French 6

Brief description

Communicative focus
Curriculum vitae; talking about education and professional activities; character traits; professional history and career; job advertisements; job description; organisation charts
Application and CV; job interview. Interview techniques
Language focus (including grammar)
Applied grammar
Past tenses (passé composé and imparfait), le subjonctif,
logical connectors ("les articulateurs logiques") in discourse, writing structured essays ("techniques du plan") with personal statement (introduction+ development+ conclusion)
conclusion) (approx.180 / 200 words), understanding and writing advertisements related to work
Understanding and writing motivation letters and CVs, the anonymous CV and the video CV (The application video)

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

  • Glaud, Loiseau, Merlet: Grammaire essentielle du français, B1, Didier, 2015
  • Gauthier, Parodi, Vallacco : grammaire Savoir-Delf, Cideb, 2013
  • Penfornis : francais.com (niveau intermédiaire, Einheit 8), 3ème édition, Cle international, 2018
  • Handout (Skript, 6. Semester) « Français des affaires », B1

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

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

Assessment methods and criteria

Participation & performance 10%, oral part 40% (spoken interaction 40 points), written part 50% (reading comprehension 25 points, written production and interaction 25 points).
For more details, please see curriculum matrix for elective languages.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Successful completion of semester 5

Infos

Degree programme

European Economy & Business Management (Bachelor)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

3.00

Language of instruction

English

Curriculum

Full-Time

Academic year

2024

Semester

6 SS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

Students can:

  • follow the main aspects of longer conversations/discussions relating to less complex presentations of the field of activity when spoken clearly and using standard language.
  • write a tabular CV and a letter of motivation for a job application.
  • master intercultural competence in business life.

Course code

0389-20-01-VZ-DE-62a