At the end of this module, the student will be able to read and listen to documents of level B1 or B2 (CEF). He/she will be able to enter unprepared into conversation on topics that are familiar and pertinent to everyday life (family, academic issues, current events...).The student "can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, (academic life), leisure, etc¿Can deal with most situations likely to arise (in a French-speaking country). Can produce simple connected texts on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans"(in Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
Main themes
To fulfil these objectives, teaching activity will focus on the following topics :
- listening to short, authentic documents (radio and TV programmes, songs) ;
- focus on verbs (morphology), past tenses, future and subjunctive, pronouns objects, "en", "y", relative clauses ;
- phonetics ;
- taking part in conversation, writing sketches ;
- oral presentations ;
- following a guided visit at the Federal Parliament ;
- writing letters, summaries ;
- discovering Belgian and French-speaking cultures.
Content and teaching methods
Code and Title
FRAN 1301 - "Understanding Belgium", an intermediate course.
- A course for students enrolled at the UCL (Erasmus and non Erasmus) who take FRAN 1301 as a faculty or as an
optional course as well as for free students (étudiants libres) who are not enrolled at the UCL.
- 4 ECTS
Pre-requisite: Level A2 in the four skills.
Number of hours, rythm, terms
60 h, 4 h / week, in the first or the second quadrimester.
Aim
At the end of the course, students are expected to have reached a B1 level (CEF) in writing and speaking, and a B2 level in reading and listening.
Methods and contents
The course is given in French by a native speaker in accordance to interactive communication. In this course, students :
- work on authentic documents ;
- use and practise grammar in oral and written situations ;
- take part in conversations ;
- discover Belgian and French speaking cultures.
Evaluation
- Continuous assessment. Language tests, oral and written exercises
- Written and oral exam
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Pre-requisite
Oral placement test
Evaluation
Written and oral exam and some continuous assessment
Support
Course notes, verbs and grammar book
Supervision
Titular teacher
Others
This course corresponds to Level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF) for Reading, Listening, Spoken interaction, Spoken production and Writing.
Information specifically linked to a year of study
The entity managing the programmes
- specifies the years of study concerned by the activity of teaching in the programmes it manages
- attributes an ECTS value and specifies the compulsory feature or not of this activity for each year of study
ECTS value by default : 4 credits
defined by the responsible entity for the instructions
Titular professor :
Geneviève Briet, Jacqueline Pairon, Françoise Berdal-Masuy
Principally adressed year(s) of study
Open to all foreign students registered at the university who have level A2 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)