Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
30.0 h
Q1 or Q2
Teacher(s)
Briet Geneviève (coordinator); Neuenschwander Valérie (coordinator);
Language
French
Prerequisites
To take this class, the student must be enrolled during the same semester in the general course B2 LFRAN 1401, or having achieved previously a minimum mark of 10/20 on the course LFRAN1401.
Any request for derogation should be made to the Head of French Department.
Any request for derogation should be made to the Head of French Department.
Main themes
Reading with expression, narrate a story real or imaginary, describe feelings and reactions, give personal views in an informal discussion, lead a debate on a topical subject, participate in a professional meeting.
Focus is put on both contents (selection of relevant examples, articulation of ideas, organization ) and fluency.
Focus is put on both contents (selection of relevant examples, articulation of ideas, organization ) and fluency.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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According to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, the learner /independent user of the language of level B2 can
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The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The course presents in a progressive way several oral situation of everyday life (speak about her/his background, give and defend 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.
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.
Teaching methods
Each class counts 3 parts :
This class requires a regular work at home. Every week, students will prepare a grammatical and/or lexical point. They will also have several oral homework (audio and video recordings posted on the learning platform).
- 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 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, students will prepare a grammatical and/or lexical point. They will also have several oral homework (audio and video recordings posted on the learning platform).
Evaluation methods
During the semester 50 %
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L'évaluation se fait sur la base des entrainements pratiqués au cours du quadrimestre et sur la qualité de la progression de l'étudiant.
Durant le quadrimestre, évaluation continue (50 %)
- participation to classes (min. 75%) and participation to an event out of the classroom. 10 %
- performance in groupe 10 %
- recordings audio and vidéo 15 %
- e-learning exercises about pronounciation on Moodle + written assignment 15%
- Non prepared debate on a topical subject 15 %
- Presentation about a utopian project 15 %
- Interpretation of a literary piece 20 %
Other information
Opened to the students enrolled at UCLouvain as well as to the members of staff.
This course corresponds to B2 level of the common European Framework of reference
This course corresponds to B2 level of the common European Framework of reference
Bibliography
- Plateforme Moodle (la clé d'inscription sera communiquée lors du premier cours)
- Syllabus (en vente à l'ILV)
Faculty or entity
ILV
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : French as a Foreign Language
