French for specific purposes
- Credits: 10
- Ending: Examination
- Semester: summer
- Year: 1
- Faculty of Applied Languages
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
The course is aimed at acquiring highly professional communicative competence, proficiency in the actual use of the language in various specific situations and knowledge of the professional culture of the language studied.
Knowledge:
After completing the course, the student masters the linguistic system (lexical-grammatical) of the professional language, linguistic, cultural, social and psychological norms that are related to the use of the professional language in various specific areas at the C1/C2 level.
Competencies:
The student acquires highly professional communicative competences that can be used with linguistic precision and communicative effectiveness in a variety of specific areas. The student is able to present his/her research in a foreign language at a high level in various scientific forums, conferences, etc.
Skills:
The student knows and can work with various professional texts and documents, knows communication strategies in various specific fields, can analyse and create highly professional or scientific texts and discourses. In written and oral speech, the student is able to develop precise argumentation, structure discourse and adapt his/her speech to a specific professional communication situation.
Indicative content
Argumentative techniques of a scientific text in a Francophone context
Specifics of the scientific text in Francophone research
Terminology of French language for specific purposes
Professional language in business context and its communicative specifics
Analysis of professional discourse (sociological, economic, political, cultural, etc.)
Applied stylistics of specialised professional discourse
Support literature
Základná literatúra:
1. Bennett, Janet y Bennett, Milton (2004): Developing Intercultural Sensitivity: an integrative approach to global and domestic diversity. Ed, Janet Bennett y Milton Bennett. The handbook of intercultural training, third edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
2. Gnutzmann, C. (2011): Language for Specific Purposes vs. general language. In K. Napp, B. Seidlhofer & H. Widdowson (eds.). Handbook of foreign language communication and learning, pp. 517-544. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter.
3. Gollin-Kies, S. M., Hall, D. R. &Moore, S. H. (2015): Language for Specific Purposes. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
4. Gunnarsson, Bl. (1997): Language for Special Purposes. In Tucker, G. R., Corson, D. (eds). Encyclopaedia of Language and Education. Encyclopaedia of Language and Education, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht.
Doplňujúca literatúra:
1. Adam, J.-M. (2020): La linguistique textuelle. Introduction à l’analyse textuelle des discours. 4e éd. Paris : Armand Colin.
2. Beaud, M. (2006): L’art de la thèse. Paris : La Découverte.
3. Bordo, W., Goes, J. & Mangiante, J.-M. (eds.). (2020): Le français sur objectif universitaire. Artois : Artois Presses Université.
4. Coll. (2010): Dictionnaire bancaire, économique et financier. Paris : Revue Banque.
5. Guidère, M. (2004): Méthodologie de la recherche. Paris : Ellipses.
6. Haddar, M. (2010): Méthodologie de la recherche doctorale en économie. Archives contemporaines.
7. Miguel, C. (2019): Vocabulaire progressif du français. Perfectionnement (C1/C2). Paris : CLE International.
8. Racine, R., Schenker, J.-Ch. (2018): Communication progressive du français. Perfectionnement (C1/C2). Paris : CLE International.
9. Raus, R., Froeliger, N. (eds.). (2020): La terminologie et l’enseignement du français de spécialité, du français langue professionnelle ou sur objectifs spécifiques. Louvain-la-Neuve : EME Editions.
10. Robrieux, J.-J. (2021): Rhétorique et argumentation. 4e éd. Paris : Armand Colin.
11. Zaffio, M. R. (2022): La terminologie, une approche linguistique. Trad. G. Proux. Montréal : Editions JFD.
Requirements to complete the course
The final evaluation is based on the elaboration of the project plan (40%) and the final work (60%).
Student workload
Consultations: 16 hours
Preparation for consultations: 26 hours
Assignment processing: 108 hours
Final study processing: 108 hours
Consultations for the final study: 2 hours
Language whose command is required to complete the course
French, English
Date of approval: 17.01.2025
Date of the latest change: 23.04.2024