FJ1A050 Language Final Exam

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Christophe Gérard L. Cusimano (lecturer)
Irina De Herdt, MA, PhD (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Katia Émilie V. Hayek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Alena Němcová Polická, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
FJ1A005 Practical French V
The student must have validated the courses Practical French I-V.
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
The final written exam is to verify the student’s level of knowledge in the field of French in these competences :
1) Listening (about 40 min) - Response to comprehension questionnaires on recorded documents: - a long document (interview, course, conference ...) two listeners - several short radio documents (news flashes, polls, commercials ...) listening - Maximum duration of documents: 10 min
2) Understanding a Written document - Response to a questionnaire of comprehension concerning a text of ideas (literary or journalistic).
3) Written production             Test consisting of a general or literary essay
4) Oral production (30 min) - Presentation from several written documents, followed by a discussion with the jury. 2 fields of the candidate's choice: humanities and humanities
Learning outcomes
The exam confirms that the student has a command of General Practical French at level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages:
C1 Effective operational proficiency or advanced Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer clauses, and recognize implicit meaning. Can express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
Council of Europe (2011). Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment. Council of Europe.
http://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/
Syllabus
  • BLOCK I - written part (possibility of a monolingual dictionary):
  • 1) Oral comprehension
  • 2) Understanding the Writings
  • 3a) Written production - Test consisting of a general or literary essay.
  • BLOCK II - oral part of the exam (possibility of a monolingual dictionary):
  • 4) Presentation from several written documents, followed by a discussion with the jury
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Le nouvel entraînez-vous DALF : 450 activités (Variant.) : DALF : 450 activités. info
  • BARRIÈRE, Isabelle and Marie-Louise PARIZET. Abc DALF : C1, C2. [Paris]: CLE International, 2014, 327 stran. ISBN 9782090381795. info
  • LESCURE, Richard. Dalf C1/C2 : 250 activités. Paris: CLE International, 2007, 287 s. ISBN 9782090352320. info
  • TAUZER SABATELLI, Françoise, Jean-Louis MONTÉMONT and Sylvie POISSON-QUINTON. Dalf B1,B2,B3,B4 : 450 activités. Paris: CLE International, 2001, 255 s. ISBN 2090337443. info
  • GREVISSE, Maurice and André GOOSSE. Le bon usage :grammaire francaise. 13th ed. Paris: Duculot, 1993, xxxviii, 1. ISBN 2-8011-1045-0. info
Teaching methods
Preparation for the exam is the subject of the compulsory courses Practical French I-V
Assessment methods
The exam has a written part and an oral part. Each of the 4 parts of the test has a maximum score of 25. The success rate is 60%.
Language of instruction
French
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf2/course/view.php?id=1866
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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