Linguistics: Proficiency and Analysis of Standard French

Teacher(s)

Delsaux Olivier;

Language

French

Prerequisites

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Main themes

The course aims to develop the mastery of French grammar and orthography in their current standards. It trains  professionals in the French language, who have both a technical mastery of the norm and a capacity for critical reflection on the creation, diffusion and development of this norm. The understanding and good use of reference works (grammars and dictionaries) form part of this learning process. 

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	By the end of the course, students will be able to :   ' master the  standard spelling of a list of frequently used French words (5,000 to 6,000 words);  ' outline the characteristic features of the French writing system and situate them within a historical and critical perspective; ' master the morphology of the verb and all rules of agreement for verbs, nouns and adjectives; ' distinguish and name classes of words and identify through analysis what functions these classes are able to perform in simple sentences; ' analyse the constituent parts of complex sentences; ' understand and apply in a systematic fashion the rules of prescriptive grammar; ' develop critical thinking on the norm and its application.

Evaluation methods

Other information

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Bibliography

Ouvrage de référence du cours :
GREVISSE, M., GOOSSE, A. Le bon usage. Grammaire française, Bruxelles, De Boeck-Duculot, 2016. 
Voir également bibliographie du cours sur Moodle.

Faculty or entity

ELAL