FRENCH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE (A2)

Code Cours
2324-IÉSEG-IN-S1S2-LAN-IN-OE02UF
Language of instruction
English
Teaching content
LANGUAGES
Training officer(s)
L.AYOSSO
Stakeholder(s)
Anne Chounavelle (Lille); Laure Ayosso/Isabelle Foulfoin (Paris)
Level
Course for exchange students
Program year
Period

Présentation

Prerequisite
The student has recently and successfully completed a beginner’s course (level A1): he/she can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. He/she can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details (...). He/she can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help ©CEFR
Goal
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to key areas (personal and family information, travel information, shopping, local costums and labor. He/she can describe his/her background, immediate environment. He/she can manage a certain degree of autonomy in a francophone country and can produce simple connected texts on areas of interest. Adapted from the CEFR
Presentation
The class is structured around the following speech acts: present and describe a person; present a cultural fact; compare; locate events in time; ask and give explanations / justifications; express feelings and opinion; participate in a conversation.
The following topics will be developed: the immediate environment and everyday life; travel and intercultural exchanges, familiarisation with topical news items....
Language structures cover: the present tense (revision / consolidation); past tenses (perfect past Vs imperfect), the future; simple pronominalisation (direct and indirect object pronouns, relative pronouns); time markers; the comparison; main logical connectors. Conditional mood in polite requests.

Modalités

Organization
Type Amount of time Comment
Face to face
lecture 30,40
Independent study
Estimated personal workload 20,20 Homework, revisons, exercises
Group Project 12,00 Presenting a discovery report on one's experience as an exchange student in France (in groups of 3)
Independent work
Research 12,00
Overall student workload 74,00
Evaluation
Continuous assessment : 50% ( oral and written class exercises, homework 35%; participation 15%)
Final assessment : 25% (1 oral presentation in group, 1 improvised topic; 1 aural comprehension); written exam (25%)
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Final Exam
Written exam 1,20 1 25,00
Oral exam 0,20 1 25,00
Continuous assessment
Participation 30,40 1 15,00
Writing comprehension 0,00 0 8,75
Listening 0,00 0 8,75
Language skills : writing 0,00 0 8,75
Language skills : speaking 0,00 0 8,75
TOTAL 97,00

Ressources

Bibliography
Grammaire progressive du français - CLE INTERNATIONAL -
Internet resources