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French Language
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:01.06.2020 16:41:52
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_485 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ingūna Griškēviča | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
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| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 20 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 40 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 20 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 40 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Without preliminary knowledge of the French language. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the course is to acquire French for social interactions in compliance with “Common European Framework of Reference for Language Learning, Teaching and Assessment” language proficiency levels A1/A2 l. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the French language. Alphabet, reading rules. Everyday phrases. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Phonetics. Personal pronouns. Verb "être". Negative form. Greeting and farewell phrases. | Classes | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Questions. Articles. Noun gender. Plural. Adjective. Verb "avoir". Impersonal structure "il y a". Popular nouns and adjectives. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Structure of a question phrase. Question words. Numerals (0-69). Countries and nationalities. | Classes | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Verb conjugation in present tense. Immediate future tense. Pronouns "à, de, dans, avec". Possessive pronouns. Numerals (70-1000). Family. | Classes | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Present tense of verbs "faire, savoir, croire, ouvrir, venir, nettoyer". Disjunctive pronouns. Indirect object pronouns. Relative pronouns "qui, que". Home. Furniture. Prepositions. | Classes | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Ordinal numerals. Verbs "prendre, repondre, lire, sortir, dire". Verbs of the second conjugation group. Clock. Days of the week. Months. Learning. Student life. | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Reflexive verbs. Pronoun "on". Direct object pronouns. Imperative mood. Verbs "s'assoir, mettre". Preposition "jusque". Everyday’s activities. Telling about one’s day. | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual, pair and group work – preparation of presentations according to the course themes, work with the dictionary – finding out the meaning of unknown words, writing of descriptions on concrete topic. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1. Active participation in the practical classes, qualitatively and in time done assignments, quality of answers during the classes. 2. Test at the end of the module – which can include reading, listening, writing and speaking skills. 3. Accumulative evaluation at the end of the 3rd semester, taking into consideration the results of tests and the attitude during the semester. 4. Examination at the end of the course, where the reading, listening, writing, usage of language structures and speaking skills are checked. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After the successful completion of the course the students: • Will understand ordinary French vocabulary, language structures and regularities for ordinary texts; • Will be able to find out the necessary information; • Will recognize and be able to differentiate whether the statement or the text is related to the present, past or future activities; • Will recognize the right order of the words in the narrative sentence and in the interrogative sentence. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After the successful completion of the course the students will be able to: • Understand ordinary texts about common themes, letters, invitations, classified ads, weather broadcasts and other authentic materials; • Understand ordinary texts about common themes, dialogues, announcements in the airport or in the train terminal about the moving of the traffic, classified ads, weather broadcasts and other authentic material; • Make short summaries about longer texts, short announcements, e-mails, write down easy information, and fill in the forms; • Shortly tell about himself/ herself, his/her relatives, living conditions, surroundings, respond to the questions, make questions, using the common language structures; • Retell and paraphrase text, expressing his/her opinion, making simple sentences • Comprehend and be able to use the grammar structures needed in the daily communication. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After successful completion of the course, the students will be able to use in practice the lexical expressions and the language structures they have learned in the everyday communication. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Timofejevs A. Petrova K. Franču valodas kurss iesācējiem. Zvaigzne ABC 2016 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Vocabulaire en action (niveau debutant). CLE international, 2010. Paris. | ||||||||
| 2 | Grammaire en action (niveau debutant). CLE international, 2010. Paris. | ||||||||
| 3 | Fiļipova A. Kā uzrakstīt vēstuli franču valodā: privātā sarakste. – Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 1997. – 24 lpp | ||||||||
| 4 | Lemoine C. Katru dienu 15 minūtes franču valoda : katru dienu mācieties franču valodu tikai 15 minūtes. - Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2006. – 160 P. | ||||||||
| 5 | Boulares M. Grammaire progressive du français: tests d’évaluation: niveau avancé. – Paris: CLE International, 2003. – 95 P. | ||||||||
| 6 | Lück-Hildebrandt S. Franču valoda : gramatika. - Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2004. – 111 P. | ||||||||
| 7 | Jue I. Franču valoda pēdējā brīdī : valodas kurss nevaļīgiem cilvēkiem: [ar vārdnīcu]. - Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2004. – 156 P. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Interneta resursi: www.tv5.org; http://www.leconjugueur.com/ | ||||||||
