French - Treshold level (B1) - "Written production" [ LFRAN1304 ]

Moodle platform

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

Contribution at a forum, article of newspaper, comment of a photograph, poem, report, rules of a game, memo, movie critique.

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

• write personal and formal  letters,
• write to give news and expressing thoughts about abstract or cultural topics such as  music, films;
• write personal letters describing experiences, feelings and events in some detail;
• take messages communicating enquiries, explaining problems;

During the semester (50%)

• The several written productions(+corrected version) completed during the semester count for the final evaluation (40%)
• The  list of mistakes and specific structures (happy mistakes file) counts for the final evaluation (10%).

The final exam (50%) includes questions on  textual competences (10 %) as well as a written production (40%).

Each  2 hour-course is divided in two parts: a phase of discovery in which students listen, read or watch a document they discuss in small groups. The second part of the course focuses on writing a production that is related to the situation of communication seen previously.

Students adopt the technique of rewriting, which means that they have a text of reference that helps them to make  their own production. All the texts produced in class can be corrected and improved at home with the help of grid before they hand out their final copy the following week.

All the students are invited to complete a 'roadmap' called 'happy mistakes' ( vive mes gaffes!) on which they  indicate all the corrections they've made on their copies.
 

Students are put in situation to produce regularly short written texts to 'tame' the writing in French.
The teacher alternates technical  and creative sessions with varied material. The different

• 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

Training staff
A group of 20 students approximately
The teacher is available during his reception hour and can be contacted by email.