Class contents and exam requirements

a.y. 2014-2015/2015-2016
Class contents and exam requirements
Code 20366-20372 and 20416
French Language – Second language – B1 business
Class contents and exam requirements are the same for both attending students and non-attenders
Program
Master of Science
Degree course
M, IM, MM, AFC, CLAPI, CLEFIN-FINANCE, CLELI, ACME, DES-ESS,
EMIT
Teaching activity
Annual course: 1° year, 2nd semester (36 hours) - 2° year, 1st
semester (36 hours); total classroom teaching hours 72.
The course is activated if there is a sufficient number of
participants
Objective
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Final Exam
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Head Teacher
language skills required to prepare: Diplôme de Français
Professionnel B1 and Bocconi exam
The acquisition of reading, writing, listening and speaking
skills (B1 business*) required to interact in a professional
context
Bocconi internal exam (B1 business*) or an international
certification among those recognized by the University
4 credits, 2° year, 1st semester
Bianca Maria San Pietro
*Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Set Textbook
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PENFORNIS J.L. , Affaires.com, CLE International, Paris 2013
GREGOIRE M. - THIEVENAZ O. , Grammaire progressive du Français, niveau intermédiaire, CLE
International, Paris 2003
Recommended textbooks
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GREGOIRE M. – MERLO G. Exercices communicatifs de la Grammaire progressive du Français, niveau
intermédiaire, CLE International, Paris 2004
We remind you that the Language Center offers to all students an information and consultancy service for
the study of languages. In addition, at its language laboratories, multimedia library, and online a variety of
materials for students wishing to prepare for international certificates recognized by the University also for
Bocconi exams (visit: www.unibocconi.eu/languagecenter).
Resources
Materials prepared by professors
Self-study programme
Past exams
Extra teaching materials
Language tutors
1
Office Hours for Bocconi teachers
International certificates recognized
Classroom activities & skills
Teaching intends to promote the acquisition of professional language skills.
In particular, the following will be treated through topics covered in the textbook:
 extension of business vocabulary
 development of listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. Tasks will be set individually or in
small groups, at times requiring presentations to the whole class; editing professional documents
(formal letter, e-mail, report)
 mock exam simulation for internal examination and for international certificates: (Diplôme de
français professionnel B1 and B2 of the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Paris, wich the
textbook prepares to)
 grammar revision
Self-Study activities & skills
In order to acquire language skills and to prepare correctly for the Bocconi exam, it is important to attend
lessons regularly as well as to follow a self-study program.
To reach this objective a series of activities are indicated to be carried out from the following textbooks:
Exercices de la communicatifs Grammaire Progressive du Français (see textbooks) and self-study modules
available on the e-learning platform.
In the Library you can find materials (including past exam) provided by the class professor.
It is suggested to dedicate 3-5 hours weekly for independent study
Topics/units
(set textbook Affaires.com)
MODULE 1
Diversité des entreprises
Banques et services bancaires
Défense du consommateur
MODULE 2 - CREATEURS D’ENTREPRISE
Profil du créateur d’entreprise
Recherche de capitaux
Lieu d’implantation
Choix de société
MODULE 3 - RESSOURCES HUMAINES
Contrat de travail
Profil de manager
Organisation du travail
Réunion de travail
Droits des salariés
MODULE 4 - MARKETING
Etude de marché
Définition du produit
Méthodes de distribution
Moyens de communication
MODULE 5 - CONTACT AVEC LA
Grammar/Skills & Activities
Partitif, Adverbes de quantité. Ex: pages 28-32
Mettre en page une lettre commerciale. Pronoms personnels
complément. Ex: pages 62-67
écrire une lettre de réclamation. Pronoms relatifs .
Conjonctions. Ex: pages 68-70
Forme passive. Ex: pages 116-118
Passé composé, Imparfait. Ex: pages 103-115
Ecrire efficacement. Indicateurs de temps. Ex: pages 99-101
Rédiger un e-mail . Pronoms Y et EN. Ex: pages 59-62
Pronoms relatifs composés Ex: pages 97-98
L’hypothèse. Ex: pages 126-131
Futur simple et composé. Ex: pages 120-123
Pronoms et adjectifs indéfinis. Ex: page 34
Emploi du subjonctif. Ex: pages 142-143
Impératif, conditionnel. Ex: pages 124-125
Comparatifs et superlatifs. Ex: page 44
Prépositions et adverbes. Ex: pages 48-54
Discours rapporté. Ex: pages 133- 136
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CLIENTELE
Force de vente
Commande en ligne
Service clientèle
Règlement de facture
MODULE 6 - RESULTATS DE
L’ENTREPRISE
Assurances
Secteur d’activité
Comptes de l’exercice
Commerce extérieur
Infinitif complément. Ex: pages 118-119
La condition. Ex: pages 99-102
La cause. Ex: page 152
La conséquence. Ex: page 153
Le but. Ex: pages 154-155
Accord des temps. Ex: pages 137-140
La concession. Ex: pages 144-146
Indicatif et subjonctif. Ex: pages 147-151
Exam content and description
Objectives
The exam is scored out of a maximum of 30 points, which will go into the calculation of your grade point
average, and evaluates your ability to:
 understand fairly long and complex listening passages, making notes and reworking the information
heard
 write structured texts of various types according to instructions
 oral interaction: presentation and discussion
 demonstrate your knowledge of the language, by correctly using a range of vocabulary and grammatical
structures
Rules
The exam consists of a written paper and an oral exam. Both need to be passed for the grade to count
towards the final average. In order to take the oral exam, it is necessary to:
 Pass the written exam (minimum mark 18/30)
 Have a test score that has not expired, i.e. that is still valid (see Written Exam, Validity)
Students can choose to retake the written exam before taking the oral exam but must remember that
handing in their paper annuls any previous grade given.
