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French Language
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:00
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_071 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 6.00 | ECTS: | 9.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Sociology; Communication Science | ||||||
| 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) | 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 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.3 | |||||||||
| 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 | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Phonetics. Personal pronouns. Verb "être". Negative form. Greeting and farewell phrases. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Questions. Articles. Noun gender. Plural. Adjective. Verb "avoir". Impersonal structure "il y a". Popular nouns and adjectives. | Classes | 5.00 | 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 | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Present tense of verbs "faire, savoir, croire, ouvrir, venir, nettoyer". Disjunctive pronouns. Indirect object pronouns. Relative pronouns "qui, que". Home. Furniture. Adverbs. | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Ordinal numerals. Verbs "prendre, repondre, lire, sortir, dire". Verbs of the second conjugation group. Clock. Days of the week. Months. Studies. Student life. | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Revision exercises. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Reflexive verbs. Pronoun "on". Direct object pronouns. Imperative mood. Verbs "s'assoir, mettre". Preposition "jusque". Everyday activities. Telling about one’s day. | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Verbs "devoir, pouvoir, connaître, vivre". Feminine gender of adjectives. Pronoun usage with country names. Colours, external appearance. Temper. Tastes and priorities. Telling about one’s friend. | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | City. Asking for directions. Describing one’s city, region. | Classes | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Future tense. Degrees of comparison. Seasons. Weather conditions. Quebec, Canada. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Compound past tense. Pronoun "dont". Travel and leisure. Letter writing. | 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. Attendance of classes is required. Individual work and presentations are required (10%). 2. Average assessment of tests (40%). 3. Examination mark (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After successful completion of the study course the students will: • know and apply minimal vocabulary and phrases in everyday situations; • recognize the right order of the words in the narrative sentence and in the interrogative sentence; • recognize and be able to differentiate whether the statement or the text is related to the present, past or future activities; • understand ordinary French vocabulary, language structures and regularities for ordinary texts. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After the successful completion of the course the students will be able to: • find the necessary information in the text, use appropriate phrases to start a conversation, pass the information and maintain the conversation; • understand ordinary texts about everyday topics, letters, invitations, classified ads, announcements in the airport or in the train terminal about the moving of the traffic, weather broadcasts and other authentic materials; • shortly tell about himself/herself, his/her relatives, living conditions, studies, respond to the questions, make questions, using the common language structures; • write an informal letter; • comprehend and be able to use the grammar structures needed in the daily communication. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After successful completion of the study course, the students will be able to use the acquired lexical expressions and the language structures in daily communication. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Timofejevs A. Petrova K. Franču valodas kurss iesācējiem. 2016. Zvaigzne ABC | ||||||||
| 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/ | ||||||||
