The preparatory year provides students with the basic knowledge and skills in French as a foreign language, to help them successfully follow the Master [120] in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : French as a Second Language.

The preparatory year programme includes specialised courses aimed at :

• mastering written and oral skills in the French language ;
• aquiring skills in literary and linguistic analysis ;
• aquiring knowledge of the history of French literature ;
• aquiring knowledge of theory and literary criticism.

The programme also includes a basic training of general courses.