Course detail

French for Intermediate Students

FAST-BYF3Acad. year: 2012/2013

This course deals with the following topics: understanding everyday phrases and the ability to talk about everyday problems, the use of past, present and future tenses. The use of phrases with the subjunctive mood and the use of reported speech. Attention is paid to the subjunctive and conditional sentences. This grammar is projected into topics such as daily news, works and topics related to work life. Finance and shopping.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Markéta Horváthová

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student is able to understand the main topics in a text standardly produced provided the text covers daily topics and topics the student is acquainted with. It could be work, studies or leisure activities. Since the student is able to deal with standard situations, it shouldn´t be a problem to spend time in a French speaking environment. The student is able to produce texts whose content deals with daily issues or issues the student is acquainted with. The student is able to provide details on the topics and provide a more detailed description even when expressing abstract ideas. The student is able without major difficulties to speak about hypothetical situations. Student reaches level B1- according to EFR

Prerequisites

"French for Pre-Intermediate Students II"

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as a specified in the article 7 of VUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.
Grammar and vocabulary is practised in an ineractive way, with emphasis on conversation. Development of communication and listening skills using interactive audio-visual technologies.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

To be able to get their credits, students need to attend vlase regulary (max. 3 absences/semester), do homework and actively participate in the lessons.

Course curriculum

1. U7/L27- reflexive verbs in passé composé; hoildays
2. U7/L28- revision L25-L28; the French on holidays
3. U8/L29- past tense passé récent, past tense imperfectum; childhood
4. U8/L30- passé composé and imperfectum-use
5. U8/L31- passé composé and imperfectum- use, indicating time; my first love
6. U8/L32- revision L27-L32; French symbols
7. U9/L33- simple future tense; weather
8. 9/L34- expressing of future (future simple, futur proche, présent); my future
9. U9/L35- if-clauses
10. U9/L36- revision L31-L36
11. Taxi! 2 U1/L1- relative pronouns, demonstrative pronouns; Paris
12. Taxi! 2 U1/L2- place of adjectives; clothes
13. Taxi! 2 U1/L3- present conditional form

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Mastering vocabulary to the extent of 1100 words, intermediate level of grammar.
Reading skills, translating texts with intermediate difficulty, writing skills about everyday topics.
Levels A1, A2 of Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Robert Menand: Taxi! 2. Hachette, 2005.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-GK Bachelor's

    branch G , 2 year of study, winter semester, recommended course

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 2 year of study, winter semester, recommended course

  • Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's

    branch VS , 2 year of study, winter semester, recommended course

  • Programme B-K-C-GK Bachelor's

    branch G , 2 year of study, winter semester, recommended course

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Markéta Horváthová

Syllabus

1. Speaking about the health state, expressing hypothesis. Vocabulary related to health.
2. Expressing positive ideas, giving advice. Uses of future perfect tense. Healthy lifestyle.
3. Speaking about travelling and events related to it. Localize events in the time line.Vocabulary related to travelling.
4. Expressing desires and doubts. Complaining and making a complaint. Warning someone (positive and negative). Transportation means. Tourism, different types of tourism and tourists.
5. Speaking about work conditions. Comparative phrases, absolute superlative. Irregular comparative phrases. Different professions.
6. Expressing the intensity, assessing events, confirmation or negation of a hypothesis. Impersonal phrases. Vocabulary related to work. Working environment and women.
7. Identifying someone, expressing owe, reflexive phrases. Clothes.
8 Expressing compassion, speaking about familiar and unfamiliar things or events. Physical description of people.
9. Reporting commands. Expressing preferences and asking about them. Reconstruction of houses.
10. Evaluating things. Expressing indifference. Professions related to the reconstruction of a house.
11. Review of grammar
12. Conversation on reviewed topics
13.Credits