FJ1A002 Practical French II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
4/4/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Alena Němcová Polická, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Stéphanie Maria O. Dufond (seminar tutor)
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
Timetable
Tue 8:00–9:40 B2.24, Tue 12:00–13:40 B2.24
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
FJ1A002/01: Thu 14:00–15:40 G31, Fri 8:00–9:40 B2.21, S. Dufond
FJ1A002/02: Wed 14:00–15:40 G22, Fri 14:00–15:40 B2.22, S. Dufond
Prerequisites
FJ1A001 Practical French I
FJ1A001 Input level of language according to CEFR: B1
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
Course of practical French language.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
Development of language skills : listening, reading, speaking and writing, of vocabulary and grammar
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student will be able to:
- understand the full content of daily texts
- have a conversation (with complex ideas)
Syllabus
  • GRAMMATICAL PART:
  • 1. Opozice maskulina x feminina, nepravidelné tvoření plurálu a. Gender of animal names b. Plural of nouns ending in -AL c. Feminine of adjectives ending in -ET
  • 2. Pozice adjektiv a. Adjectives in fixed place, postposed, anteposed b. Adjectives with variable place c. Epithet adjectives
  • 3. Futurum a. The expression of the future b. Periphrastic future tense and simple future tense c. The future tense
  • 4. Aktivum, pasivum a. Forms of the verb - active and passive voice b. By... or of... ?
  • 5. Slovesný způsob, zaměření na subjunctive a. Personal modes (indicative, subjunctive, imperative).
  • 6. Ukazovací zájmena
  • 7. Posesiva, determinanty, minulé příčestí a. Interpretation of the determinant b. Pronoun c. Interpretation of the past participle d. Past participle and circumstantial
  • 8. Členy 9. Přímá, nepřímá řeč a. Direct speech b. Indirect speech c. Free indirect speech
  • 10. Podmínkové věty a. The hypothesis b. The systems in if c. Diversity of hypothetical systems
  • 11. Zájmena en, y a. En and y in verbal locutions b. Specific uses of en 2
  • 12. Forma -ant a. Gerund
  • 13. Otázky a. Interrogative structures b. Partial interrogation c. The interrogative word in the complementor (COMP) d. Indirect interrogation
  • LEXICAL PART: exercises in lexical transformation (derivation, composition), substitution (replace with a synonym, a periphrase) and translation from French to Czech and from Czech to French.
  • SYNTAXIC PART: introduction to the principles of French syntax. Elementary transformations of sentences and propositions, active and passive voice, participial and gerundivial construction. WORK WITH THE TEXT: reproduction and synthesis exercises (see "studijní materiály") READING: pronunciation exercises.
  • TD (Dufond): development of vocabulary, written and oral skills (work on the four skills around 4 themes: media, food, new technologies, economy), verb construction/grammar
Literature
  • TIONOVÁ, Alena. Francouzština pro pokročilé. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1992, 375 s. ISBN 8004226191. info
  • MILIČKOVÁ, Ladislava. Nejčastější chyby ve francouzštině - chyby, které dělají Češi, když mluví francouzsky. (The Most Frequent Mistakes in French: Mistakes Made by Czechs Speaking French.). I. Brno: MC nakladatelství, 1994, 151 pp. info
  • DUPLEIX Dorothée, COCTON Marie-Noëlle, RIPAUD Delphine..., Saison 3, Didier, 2015
  • DUPLEIX Dorothée, COCTON Marie-Noëlle, RIPAUD Delphine..., Saison 3, Didier, 2015
  • LOISEAU Yves, GLAUD Ludivine, MERLET Elise, Grammaire essentielle du français,niveau B1, collection 100% FLE, Didier,2015
Teaching methods
Reading texts, listening, summary of a text, discussion on topic from read or heard text, class discussion, group projects, homeworks, reading, drills, dictations. Dufond : Reading texts, listening, class discussion on topics, writing, homework
Assessment methods
Active participation in the course (only 2 missings are accepted) Participation on class discussions and all written homeworks are requested.
Participation on class discussions and all written homeworks are requested.
Written tests and oral exam about students reading. Practical part (Dufond) : Besides, students must handle all homework/assignments in due date. Continuous assessment and final exam To validate this part, students must get at least 50%.
Language of instruction
French
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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