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LFRAN10012013-2014

French - Complete beginner

5.0 credits 60.0 h 1q

Teacher(s) : Briet Geneviève ; Neuenschwander Valérie (coordinator) ;

Language : Français

Place of the course Louvain-la-Neuve

Inline resources:> http://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/

Prerequisites : To know the French alphabet!

Main themes : Family, close relationships, work, shopping, accommodation, public places, leisure, public transport, everyday life, health, housing,food, countries, cities, weather, greetings.Grammar: Nouns, adjectives, articles, c'est/ il y a (there is) simple present and present progressive, positive and negativestatements, near future with aller, recent past , interrogative, hours.

Aims : Listening - Reading--Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concretetype (menu, advertisements, prospectuses, reference lists and timetables).Speaking - Writing--Can 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.Interacting--Can 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 : During the semester (40%):--The written productions completed during the semester count for the final evaluation (10%)--The grammar tests count for 10% of the final evaluation.--An oral presentation counts for the final evaluation (10%)--Involvement in the course and into a specific project (guided tour') counts for 10% of the final evaluation.The examination programme (60%):--listening: 3 documents ,--reading: 4documents,--writing: 2 productions,--speaking: talking about personal topics.

Content : At the beginning of the course, students practice intensively their listening and speaking skills with the help of pictures and withCD that presents familiar situations students are confronted to every day (asking for information about, accommodation, foodand everyday life issues). The writing and reading skills are developed once students are familiar with French pronunciation.Besides the lessons in class, students continue to improve their French outside the classroom. With the help of a file called "Actions",students have to meet French speakers to make various tasks of observation and interaction.Besides the syllabus, students have access to on-line exercises on the Intranet (platform Moodle).In this course, students discover the life in Louvain-la-Neuve through sightseeing, films and songs.

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Bibliography :Course material :--Syllabus, the Action file, Intranet (Moodle platform)--M.-L. Chalaron et R. Roesch, La grammaire des tout premiers temps (CD mp3 inclus). PUG, 2011--http://www.tv5.org/apprendre.tvReferences--J. Bady et Greaves. Conjugaison. 350 exercices. 1000 verbes à conjuguer, Hachette français langue étrangère--M. Grégoire. Grammaire progressive du français. Niveau débutant, CLE International--Peter WatcynJones, Francis Prouillac, Vocabulaire iillustré, niveau débutant, Hachette, 1995

Other infos : This course corresponds to A1 level of the common European Framework of referenceEquivalent course given in the other UCL curricula: course for complete beginners (LMUND2002 in 90 hours, in first 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

charge:

ILV