FJ2026 World News from French Media

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Suquet, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petra Suquet, M.A., 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
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
  • Develop speech listening skills with comprehension of spoken text.
  • Gain an overview and orient yourself in current world events.
  • Expand and enrich the vocabulary and grammatical competence.
  • Deepen the cultural and intercultural competence.
  • Maintain and expand the level of communication competence in French.
    • Learning outcomes
    After completing the seminar the student will be able to:
  • Understand current events.
  • Create an objective attitude towards the contemporary problems of society.
  • Argue and defend his or her opinions.
  • Regulate the learning process and improve the level of communication competence through self-study.
  • Apply acquired knowledge and skills in practice.
    • Syllabus
    • The e-learning course is divided into twelve blocks and takes the form of:
    • Watching current TV5Monde news broadcasts and partner stations (France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5, France Ô, Arte, RTBF, RTS, Radio-Canada, Télé-Québec).
    • Development of self-corrective interactive exercises and activities based on the level of communication competence (choice of difficulty level: A2, B1 and B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
    • Submission of assigned tasks.
    Literature
    Teaching methods
    E-learning:
  • Watching current news.
  • Elaboration of interactive exercises.
  • Submission of given tasks.
  • During the course it is possible to change the level of difficulty of exercises and activities (A2-B2).
    • Assessment methods
    Fulfillment of required tasks.
    Students must submit all 12 completed assignments (one assigned assignment per week).
    In case of impossibility to participate in e-learning in one of the weeks during the semester, it is possible to make up for unfulfilled tasks (maximum two) during the exam period.
    Language of instruction
    French
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught annually.
    The course is taught: every week.
    Information on the extent and intensity of the course: e-learning.
    Teacher's information
    Mgr. Petra Suquet, M.A., Ph.D .:
    is a didactic of the Department of French Language and Literature at the Faculty of Education, MU.
    In addition to didactically focused subjects, she teaches language and practical exercises in french language and is a guarantor of students' teaching practices.
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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