe experiences and events, expectations and ambitions;

– present reasons for opinions or projects.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Thematic contents

– Social issues (everyday life, work and culture)

– Idioms

– Discussions based on current newspaper articles

 

Grammar

– impersonal verbs

– Double pronouns

– Ways of expressing manner;

– Expressing wishes using the subjunctive

– Expressing cause and consequence.

Head Lecturer(s)

Bruna Isabel Joaquim Plácido

Assessment Methods

Continuous assessment
Homework (10%)+Short written tests (70%)+Oral tests (20%); the assessment rules of the Language Center courses is available here: http://www.uc.pt/fluc/cl/regulamentos/fluc/cl/ficheiros/regulamento_aval: 100.0%

Bibliography

AVANZI, A.; MALOREY, C.; PRUNIÈRES, L.; PRUVOST, N.; JADE, C.; MIRAS, G. POISSON-QUINTON, S. (2016). Entre Nous 3 – Méthode de français. Maison des Langues.

AVANZI, A.; MALOREY, C.; PRUNIÈRES, L.; PRUVOST, N.; JADE, C.; MIRAS, G. POISSON-QUINTON, S. (2016). Entre Nous 3 – Cahier d’exercices. Maison des Langues.

BOULARÈS, M.; FRÉROT, J.-L. (2004). Grammaire Progressive du Français – Niveau Avancé. CLE INTERNATIONAL.

MIQUEL, C. (2013). Grammaire en dialgues – Niveau Avancé, CLE INTERNATIONAL.