FL 2 – Business French for Intermediate Students I.

Teachers

Included in study programs

Teaching results

Language knowledge
Develop and apply grammar rules and vocabulary on concrete topics. Broaden knowledge about language as a system and knowledge about concrete countries and people living there.
Language skills
Develop fluent and spontaneous communication in everyday and professional sphere on an appropriate level and be able to analyse a more complicated professional text. Develop and cultivate fluent communication within general and professional language. Training of communicative strategies with the help of creative methodical procedures (teamwork, training of model situations, professional presentation in front of the audience, professional discussion, work with foreign print media). Work with professional sources
Language competences
Use professional language skills in a flexible and efficient way, be open towards culture of target language, build a positive attitude to countries and citizens of French-speaking environment and accept attitudes of representatives and specialists of a target language culture.
The aim of the subject
After completing the course, the student is able to understand longer professional speeches and conversations. He/she is able to express himself/herself adequately to general and professional topics and formulate clearly his/her thoughts and attitudes. The student takes an active part in discussions and expresses his/her arguments and views. In a written form he is able to express his/her opinions and attitudes, summarize knowledge and communicate on an adequate level.

Indicative content

1. The French in the eyes of strangers. Stereotypes.
2. Describing a country and its customs. Relative pronouns.
3. Expressing percentage and statistics. Demonstrative pronouns.
4. Life in France. The inverted question for highlighting a sentence constituent.
5. Life on a mission. Life changes. Expressing nostalgia.
6. Binational couples. Cultural differences. Indefinite pronouns.
7. Living standards in Paris and the countryside. Understanding a comparative study.
8. Describing a place of life. Justifying a choice. Superlative. Sentence constituent highlighting.

Support literature

Required:
1. BERTHET, A. – DAILL, E. et al. (2012): Alter Ego+ A2. Paris : Hachette Livre International. ISBN 978-2-01-155812-1
Optional:
1. Authentic study materials from newspapers, magazines and the Internet.

Requirements to complete the course

Preparation for seminars: 30 %
Final exam: 70 %

Student workload

Full-time study: 78 hours. Of which:
26 hours – attendance and participation at seminars
16 hours – preparation for seminars
36 hours – preparation for the final exam

Language whose command is required to complete the course

French

Date of approval: 08.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 12.01.2022