French ¿ Upper Intermediate Level (B2) ¿ Le français, langue universitaire [ LFRAN1405 ]

To take this class, the student must be enrolled in the course LFRAN 1401.

The different subjects covered during the course are varied (human sciences, sciences, etc') and are adapted to the students' field of specialization. The IMMRID plan (Introduction, Material, Method, Results, Interpretation and Discussion) is used to the various subjects that have been chosen with the participants.

At the end of this course, students are supposed to be able to:

• give a clear, prepared presentation dealing with scientific issues;
• synthesize information and arguments from a number of scientific sources;
• express themselves clearly on a large number of subjects of their speciality of studies and express a critical opinion.
• develop an argument with appropriate highlighting of significant points, and relevant supporting detail.

During the semester (50%):

• Several written productions that were written in class and corrected at home after formative evaluation.  
• Debate
• An oral presentation of graphics, figures'

 
The examination programme (50%):

• Oral exam: an oral presentation at the end of the term
• Written exam: writing a scientific paper, adopting the techniques covered  in the course

In this course, students are invited to invest the French language in the various situations students, teacher-researcher and/or PhD students encounter in their academic life (receptive and productive situations).

The course is conceived on the one hand as a seminar (discovery and collective construction of  knowledge) and as a more classical language course (linguistic and technical information given by the teacher).

Critical analysis  and its expression in French are developed.

The teacher is both expert and coach.

Types of activities: introduce, conclude and write a scientific paper, give an oral presentation on complex topics.
 
The intercultural dimension is approached  (the characteristics  of  scientific French, Spanish and English).

Finally, graphic treatment of oral and written texts are studied and put into practice.

The study of scientific language as well as systematic drills give students a wide degree of autonomy (level B2). During the term, the group attend a public lecture that is followed by a debate.

• Moodle Platform (the enrollment key will be given at the first class)
• Course notes (to buy at ILV)
• video documents, internet documents, scientific books, newspaper articles

Opened to the students enrolled at UCL as well as to the members of staff.
This course corresponds to B2 level of the common European Framework of reference

Class size: A group of maximum 15 students.
The teacher is available during her office hours and can be contacted by e-mail.