Université Catholique de Louvain - COURSES DESCRIPTION FOR 2013-2014 - LMUND2002
LMUND2002
French - Breakthrough level (A1) Complete beginners - First contacts
2013-2014
6.0 credits
90.0 h
1q
Teacher(s) :
Neuenschwander Valérie ; Verhulst Nancy (coordinator) ;
Language :
Français
Place of the course
Louvain-la-Neuve
Inline resources:
Moodle Platform
Prerequisites :
Nothing
Main themes :
Identity, family, close relationships, work, shopping, accommodation, public places, leisure, public transport, everyday life, health,
housing, food, countries, cities, weather, greetings.
Aims :
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
-Listen ' Read : understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a
concrete type (menu, advertisements, prospectuses, reference lists and timetables).
-Speak ' Write: introduce him/herself and others. Can write and talk about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/
she knows and things he/she has.
-interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s)
can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Evaluation methods :
Continue assessment (during the semester) = 40%
-The 5 written productions completed during the semester count for the final evaluation (10%)
-The 5 grammar tests count for 10% of the final evaluation.
-The 5 dialogues played in front of the class count for 10% of the final evaluation
-An oral presentation counts for 10 % of the final evaluation
.
Final exam = 60 %
-listening: 3 documents
-reading: 4documents,
-writing: 2 productions
-speaking: talking about personal topics.
Teaching methods :
This course bases itself on an action-oriented approach, and proposes to the student diverse tasks to acquire a better knowledge
of the language, while stimulating the development of susceptible and interactive skills: the production of abstract maps for the
grammar and the vocabulary, the theatrical expression or the play for the pronunciation and the oral production; compulsory oral
presentation : appear and compulsory production of five texts.
Content :
At the beginning of the course, the learners listen to the language systematically and intensively for a week.
Speaking, writing and reading skills are developed once the learners have become familiar with the sounds and rhythms of French.
In addition to classwork, the learners continue their learning of French outside the class by means of 'exercises in town'. The
learners leave the class and make contact with French speakers to perform various tasks of observation and interaction.
The students also have access to online exercises using the platform Moodle..
Several compulsory excursions are organised during the course, to Louvain-la-Neuve and another town in Belgium.
Students have to devote 6 hours per week to learning French outside class. This work at home is essential to consolidate what has
been taught in class. The students are required to keep their various assignments (writing and vocabulary exercises etc) in a folder.
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Bibliography :
-Moodle platform http://moodle.uclouvain.be
-J. Bady et allii. Conjugaison. 350 exercices. 1000 verbes à conjuguer, Hachette français langue étrangère ;
-D. Abry et M.-L. Chalaron. La grammaire des premiers temps. Volume 1. Presses universitaires de Grenoble ;
-M. Grégoire. Grammaire progressive du français. Niveau débutant, CLE International ;
-http://www.tv5.org/apprendre.tv
Other infos :
Opened to the students enrolled at UCL as well as to the staff members.
This course corresponds to A1 level of the common European Framework of reference
Equivalent course given in the other UCL curricula: course for complete beginners (LFRAN1001 in 60 hours, in first and second
semester)
Training staff
A group of 20 students approximately
The teacher is available during his reception hour and can be contacted by email.
Faculty or entity in
ILV
charge:
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