French

3

Mgr. Jana Denemarková, Ph.D.

Institute of Foreign Languages

The course is intended for beginners or false beginners who attended and successfully completed the course French 1 (code: F1) in the previous semester or for students who have basic knowledge of the French language. The course follows up on the knowledge of grammar and vocabulary acquired in the course F1.

Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively and worked out all assigned tasks for self-study. The exam has a written and an oral part.
Attendance at seminars is compulsory and is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss two seminars. In case of missing more than two seminars, the teacher can allow students to substitute for these.

The aim of the course is to further develop and consolidate students’ basic communicative competences in French. The course focuses on expanding vocabulary, deepening students’ knowledge of grammatical structures, and improving pronunciation and the ability to understand spoken and written language. Emphasis is placed on the practical use of French in everyday communicative situations, the development of independent oral and written expression, and the ability to obtain, process and convey basic information.

Students will acquire knowledge in the following areas:

• an expanded range of basic vocabulary related to everyday communicative situations, travel, studies and daily life;

• basic and more advanced grammatical structures and the rules governing their practical use;

• French pronunciation rules and phonetic features, and their application in spoken language;

• basic cultural and social aspects of French-speaking countries.

Students will develop the following skills and competences:

• actively use the vocabulary and grammatical structures they have acquired in everyday communicative situations;

• understand simple spoken messages and written texts related to the topics covered in the course;

• produce simple spoken and written messages and provide basic information about themselves, their surroundings and everyday activities;

• take part in simple conversations, ask questions and respond to questions from others;

• handle basic communicative situations when travelling, studying and establishing social contacts;

• obtain and convey information using the language resources they have acquired;

• apply basic communication strategies and respond even in situations where their command of French is limited.

Study resources are available in the information system. The e-learning course uses the Moodle LMS and includes interactive exercises to help students practise and assess their understanding of the topics covered, and to support their independent study. The course also provides detailed information on the course content, study guidelines and supplementary materials, available to download.

Programme N-OBN-P: Common Offer, Master's, elective

Programme B-OBN-P: Common Offer, Bachelor's, elective

Programme BIT: Information Technology, Bachelor's
specialization BITP: Information Technology, elective

26 hours, compulsory

1. Journey around the french-speaking world
2. Dream jobs
3. First day at work
4. I adore my city
5. All of us
6. Everyday life
7. Invitations, how to accept and refuse
8. Prices and means of payment
9. World cuisine
10. At a restaurant
11. Talking about past events
12. Have a safe journey
13. Test