The French Language

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:1.00

Study Course Accepted:09.04.2024 12:46:34

Study Course Information
Course Code:		SZF_126		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		4.00		ECTS:		6.00
Branch of Science:		Linguistics		Target Audience:		Political Science
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Aleksandrs Timofejevs
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		0	Lecture Length (academic hours)		0	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		0
Classes (count)		17	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		34
Total Contact Hours								34
Full-Time - Semester No.2
Lectures (count)		0	Lecture Length (academic hours)		0	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		0
Classes (count)		17	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		34
Total Contact Hours								34
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Without preliminary knowledge.
Objective:
Ensure that having completed the course, students are able to use French for communication in daily life and work-related situations in accordance with the description of skills corresponding to levels A1/A2 of the “Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment”.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Introduction to the French language. Alphabet, reading rules. Everyday phrases.			Classes		3.00	auditorium
2	Phonetics. Personal pronouns. The verb “etre”. Negative form. Greetings and farewell phrases.			Classes		3.00	auditorium
3	Questions. Articles. Noun gender. Plural form of the nouns. Adjective, The verb “avoir”. Impersonal structure “il y a”. Most often used nouns and adjectives.			Classes		4.00	auditorium
4	Questions. Articles. Noun gender. Plural form of the nouns. Adjective, The verb “avoir”. Impersonal structure “il y a”. Most often used nouns and adjectives.			Classes		4.00	auditorium
5	Structure of a question phrase. Question words. Numerals (0–69). Countries and nationalities. Test work.			Classes		3.00	auditorium
6	Conjugation of verbs in present. Immediate future. Prepositions “a, de ,dans, avec”. Possessive pronouns. Numerals (70–1000). Family.			Classes		4.00	auditorium
7	Present tens of the verbs “faire, savoir, croire, ouvrir, venir, nettoyer”. Disjunctive pronouns. Indirect object pronouns. Relative pronouns “qui, que”. Accommodation. Furniture. Prepositions.			Classes		4.00	auditorium
8	Ordinal numerals. Demonstrative pronouns. The verbs “prendre, repondre, lire, sortir, dire”. Verbs of the second conjugation group. Clock. Days of the week. Months. Studies. Student life.			Classes		4.00	auditorium
9	Reflexive verbs. Pronoun “on”. Direct object pronouns. Imperative mood. The verbs “s'assoir, mettre”. Preposition “jusque”. Everyday activities. Telling about one’s day.			Classes		5.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Individual, pair and group work: preparation of presentations according to the course topics, work with the dictionary – finding the meaning of unknown words, writing short descriptions/essays on a specific topic. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
Assessment Criteria:
1. Active participation in practical classes, high quality home assignments completed in a timely manner, quality of answers during the classes. 2. Test at the end of the semester which may include reading, listening, writing and speaking skills and vocabulary use. 3. Examination at the end of the course, which may include reading, listening, writing and speaking skills and vocabulary use. The final assessment is accumulative consisting of: examination – 50%; test results – 40%; homework and presentations – 10%.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		On completion of the study course, students will be able to: • know and use minimum vocabulary in French in everyday situations; • know the word order in narrative sentences and questions; • be able to differentiate between present, past and future activities; • be able to recognise the most often used language structures in French.
Skills:		On completion of the study course, students will be able to: • find the needed information in the text and use the most often used phrases to start and maintain a conversation and to exchange information; • understand simple texts about everyday topics; • provide basic information about themselves, their relatives, living conditions and studies; • write an informal letter; • use the acquired language structures in everyday communication.
Competencies:		Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to use lexical phrases and language structures they have learned in everyday communication.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Timofejevs, Aleksandrs. Le Francais: franču valoda iesācējiem: vecāko klašu skolēniem, studentiem, valodas kursu dalībniekiem. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2016
2	Alter ego 1 (mācību grāmata un darba burtnīca. Hachette 2012. Paris
Additional Reading
1	Vocabulaire en action (niveau debutant). CLE international, 2010. Paris
2	Grammaire en action (niveau debutant). CLE international, 2010. Paris.
3	Fiļipova A. Kā uzrakstīt vēstuli franču valodā: privātā sarakste. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 1997. – 24 lpp
4	Lemoine C. Katru dienu 15 minūtes franču valoda : katru dienu mācieties franču valodu tikai 15 minūtes. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2006. – 160 P.
5	Boulares M. Grammaire progressive du français : tests d’évaluation : niveau avancé. Paris: CLE International, 2003. – 95 P.
6	Lück-Hildebrandt S. Franču valoda : gramatika. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2004. – 111 P
Other Information Sources
1	http://www.leconjugueur.com/
2	https://www.lepointdufle.net/p/apprendre_le_francais.htm
3	https://www.bonjourdefrance.com/
4	http://www.tv5.org/