69380 - French Language and Culture II (First Language)

Learning outcomes

The student is familiar with the basics of French language and culture - is familiar with the basic problems and strategies of linguistic mediation and is able to use these in elementary communicative situations, He/she is able to understand and produce written texts and oral discourse.

The student is also familiar with the key concepts of discourse analisis such as textual typology, enunciation, intertextuality, ethos. 

Course contents

Theoretical level

Basic knowledge of topics and purposes of discourse analisi
Basic knowledge of textual typologies

Methodological level

Ability to present facts or ideas in french language and being able to interact with pairs
Ability to indentify and correct errors
Ability to use online resources for linguistic or encyclopedic purposes (searching tools, dictionaries, online encyclopedias, glossaries, comments and spelling in writing software tools)

Linguistic level

Ability to focus on errors due to interferences from italian to french
Ability to identify and correct spelling and grammatical errors
Strengthen writing competencesStrengthen syntactic and lexical knowledge and use in context in relation to the frequent problems

Educational level

Being open to a knew knowledge (source and target cultures)
Being able to reflect about french language and culture

Readings/Bibliography

Theoretical aspects

Francine Mazière. — L'analyse du discours. Histoire et pratiques. Paris : PUF (« Que sais-je ? » n°3735), juin 2005, 127 pages
Charaudeau P. & Maingueneau D. (dirs.) (2002). Dictionnaire d'analyse du discours. Paris : Seuil.
Sarfati, G-E. (2007) Eléments d'analyse du discours, A. Colin, Paris.

Dictionaries

Bilingual

Garzanti : I grandi dizionari, Francese, De Agostini Scuola – Garzanti Linguistica

Monolingual (italian)

G. Devoto, G. C. Oli : Dizionario Devoto Oli della lingua italina, Firenze, Felice Le Monnier

Monolingual (french)

Robert : Le Petit Robert de la langue française, Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française, Paris, Dictionnaires Le Robert
A. Rey, S. Chantreau : Dictionnaire des synonymes, nuances et contraires, Paris, Dictionnaires Le Robert, coll. “Les Usuels”
Robert : Dictionnaires des expressions et locutions, Paris, Dictionnaires Le Robert, coll. “Les Usuels”
Robert : Dictionnaire des combinaisons de mots, Paris, Dictionnaires Le Robert, coll. “Les Usuels”
Larousse : Dictionnaire analogique, sous la direction de Georges Niobey, Paris, Larousse, coll. "Références"

Grammar 

- M. Grevisse, A. Goosse: Le Bon Usage, 14ème édition, Bruxelles, De Boeck-Duculot
- M. Grevisse : Le français correct, guide pratique des difficultés, 6ème édition revue par Michèle Lenoble-Pinson, Bruxelles, De Boeck-Duculot
- J. Hanse, D. Blampain : Nouveau dictionnaire des difficultés du français moderne, 5ème édition, Bruxelles, De Boeck

Teaching methods

Lectures and collaborative pair working
Analisis and comments of various texts taken from online french press
Students presentations
Use of corpora software
Reformulation exercices

Assessment methods

Students will be asked to identify relevant phenomena about discourse analysis through a text and the following interaction. The text will be extract from online French press and linked with general topics such as education, arts, social matters, or tourism.
Students might also have to complete a grammtical exercise.

Teaching tools

PC, DVD or Video Recorder Player, Video Projector, Moodle

Office hours

See the website of Yannick Hamon