FJ1062 Introduction to French Language Study

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeňka Schejbalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdeňka Schejbalová, Ph.D.
Department of French Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Barbora Hůrková
Supplier department: Department of French Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable
each even Tuesday 10:00–11:50 učebna 57
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The goal of the subject is to get acquainted future teachers with the basic concepts of general linguistics with a bias on Romance linguistics. After the introduction into the bases of modern linguistics, the course deals with speech, language, text, language structuring, language plans, utterance, types of language classification, differentiation and integration in language development and with the origin and differentiation of Romance languages.
Learning outcomes
After the course Introduction to Language Study, student will be able to: - focus on basic general linguistic concepts; - understand linguistic contexts, language as a system; - characterize the French language in both diachronic and synchronous terms; - transfer theoretical linguistically oriented knowledge into future pedagogical practice.
Syllabus
  • 1. Linguistics. Language system. 2. Model of communication. 3. Function of language. Speech acts. 4. Language classification. French dialects. 5. Differentiation of Romance languages. 6. Phonetics, phonology. Morphology. Syntax. 7. Lexicology, lexicography. 8. Textual linguistics. 9. Development of linguistics.
Literature
    required literature
  • OSTRÁ, Růžena and Eva SPITZOVÁ. Úvod do studia románských jazyků [Ostrá, 1992]. 3. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1992, 175 s. ISBN 80-210-0309-1. info
  • SCHEJBALOVA, Zdeňka. Francouzská a česká lingvistická terminologie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2001, 53 pp. ISBN 80-210-2734-7. info
  • Bidaud, S. (2020). Manuel de linguistique française et de linguistique générale. 1. vydání. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci.
    recommended literature
  • Candea, M., Véron, L. (2019). Le français est à nous!: petit manuel d'émancipation linguistique. Paris: La Découverte.
  • Holtus, G., Metzeltin, M., & Schmitt, Ch. (1990). Lexikon der Romanischen Linguistik. Tübingen : Niemeyer.
  • Ducrot, O., & Todorov, T. (1972). Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences du langage. Paris : Seuil.
  • ČERMÁK, František. Jazyk a jazykověda : přehled a slovníky. Vydání 3., doplněné. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2001, 341 stran. ISBN 8024601540. info
  • WALTER, Henriette. Francouzština známá i neznámá. 1. vyd. Praha: Jan Kanzelsberger, 1993, 323 s. ISBN 8085387158. info
  • DE SAUSSURE, Ferdinand. Cours de la linguistique générale. Paris: Payothèque, 1972. ISBN 2-228-88942-3. info
Teaching methods
Lecture.
Assessment methods
Workshop Ending: credit Requirements for ending: Test (as a successful test is considered one with at least 70 % right answers).
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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