Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


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.

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Oral and Written Exercises SEM1 No 30%
Examination (2 Hours) SEM1 Yes 70%

 
LECTURER/S Anna Scicluna

 

 
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