FF:CJVF2B French II. - Course Information

CJVF2B French for Academic Purposes II.

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Kateřina Sedláčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Boris Janča (assistant)
Mgr. Zuzana Janoušková (assistant)
Ing. Lenka Matyášová (assistant)
Mgr. Dana Plíšková (assistant)
PhDr. Jana Vyorálková (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Kateřina Sedláčková, Ph.D.
Language Centre Faculty of Arts Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Sedláčková, Ph.D.

Timetable

Wed 16:00–17:40 U36

Prerequisites

This course is for upper-intermediate/advanced students. Previous knowledge from secondary school is required.
The course is intended as a one-semester or as a follow-up to CJVF1B. For capacity reasons, priority will be given to students coming from the CJVF1B course.

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 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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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.
Listening: can understand extended speech and lectures and follow even complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar; can understand most media news and current affairs programmes.
Reading: can read academic/professional texts without great difficulty; can read articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems in which the writers adopt a particular stance or viewpoint.
Spoken interaction: can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible; can take an active part in discussion in familiar contexts, accounting for and sustaining their views.
Written interaction: can write formal and informal letters, emails, applications and cover letters.
Spoken production: can present clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of academic/professional subjects related to their field of study and interest; can explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
Written production: can write clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects related to their field of study and interest; can write a short academic text, summary, and resume passing on information or giving reasons in support of or against a particular point of view.
Grammar accuracy: shows a relatively high degree of grammatical control; does not make errors which cause misunderstanding, and can correct most of their mistakes; can also use some complex sentence forms.
Grammar and language fluency: can produce stretches of language with a fairly even tempo; although they can be hesitant as they search for patterns and expressions, there are few noticeably long pauses.
Coherence: can use a limited number of cohesive devices to link their utterances into clear, coherent discourse, though there may be some short pauses in a long contribution.

Syllabus

• Presentations - organization and logical structure of a text.
• Resume writing basics - relative pronouns.
• Cover letter, CV, studies abroad, vocabulary related to studying at university.
• National institution system - causal clauses.
• Division of power, constitution - clause of purpose.
• Elections and the voting system in France - concessive clauses.
• EU Institutions - future tenses.
• Brussels and Strassbourg.
• Feminism.
• Ecology.

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 and Pierre CLAUDE. Grammaire : le nouvel entraînez-vous avec 450 nouveaux exercices. Paris: CLE International, 2001, 224 s. ISBN 2090338334. 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
• SOIGNET, Michel. Le français juridique : droit, administration, affaires. Paris: Hachette, 2003, 127 s. ISBN 2011552001. info

Teaching methods

This course is taught in the form of seminar sessions.

Assessment methods

Seminar form of teaching; class discussions.
Course completion requirements: seminar work consisting of a resume, in-class presentaion on an academic/specific topic, written test.

Language of instruction

French

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught each semester.
General note: Výstupní úroveň B2 podle ERR. Předností je absolvování předmětu CJVF1B.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Při zápisu do tohoto kurzu mají přednost studenti, kteří absolvovali CJVF1B. VSTUPNÍ TEST se píše na začátku semestru.

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