FL 2 – French Studies for Intermediate Level

  • Credits: 3
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 2C
  • Semester: winter
  • Year: 3
  • Faculty of International Relations

Teachers

Included in study programs

International Economic Relations

Teaching results

Knowledge: To acquire basic knowledge about history, culture, politics, economy, demography, social and legal systems of France.

Skills: To acquire the ability to communicate about current topics in the French language. To understand longer professional texts with a complex structure. To be able to adequately express one’s views on the professional, covered and current topics and clearly formulate ideas and attitudes.
Competences: After completing the course, to be able to communicate about professional topics in an international environment at an appropriate language level. To be able to apply the acquired professional and language knowledge and skills in specific communication situations.

Indicative content

1. Society and demography.
2. Administrative structure.
3. Regions and cultural heritage.
4. Political system and current political context.
5. Media and their impact on society.
6. Economic system.
7. Education system.
8. Historical background.
9. Cultural development (ideas and artistic trends).
10. Selected topics of culture (gastronomy, customs and traditions).
11. Important personalities of cultural and social life.
12. Current social problems and their solutions.

Support literature

1. AUGER, A. – FONTAINE, M. – PICON, G. (2021): L’Histoire de France à travers ses personnages. Paris: Hachette Éducation.
2. CANTIER, J. (2020): Histoire culturelle de la France au XXe siècle. Paris: Ellipses.
3. CARROUÉ, L. (dir.) (2017): La France des 13 régions. Paris: Armand Colin.
4. LABRUNE, G. – TOUTAIN, Ph. – ZWANG, A. (2020): L’Histoire de France. Paris: Nathan.
5. MÉNY, Y. (2019): Le système politique français. Paris: LGDJ.
6. MONTOUSSÉ, M. (dir.) (2020): 100 fiches pour comprendre l’économie et la société françaises. Paris: Bréal.

Requirements to complete the course

Project (assessed work) and its presentation – 40 %
Final examination – 60 %

Student workload

78 hours
26 hours – participation in sessions
20 hours – project and presentation preparation (assessed work)
32 hours – preparation for the examination

Language whose command is required to complete the course

French

Date of approval: 08.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 13.01.2022