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French A1

Objectives

To perform at level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference (Basic user).
The students should be able to :
1. understand overall short and very simple authentic oral documents, recognizing
familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases .
2. understand overall short and simple authentic written texts (notices, flyers, or
posters), recognizing familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases .
3. produce short and very simple oral sentences, as well as to interact orally (familiar
matters),
4. write coherent and very simple texts (write a postcard, fill in a form),
5. develop linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competences necessary to achieve
different communicative tasks (level A1 of the Common European Framework of
Reference).
6. acquire knowledge about Francophone cultures for an awareness of interculturality

General characterization

Code

711111122

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Âzar Babasafari Renani, Jean-Pierre Antoine Leger

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

French

Prerequisites

Available soon

Bibliography

CHAHI, F. et alii (2018). Défi 1, niveau A1. Paris: EMDL
CAQUINEAU-GÜNDÜZ, M.-P. (2005). Les exercices de grammaire, niveau A1. Paris:
Hachette
MIQUEL, C. (2018). Communication progressive du français A1. Paris: Clé International
MIQUEL, C. (2017). Vocabulaire progressif du français, nouvelle édition. Paris: Clé
International
MIQUEL, C. (2005). Grammaire en dialogues (débutant). Paris: Clé International

Teaching method

Communicative method (with action-oriented approach) seeking to stimulate
interaction and engender increasingly autonomous learning.
Intercultural approach which raises the student’s awareness of cultural diversity
carrying out tasks which draw on communicative competences.
Frequent use of the ICT
In class teaching

Evaluation method

Método de avaliação - 2 written tests (60%) + 1 oral presentation (20%)(80%), active participation during classes (10%) + homework (10%)(20%)

Subject matter

The course resolves around various topics (family, body, leisure, transports) and
presents :
1. Listening and reading activities from (semi)authentic documents.
2. Oral interaction activities : simulation of authentic oral communication situations.
3. Speaking and writing activities, especially descriptive and dialogical texts.
4. Various activities for the acquisition of grammar and vocabulary necessary to
achieve different communicative tasks (articles, gender and number morphology,
subject pronouns, possessive and demonstrative adjectives, adverbs, conjugation of
most usual verbs in present tense, notion of time and localization, affirmative and
negative sentences and interrogative sentences)