CJVF1M French for Academic and Special Purposes I.

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Sedláčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ludmila Vyskupová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kateřina Sedláčková, Ph.D.
Language Centre Faculty of Arts Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: PhDr. Alena Simbartlová
Timetable
Thu 16:00–17:40 U36
Prerequisites
This course is for upper-intermediate/advanced students. Previous knowledge from secondary school is required, or knowledge based on self-study with an intermediate level coursebook.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to achieve the B2 level (based on the Common European Framework of Reference) of English language competence. Students should understand the main ideas of relatively complex text on both concrete and academic/professional topics, including discussions in their field of specialisation; can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party; can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of academic/professional subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
Syllabus
  • Educational system in France - articles.
  • Analysis of journalistic texts - abbreviations, acronyms, short forms.
  • Media - print, radio, television, internet - personal pronouns.
  • Job search, the labour market - vocabulary related to movement and body positions; pronoun adverbs.
  • Analysis of journalistic texts - journalistic jargon.
  • Political institutions - past tenses.
  • Environment - sequence of tenses.
  • Immigration policy in France - subjunctive, morphology.
  • Francophone issues - subjunctive, functions.
  • Maghreb nations - prepositions of time.
  • Stylistic language registers - expressing slang and informal language.
  • Analysis of journalistic texts - vocabulary of quantity and measurment units.
Literature
  • BOULARES, Michèle and Jean-Louis FRÉROT. Grammaire progressive du français : avec 400 excercices. Paris: CLE International, 2001, 192 s. ISBN 2090338625. info
  • BLOOMFIELD, Anatole and Emmanuelle DAILL. DELF B2 : 200 activités : [nouveau diplôme]. [Paris]: CLE International, 2006, 157 s. ISBN 9782090352313. info
  • SIRÉJOLS, Évelyne. Grammaire : 450 nouveaux exercices. Edited by Dominique Renaud. Paris: CLE International, 2002, 191 s. ISBN 2090337419. info
  • POISSON-QUINTON, Sylvie, Reine MIMRAN and Michèle MAHÉO-LE COADIC. Grammaire expliquée du français : niveau intermédiaire : exercices. [Paris]: Cle International, 2003, 224 s. ISBN 2090337044. info
  • LARGER, Nicole and Reine MIMRAN. Vocabulaire expliqué du français. Niveau intermédiaire. Paris: CLE International, 2004, 288 s. ISBN 2090337192. info
  • NJIKÉ NOUTCHIÉ, Jackson. Civilisation progressive de la francophonie : avec 500 activités. Paris: Cle International, 2003, 191 s. ISBN 2090339454. info
Assessment methods
ENTRANCE TEST is written at the start of the semester. The time and place will be announced! Seminar form of teaching.
Course completion requirements: written credit test. Active class participation is obligatory.
Language of instruction
French
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Do kurzu se mohou zapsat pouze studenti s dobrou znalostí francouzštiny ( na středoškolské úrovni).
Information on course enrolment limitations: Požadovaná znalost na úrovni sředoškolských studií. Znalost bude ověřena vstupním testem, jenž se bude psát počátkem semestru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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