French B1.2
Objectives
To perform at the Level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (independente user).
The students should be fully able to:
1. understand overall various types of authentic oral documents.
2. understand overall various types of authentic written documents.
3. produce coherent and simple oral discourses (familiar and routine matters), communicating personal opinions andfeelings, as well as interact orally in the same situations.
4. produce coherent and simple written documents (familiar and routine matters), communicating personal opinions and feelings.
5. consolidate linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competences necessary to achieve different communicative tasks (level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference).
6. acquire knowledge about Francophone cultures for an awareness of interculturality.
General characterization
Code
711111126
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Cristina Clemente Monteiro
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
French
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: B1.1
Bibliography
- Avanzi, A. et alii (2016). Entre Nous 3. Paris, Ed. Maison des Langues (unidades 5 a 8).
- Caquineau-Gündüz, M.-P. (2005). Les exercices de grammaire, niveau B1. Paris: Hachette.
- Rey-Debove, J. (2002). Dictionnaire du Français. Paris: Le Robert - Clé International.
- Khadra, Y. (2006). L´attentat. Paris : Pocket.
- Atividades diversas provenientes dos sítios TV5 (http://www.tv5.org/cms/chaine-francophone/lf/p-26292-Langue-francaise.htm) e RFI (https://savoirs.rfi.fr/fr/apprendre-enseigner)
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
Continuous assessment - 2 written tests (60%) + 1 oral presentation (20%)(80%), Active participation during classes (10%) + homework (10%)(20%)
Subject matter
Classes target at several topics such as advertisements, social networks, cinema, education, media and present :
1. Listening and reading activities from authentic documents (newspaper articles, TV reports, audio and video recordings, etc.).
2. Activities of written/oral interaction: discussions and simulation of authentic oral communication situations.
3. Speaking and writing activities of various text types (descriptive, narrative, explanatory, argumentative and dialogical).
4. Various activities for the strengthening of grammar and vocabulary necessary to achieve different communicative tasks (level B1 of the CEFR) such as impersonal verbs, double pronouns, pronouns "dont" and "en", indirect speech with present and past tenses, concession, nominalization, passiv.