CONTEMPORARY FRENCH LANGUAGE
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher:
LOREDANA PAVONE
Expected Learning Outcomes
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To achieve oral and written skills in French at C1 Plus level (Framework). According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:
1 Knowledge and understanding (the main characteristics of language discrimination; French regional languages)
2) Applying knowledge and understanding (researching information and compare specialised views on plural identities and regional languages)
3) Making judgements (expressing a personal opinion on a current French topic)
4) Communication skills (Debate about controversial topics in applied linguistics; writing creative texts, producing sociolinguistically and pragmatically appropriate written and oral utterances)
5) Learning skills (developing personal strategies for self-learning)
Course Structure
In-depth analysis of the main characteristics of contemporary French. Regional languages and language discrimination Some recurrent stylistic and socio-pragmalinguistic phenomena will be analysed
Required Prerequisites
Fluency in receptive and productive language skills (written and oral) corresponding to level C1 + of the Framework
Attendance of Lessons
Attendance is highly recommended
Detailed Course Content
In-depth analysis of the main characteristics of contemporary French. Regional languages and language discrimination Some recurrent stylistic and socio-pragmalinguistic phenomena will be analysed.
Textbook Information
A Oral and written skills at C2 Plus level (3 ECTS) -Annual
- AA.VV., Tendances. Niveaux C1-C2, Livre de l'élève + DVD ROM, Paris, Clé international, 2019, pp. 62-203.
- AA.VV., Tendances. Niveaux C1/C2, Cahier d'activités, Paris, Clé international, 2019 (avec corrigés et transcriptions), pp. 66-159.
- AA.VV. Exercices de grammaire française, Bruxelles, De Boeck-Duculot, 4e édition revue et corrigée, 2010 (avec corrigés et CD-ROM), coll. <Grevisse>, pp. 251 (self-directed study).
B Regional languages of France, language discrimination and plural identity (3 ECTS) – Annual
- M. Avanzi, Atlas du français de nos régions, Paris, Armand Colin, 2017, pp. 1-160
- Ph. Blanchet, Discriminations : combattre la glottophobie, Paris, Éd. Textuel, 2016, coll. Petite Encyclopédie critique, pp. 1-192
Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).
All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.
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Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Single written test (essai argumenté and écrit d'invention)
Oral test ( the contents of part B)
The result of the written in-progress test (optional and also open to non-attending students), either essai argumenté or écrit d'invention, will be included in the final assessment.
The assessment of the examination will take into account the candidate's mastery of the content and skills acquired, linguistic accuracy and lexical propriety, as well as his or her ability to argue.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
Module B: The distinctive features of minority languages. The relationship between norm and usage. Glottophobia and plural identity (case study). The main lines of the debate on the preservation of the linguistic and cultural heritage of regional languages in metropolitan France. Regional languages in the press. Regional languages in the national education system.
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