FRENCH LANGUAGE
- Academic year
- 2022/2023 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- LANGUE FRANÇAISE
- Course code
- LM008L (AF:381796 AR:208872)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 6
- Degree level
- Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
- Educational sector code
- L-LIN/04
- Period
- 2nd Semester
- Course year
- 1
- Moodle
- Go to Moodle page
Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
Expected learning outcomes
2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding in written productions (official letter, newspaper article, report, etc.) and oral productions in interaction or in continuous production (as simulations of professional activities)
3. Autonomy of judgment. Development of argumentative capacity in French
4. Communication skills developed for a B2 level of the Common European Framework for Languages.
5. Learning skills: learn to draw up articles or recensions
Pre-requirements
Group A : Prof.ssa Leroy - Monday 12:15-13:45
Group B : Prof.ssa Mounition Friday 14:00-15:30
See also Moodle
In the first semester of the second year, these students will attend the B1 (with Stephanie Leroy) + level preparatory practice courses of French language, and in the second semester they will attend the module and the B2 level practice course.
Contents
First and second semester : language practice
Second semester : French language for IR and diplomacy contents
Module for the second semester (Prof Yannick Hamon)
We will examine topics related to the RIC pathways. 4 main topics will be treated from a contemporary point of viewF
French-Italian relationship
IR and global warming
Arts and diplomacy
Hybrid warfare
News about IR
They will be addressed through documents in French language, taken from magazines, newspapers, essays, etc. They will be the object of understanding, analysis, translation, discussion during the lessons. The linguistic reflection will be focused on the vocabulary also specialized in the fields of study.
B1 Level exercises in the first semester split in two groups, preparatory to B2 Level practice course at the second semestre.
B2 Level exercises in the second semester starting from general issues such as sustainable development, globalization, economic growth, education, and other current issues, the exercises will cover
- written comprehension / production with grammatical review,
- comprehension / oral production with grammatical review.
Referral texts
1) Full autonomous reading, for the exam, of one of the following essays with the relative reading card to be delivered.
Stéphane Hessel, Indignez-vous! (2010) et Stéphane Hessel, Gilles Vanderpooten, Engagez-vous ! (2011)
- Jean-Loup Bertaux, Démograpie, climat, migrations: l'état d'urgence (2015, éditions Fauves)
- Aimé Césaire, Discours sur le colonialisme, suivi de Discours sur la Négritude (edition de 2004, présence africaine)
- Alain Badiou, Eloge de la politique 2017 Flammarion
- Josiane Boutet, le pouvoir des mots, 2016, La dispute
- SImone Veil, Une vie
The list will be completed at the beginning of the course.
2) All the material provided during the lessons. (It will also be available in the online resources of the Moodle course).
3) A reference grammar among those reported.
Francoise Bidaud, grammaire française pour italophones, UTET,
MC Jamet, Lydia Sattler, Michèle Fourment, Coté grammaire, coté lexique, Minerva, 2017
N. B. Those who already have a complete grammar will use that and do not have to buy a new one.
4) monolingual dictionary:Le Petit Robert de la langue française. Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française, sous la direction de Josette Rey-Debove et Alain Rey, Paris, Le Robert, u.e.
Assessment methods
- and a short written production (30 points for both writing and understanding parts of the test);
- an oral assessment on 30 points in French which will focus on a theme chosen from 4 macro topics :
French-Italian relationship
IR and global warming
Geopolitics and economy
Arts and diplomacy
Hybrid warfare
Francophonie as an organisation
The chosen topic will be communicated to the teacher in the form of an abstract (from 5 to 10 lines) sent by email 10 days before the oral exam.
The ability to use the documentation to propose a personal reasoning (not a catalogue of purely descriptive data), fluency in language and formal correction, originality of the chosen topic, clarity and explanation of the sources of documentation will be appreciated.
The presentation of the topic lasts 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes of questions (always on the chosen topic). The use or not of a presentation (powerpoint, prices...) is at the students' discretion.
Teaching methods
- participatory exercises exclusively in French, with debates, collective corrections, etc.
All the material will be available from time to time on
Type of exam
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals
This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Climate change and energy" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development