French 2

Brief description

Exemplary A2 French:
Communicative priorities:
General French
Buying a ticket, finding your way around a hotel, getting your bearings in a city, talking about habits, everyday life and eating habits.
French at work
Organise a business trip, talk about the working day, distribute work tasks and ask for explanations.
Talking about an appointment, presenting a chronology, giving instructions.
Language focus (grammar):
Interrogative pronouns, imperative of verbs ending in -ER, adjectives, the verbs "prendre, sortir, partir, vouloir, savoir".
Reflexive verbs, prepositions for verbs "aller, venir, partir, arriver", near future,
Partitive article, demonstrative pronouns.
Belgium, culinary specialities of France, the French political system, the political parties, the most important presidents.

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Exemplary A2 French

  • Dubois, Anne-Lyse, Taszin, Béatrice: Objectif Express 1, le monde professionnel en français A1/A2 - nouvelle édition / livre de l’élève, Hueber Verlag, 2020
  • Dubois, Anne-Lyse, Tauzin, Béatrice : Objectif Express 1, le monde professionnel en français A1/A2 - nouvelle édition / cahier d’activités, Hueber Verlag, 2020
Sirejol, Evelyne, Tempesta-Renaud, Gionvanna : pratique grammaire A1/ A2, Cle international, 2019

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Individual work, group work; blended learning (Open Educational Resources on Moodle, online-exercises, online-quizzes, etc.); creation of videos.

Assessment methods and criteria

Participation & performance 10%, oral part 40% (oral production and interaction 20 points, listening comprehension or cultural studies 20 points), written part 50% (reading comprehension 10 points, written production and interaction 20 points, grammar and vocabulary 20 points).
For more details cf. curriculum matrix of elective languages.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Successful completion of semester 1

Infos

Degree programme

European Economy & Business Management (Bachelor)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

4.00

Language of instruction

English

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2024

Semester

2 SS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

Exemplary A2 French:
After successful completion of the course, students can:

  • find specific information in everyday documents such as advertisements, brochures, menus and timetables.
  • identify specific information in simple written material such as letters, leaflets and short press articles describing events.
  • can develop a simple description of events and activities.
  • describe their family, environment, educational background and present or previous job.
  • identify the main points of the news about events, accidents etc. where the visual support illustrates the commentary.
  • express opinions or simple requests in a known context
  • answer simple questions about the field of activity based on known language patterns and ask questions about it.
In addition to this, students will be able to develop their understanding of the culture of the respective countries so that it can be successfully applied in business life

Course code

0389-20-01-BB-DE-22a