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Second Foreign Language French Language (Professional, Legal Terminology, Verbal and Written Communication Skills)
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:31:04
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_097 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Person and Property Defence | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Aleksandrs Timofejevs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 12 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 24 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not necessary. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Ensure that having completed the course, students are able to use French for communication in daily life and work-related situations in accordance with the description of skills corresponding to levels A1/A2 of the “Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment” . Communicate in French using different kinds of language activities (listening, reading, speaking and writing). Tasks: 1. Acquire basic professional terminology in the field of police; 2. Improve the speaking, reading and writing skills in French and extend the knowledge of grammar in order to be able to use French in their professional activities and contacts with their colleagues in the EU countries. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the French language. Alphabet. Pronunciation. Greetings and saying farewell. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | What is it? What do you have? Most often used nouns and adjectives | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Personal information. Family. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Accommodation. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Police. | Lectures | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the French language. Alphabet. Pronunciation. Greetings and saying farewell. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | What is it? What do you have? Most often used nouns and adjectives | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Personal information. Family. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Accommodation. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Police. | Lectures | 1.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Presentation. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in practical classes, coursework completed of appropriate quality and submitted on time; acquisition of active vocabulary; regular tests passed successfully. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the course the students will know: 1. Standard vocabulary in the French language, simple declarative sentences and questions; 2. Phrases needed to start and carry on a conversation and to give information; 3. The main language structures of the French language, formation and use of the present, past and future forms; 4. Police-related comprehensive vocabulary. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful completion of the course the students will be able to: - understand simple texts on well-known everyday topics, advertisements in the media and other authentic material; - use the acquired language structures in their everyday communication; - use general terminology, carry out practical tasks related to the communication between police officers and their colleagues and clients within the scope of their competence. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On successful completion of the course the student will be able to: - provide brief information about themselves, their living conditions and studies; - create short reports, write down simple information; - deliver a monologue and engage in a dialogue on various topics related to their social life and studies; describe practical problems of police work; - select and use the information on police work for communication in French. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | A.Timofejevs, K. Petrova. Franču valoda iesācējiem. Zvaigzne ABC, 2016. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://www.tv5.org www.leconjugueur.com | ||||||||
| 2 | www.leconjugueur.com | ||||||||
