French - Treshold level (B1) - "Oral expression" [ LFRAN1303 ]

To take this class, the student must be enrolled in the course LFRAN 1301

Reading with expression, make a short presentation about her/his backgroung or about somebody else, make an oral annuncement, play a short scene, make phone calls, leave a message on a voicemail, narrate a story real or imaginary, describe feelings and reactions, give personal views in an informal discussion

At the end of this course, the student is supposed to be able to :

• be conscious of all the settings involved in oral communication (language, voice, body, space')
• have increased her/his French pronunciation (sounds, rythm, articulation, intonation)
• respect more, when speaking, the French phrase structure
• express her/himself in a clearer and more intelligible way, in daily life situations

During the semester                50 %

• Active participation to the classes        10 %
• Dialogue played in front of the class      20%
• Oral exercices on Voxopop                  20%

Final test (oral)                50 %

• Non prepared interaction
• Presentation about a French movie of French play or French group/singer (5 minutes)
• Interpretation of a literary piece

Each class counts 3 parts :
- After some relaxation work, the first part consists in a technical warm up (rythm, intonation, phonetics, body language')
- During the second part, students will discover an oral situation (annoncement, phone call') and the vocabulary and linguistic structures related to it
- During the third part, the students will make several spoken productions related to the situation discovered formerly, or practice his ability to speak in front of an audience
This class requires a regular work at home. Every week, the student will prepare a grammatical and/or lexical point. She:he will also have several oral homework using the voice recording application Voxopop.

The course presents in a progressive way several oral situation of everyday life (speak about her/his background, make phone calls, give personal views').

Thanks to varied exercises, students will become more conscious of all the settings involved in oral communication (language, body, voice, space).

They will speak on a regular basis to arise her/his French pronunciation (sounds, rhythm, articulation, intonation), and her/his French syntax.

• Moodle Platform (the enrollment key will be given at the first class)
• Course notes (to buy at ILV)

This course corresponds to the BI level of the Common European Framework  of Reference of the Council of Europe