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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Introduction. Communicative activities. Celebrations and feasts. Direct object. 2. Birthday. Expressing likes. Indirect object. Vocabulary relater to cooking and recipes. 3. Civilisation: French calendar. Feasts and celebrations. Extraordinary stories.Present tense: conditional. 4. Polite requests and advice. Describing movement. At the weekend: suggesting, accepting and refusing. 5. Vocabulary related to humour. Civilisation: play on words, fun. Meaning of colours. Indirect speech. 6. Constructions ´faire+verb, laisser+verb´. Misunderstandings. Reconciliation. French: viewpoint of other nations. 7. Revision Unit 1. - 4. Midterm test. 8. French cinema. 21st century adventure: attempts to beat records. Expressions of success and failure. 9. Subjunctive: forms, use. Expressing will, duties, and feelings. Conjunctive: part 2. Expressing fear. Encouraging. 10. Sports: newspaper articles. Civilisation: the French and sports. The French and house chores. 11. Expressions of ownership. Neutral pronouns dependent and independent. 12. Unsatisfied France´: social issues. Civilisation: a part of a French film dealing with social issues. Working with texts. Credit test. 13. Test correction. Evaluation. Communicative activities.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Collaborative instruction, Multimedia supported teaching, Skills demonstration, Individual study, Students' self-study, Practicum
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 35 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| - identify the present simple and present continuous verb forms |
| - identify perfect and imperfect verb forms |
| - identify close future and simple future tense |
| - identify direct and indirect speech in present |
| - identify the pronominal adverbs "en" and "y" in a text and speech |
| - identify the forms of the present subjunctive (subjonctif) |
| Skills |
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| - use the basic tenses to express the present, future and past |
| - change the direct speech into the indirect speech in the present |
| - use pronominal adverbs "en" and "y" in a written or spoken text |
| - use the subjunctive and participle according to the level A2 - CEFR |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| - identify the forms of present conditional |
| - identify the direct and indirect speech in the present, future and past |
| - identify the passive voice |
| - identify the forms of independent possessive pronouns |
| - identify the forms of dependent and independent indefinite pronouns |
| - name the basic French holidays |
| - name basic tools, aids, appliances and activities related to cooking |
| Skills |
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| - use present conditional |
| - use the direct and direct object on higher level |
| - change the direct speech into indirect in the present, future and past |
| - use passive voice |
| - use the phrases "faire" + verb, and "laisser" + verb |
| - summarize or analyse information obtained by listening to a simple text focused on personal or working life, sports, social problems |
| - search in a short text for essential information in the field of personal or professional life, sports, social problems and social events (celebrations, awards, etc.) |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Practicum |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Individual study |
| Skills |
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| Practicum |
| Individual study |
| Discussion |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Competences |
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| Practicum |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Discussion |
| Individual study |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Continuous assessment |
| Test |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Continuous assessment |
| Test |
| Competences |
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| Continuous assessment |
| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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Girardet, J., Pécheur, J. Écho 2 - cahier personnel d´apprentissage, niveau A2, 2e édition. Paris, 2013. ISBN 978-2-09-038593-9.
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Girardet, J., Pécheur, J. Écho 2 - méthode de français, livre de l´él?ve, niveau A2, 2e édition. Paris, 2013. ISBN 978-2-09-0385922.
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