CODE | FRE1500 | ||||||||||||
TITLE | Français pour grands débutants niveau A1.1 | ||||||||||||
UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
DEPARTMENT | French | ||||||||||||
DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is the introductory basis of the Certificate Course in French. It introduces complete beginners to the study of the language, exposing learners to level-appropriate oral conversations and written texts and training them to produce simple utterances and written sentences. Study-unit Aims: To enable learners to carry out simple functions and recognise simple notions in French, to stimulate interest in and curiosity about the language and to start developing the four linguistic competences: reading, listening, speaking and writing. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to use adequate and relevant vocabulary, multiple structures and speech acts in order to: - introduce himself/herself; - use appropriate greetings; - describe other people; - read and listen to short texts; - write simple sentences to express the above. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - listen to and recognise familiar words and very basic phrases concerning oneself, one's family and immediate concrete surroundings when people speak slowly and clearly; - read and understand simple sentences, for e.g. on notices and posters or in catalogues; - interact by asking and answering simple questions on familiar topics; - fill in a form with personal details and write short, simple messages. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Totem 1, Livre de l’élève A1, Hachette 2014 Totem 1, Cahier d’activités A1, Hachette 2014 Alter Ego + 1, Méthode de Français, Livre de l'élève, Hachette 2012. Alter Ego +1, Cahier d’activités. |
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STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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LECTURER/S | Anna Scicluna |
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