Didactics of French as a foreign language and interncultural studies

Teacher(s)

Bibauw Serge;

Language

French

Prerequisites

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Main themes

-The study of some teaching sequences of French foreign or second language. Stake, contents, methods, tools, evaluation of the apprenticeships.
-Didactic of the intercultural : panorama of methodologies (presentation and critical examination)
-22,5 h. of theoretical lessons : 15h of practical work and exercices in connection with the theoretical problems approached in the theoretical lesson as an illustration and experimenting of same.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	-To settle the theoretical knowledge of concepts, operations or strategies indispensable for establishing the competences to teach French as foreign or second language (FLE/S) and intercultural. -To make tangible by means of practical work and didactical exercices the relation between these theoretical projections and the concrete teaching task.

Content

1. Foundations of language didactics and French as a foreign language: 
   • Historical methods, communicative and action/task-based approaches.
   • Concepts and principles.
   • Evidence-based practice.
2. Course planning in terms of communicative and linguistic objectives, tasks, and genres.
3. Construction of communicative and task-based/action-oriented didactic sequences (lessons).
4. Transversal dimensions of FLE teaching-learning, including assessment.
5. Contextual, plurilingual and intercultural perspectives.

Teaching methods

Lectures completed by documents analyses (texts, textbook units, didactic tools, teaching sequences) following an interactive methodology.

Evaluation methods

1. Written final exam (70%) covering the entire course, including:
   • closed questions on understanding and analyzing key elements of French as a foreign language teaching and
   • one or more open-ended questions on the application, creation, or evaluation of teaching processes.
2. Reading assignments (20%) and collaborative annotation of reading material on the Perusall platform, before each session. This assessment is automated by the platform.
3. Class participation (10%) is evaluated formatively (i.e. not assessing the quality of participation but encouraging its occurrence), encouraging questions, interventions, and comments, as well as active participation in group discussions and exercises.

Other information

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Online resources

https://ucline.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=36

Bibliography

Bibliographie disponible sur le site UCLine du cours.
References are available on the course website on UCLine.

Teaching materials

• https://ucline.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=36

Faculty or entity

ELAL