skema bachelor syllabus fall 2013 fall 2016

SKEMA BACHELOR
SYLLABUS FALL
FALL2013
2016
COURSE NAME
COURSE CODE
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH
BAC.EAINA.LGLNG.1902
Credits
EAI Credits
Student Workload
Teaching Language
3
/ ECTS Credits
6
Contact Hours
Personal and/or Team Work
Evaluation
39
120
6
French
Prerequisite
Teaching Period
FALL 2016
Department
Languages
Class meets:
Wednesday 8:30am-11:30am
Course Coordinator
Alexandra SAUNDERS, BSocSc - [email protected]
Instructor(s)
Florence OMAZZI
Evaluator(s)
Florence OMAZZI
This course provides additional skills in order to guide the students towards a more proficient
Course Description
use of the language and a greater knowledge of French culture.
Knowledge and Understanding (subject specific)
The student is expected to
Have improved and consolidated the grammar knowledge and developed new automatisms.
Have improved in essay-writing skills and developed more confidence in oral expression and comprehension.
Have improved pronunciation.
Cognitive / Intellectual Skills (generic)
The student is expected to :
Past tenses (review), Future (review), Prepositions, Articles, Direct and indirect Pronouns together, interrogatives adjectives,
pronouns and adverbs, relatives pronouns, comparatives and superlatives, present subjunctive (approche avec les
Learning Outcomes
tournures impersonnelles)
Key Transferable Skills (generic)
The student is expected to :
Improve presentation skills
Work effectively in groups
Practical Skills (subject specific)
The student is expected to :
Carry on conversations on more complex subjects and life situations. Give and justify a personal point of view on different
and complex subjects.
Course registered in the process
Assurance of Learning AACSB
No
Written Examination
Coefficient %
midterm x 2
30% (2x15%)
final exam including one essay (200 words)
40%
Student Assessment
Continuous Assessment
home and classwork
30%
(Role Play, Written work, dictation, homework, participation)
Lectures
Tutorial Sessions
Teaching Methods
Autonomous Personal Work
Other (explain):
films analysis, role plays and simulations, games,oral presentations
Required for the course
References / Books
teacher's handout
cvc.es (centro virtual cervantes)
Web Sites
Recommended references
SKEMA BACHELOR
SYLLABUS FALL
FALL2013
2016
Date
07/09/2016
Topics
Introduction to course and course guidelines. Giving personal information: age, profession, address,
origins etc. Vocabulary and expressions necessary for dealing with everyday situations.
Document: “Aptitude à réagir spontanément à des phrases.” ( 1 ère partie )
14/09/2016
“Aptitude à réagir spontanément à des phrases.” ( 2 ème partie )
Questions: Games with questions and answers (Super Biz, Eli Edition )
21/09/2016
The human body, vocabulary. Les 5 sens ( révision des verbes au present, reguliers et irreguliers ).
Idiomatic expressions
28/09/2016
Present continuous, recent past and near future tenses. Practice with these different tenses
using “l’accident”
05/10/2016
Past tenses (part 1), "Le passé composé”, different structures. Past participle agreement.
12/10/2016
Imperfect tense. Training and employment. Past habits and customs of French culture.
19/10/2016
MIDTERM I Written exam (sur le contenu des cours)
Key words (dans, en, pour, pendant, cependant, malgré, toutefois,... )
Essay-writing à faire à la maison ( devoir à rendre )
26/10/2016
Past tenses (part 2), Le plus-que-parfait, introduction to the past simple
Advertising (analysis of some examples of TV and magazine adverts)
02/11/2016
Les articles partitifs.
French food. Le restaurant : un menu francais.
Detailed Schedule
Analysis of an article from the magazine Marianne: “Les Français à table”. Write a summary of the
text.
O9/11/2016
Comparatives and superlatives, revision
France and its stereotypes. (fashion, art, litterature, technology etc.) comparison with other countries
and cultures.
16/11/2016
MIDTERM II Oral presentation with powerpoint slides .
Contemporary French music. Listening to an example of French music ( texte a trous, a completer )
23/11/2016
Prépositions (dans, par, pour... la différence entre “de” et “à” ), Presentation about the PACA
region (tourist attractions, museums, art). Writing an itinerary for tourists.
30/11/2016
Different registers in the French language (from formal to familiar language), l'Argot
07/12/2016
Travailler l'ecrit, rediger un mail.
General review for Final Exam
FINAL EXAM