The Oral exam is compulsory and the score is added to the written grade.
We would like to remind students that, in order to take the exam, they must register for the exam session in
question at the Punto Blu.
Written Exam
First part
Objective
Test
Second
part
Listening to one or more passages – monologues, dialogues, debates, polls– containing data,
opinions, descriptions, explanations
Check candidates’ ability to:
- understand a listening passage and make brief notes on the information contained therein;
- report accurately in a structured written form the information and opinions expressed,
possibly adding also a personal comment
1. Sentence completion and/or tables; true/false questions; multiple choice
answers
15/30
2. Ability to write structured texts according to instructions given (letter, article,
short report)
Reading comprehension of one or more authentic texts, possibly also containing graphs, tables,
images
3
Objective
Test
Duration
Dictionary
Validity
Checking candidates’:
- ability to understand written texts;
- ability to write structured texts suitable for professional use
Writing a short report according to the instructions given, from a personal point of view
15/30
and with a given format
120 minutes
Bilingual dictionary can be used
The written grade is valid for the 3 subsequent oral exams, and it is also valid for the subsequent
12 months but there is a penalty that must be paid (see Oral Exam, Validity)
Oral Exam
Objective
Discussion of the topic presented led by the examiners using ad hoc questions
Skill
Presentation and discussion
Test
The student presents a dossier of at least three articles (taken from French or Italian press)
which relate to each other concerning one of the topics contained in the course and approved
by the teacher during the students consultation hours prior to the exam.
It is indispensable that the above-mentioned items are prepared thoroughly for the oral exam
and students are advised to prepare themselves well in advance of the date. Details on how to
prepare for the exam are to be found online in the library for each language (Bocconi e-learning
platform) or at: http://www.unibocconi.eu/languagecenter in Self-Study > Online
materials
Duration
Dictionary
Validity
15 minutes
Dictionaries are not allowed
The oral exam can only be taken once you have passed the written exam. Students will be
assessed in terms of their practical ability to communicate. During the oral exam marks can be
added to or subtracted from the written exam result in the following way:
 by +3 or -3, if the oral exam is passed within the 3 oral exams subsequent to the
written exam;
 by +1 or -3, if the oral exam is passed after the first 3 subsequent oral exams, but still
by 12 months subsequent to the written exam
As an alternative to the Bocconi exam, students may choose to register one of the international certifications
recognized by the University. The achieved result is converted into a number grade out of a possible thirty
and is registered in the student's academic record.
Additional Points
The assessment of language skills depends both on the result of the final exam and on marks awarded during
the year:
1. Positive participation in the course and completion of self-study activities
2. Partial Exam
3. The exam passed the first time it is taken
Points are registered at the same time the oral exam is passed
1. Positive participation in the course and completion of self-study activities
Objective
To encourage constant and active improvement in the language
Maximum points
 2 thirtieth: 1 thirtieth for each semester of teaching for active participation
awardable
in at least 75% of lesson hours + completion of the self-study programme
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Assignment of
points
Validity
2. Partial Exam
Objective
Test
Duration
Dictionary
Maximum points
awardable
Assignment of
points
Validity
Note
Defined by professor at the end of the course on the basis of quality of work
performed and respected due dates as indicated the professor in the classroom
and also online
From January to the September immediately following the course. These months
are included
Evaluate progress in language learning
Skills:
 Grammar – Grammar exercises in the following formats: multiple choice
answers, sentence completion, transformation
 Vocabulary exercises in the following formats: sentence completion, cloze
test, multiple choice answers
60 minutes
Dictionaries are not allowed
 0,5 thirtieth is awarded on the condition that students pass their final
written and oral exam within the first or second scheduled exam session
Determined by the teacher after a “pass” grade has been achieved
From January to the February immediately following the course. These months
are included
The exam is open to all students, both attenders and non-attenders. It takes
place once every academic year in June after first semester classes have finished
(the exact date can be found in the General Exams calendar)
3. The exam passed the first time it is taken
Objective
Reward students who sit for the exam only when really well prepared
Maximum points
awardable
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Assignment of
points
Automatically, when the student registers for the written exam and hands in the
exam for the first time, and passes it (minimum 18/30) and take the oral
exam on the first available date subsequent to the written exam
0,5 thirtieth
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