FJ1A006 Practical French VI

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Christophe Gérard L. Cusimano (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
FJ1A005 Practical French V
The course requires fluency in French. Consequently, it is only open to at least third year students.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course should enable students who are already advanced in the mastery of argumentation to become familiar with the difficulties and rigours of public speaking, to practice writing and to pursue the analysis of texts.
Learning outcomes
-Consolidation and extension of the language skills and cultural knowledge - speaking The students should master the summary of several written documents.
Syllabus
  • - writing techniques and practices: expressing a point of view, a feeling, narrating - organising one's speech - Public speaking, persuading and convincing orally, techniques of expression and ornamenting the speech
Literature
  • BEAUD M., 2003, L’art de la thèse, Paris, La Découverte, Repères.
  • BIYOGO G., 2005, Traité de méthodologie et d’épistémologie de la recherche, Paris, L’Harmattan.
  • GUIDERE M., 2003, Méthodologie de la recherche, Paris, Ellipses.
  • MEYER B., 1996, Maîtriser l’argumentation – Exercices et corrigés, Paris, Cursus, Armand Colin.
  • On eloquence. Edited by Denis Donoghue. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, vii, 199 p. ISBN 0300125410. info
  • MACCABE, Colin. The eloquence of the vulgar : language, cinema, and the politics of culture. 1st pub. London: BFI Publishing, 1999, viii, 184. ISBN 0851706789. info
Teaching methods
Lecture: exposition and definitions of basic terms and their exemplification on different types of specific text (and recordings), proceeding from diverse registers. Seminar: application of theoretical knowledge on authentic texts (recordings). During their presentations students show their ability to interconnect on their own their theoretical knowledge and practical analysis of a specific text.
Assessment methods
The assessment of the course is divided into two parts: one theoretical to check the learning of the course elements (50% of the final mark); the other practical (50% of the final mark). As this is a continuous assessment of knowledge, there will be no final exam.
Language of instruction
French
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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