COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS I: FRENCH

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MÜA 5009 FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS I: FRENCH ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

GERMAN TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

GERMAN TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING

Course Objective

The course objective is to build skills of basic grammar, vocabulary, listening and speaking for the French language and have the students get a grasp of French oral and written communication skills and knowledge necessary to use them effectively in their academic and professional life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   can talk about future plans
2   can understand reading passages at his/her level
3   can understand and respond to conversations of a certain speed
4   can talk and write about people around her/him
5   can perform simple corresponding

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Ordering something
2 Describing home and environment
3 Arranging or accepting a date
4 Information about French secondary education
5 Comparing and contrasting
6 Talking about weather forecast
7 Talking about events respectively and chronologically (past tense)
8 Mid-term exam
9 Near future tense and building sentences relating the future: planning an excursion and making reservations
10 Writing messages and letters to friends
11 Using prepositions and narrating events
12 Using direct and indirect pronouns
13 Building different sentences
14 Building sentences to express purpose and frequency

Recomended or Required Reading

1. FESTIVAL 3 / Méthode de français CLE International
FESTIVAL 3 / Méthode de français Cahier d Exercices

2. Audio-visual materials

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Class activities
2. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55