- Credits: 3
- SSD: L-LIN/04
- Language: French
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics of Tourism (cod. 0032)
Learning outcomes
According to the Common European Framework of Reference, B1 level enable students to reach the following communicative skills:
- Comprehension of oral speeches and written tests about family, work, school, free-time, etc.;
- Oral and written production typical of linguistic situations related to journeys in foreign countries aimed at studying or making research, etc;
- Reporting experiences or events, describing situations (such as wishes, hopes, objectives etc.), and providing reasons and brief explanations related to an idea or a project;
- Expressing simple and coherent opinions related to personal interests.
Course contents
2.1 Grammar contents:
- interrogative form
- the negative sentence
- regular and irregular verbs (present, imperfect, fiture, conditional)
- present progressive, future perfect and Passé récent
- gerundive
- imperative
- past participle agreement
- subjunctive present
- direct and indirect object pronouns
- double pronouns
- pronouns such as: "en" and "y"
- comparatives and superlatives
- relative pronouns
- temporal markers
- adverbs of place and time
- indefinites
- expression of quantity
- prepositions of place and time
- hypothetical sentences
- indirect speech
- passive form
2.2 Lexical contents:
- daily life
- house, food, clothing, means of transport
- the family
- free-time
- travels and holidays
- culture: cinema, art, theatre, music
- study
- work
Readings/Bibliography
- L. Parodi ; M. Vallacco, Grammaire savoir-faire - Con CD e CD-ROM, CIDEB, 2001
- L. Parodi; M. Vallaco, Grammathèque, grammatica contrastiva per italiani, CIDEB, Genova, 2003 + livre d'exercices.
- Francofolie 2 (livre de l'élève + cahier d'exercices + CD élève), CIDEB, 2006
- Forum 2 (livre de l'élève+cahier d'activité+CD élève), Hachette-Livvre, 2000
Useful links
- EconoTourisme : http://www.cliro.unibo.it/
- http://www.polarfle.com/
- http://clicnet.swarthmore.edu/fle.html (It contains different resources: dictionaries, grammar,ortography, phonetics, culture, litterature)
- http://globegate.utm.edu/french/globegate_mirror/gramm.html
- http://www.pomme.ualberta.ca/devoir/exer.htm
- http://www.club-forum.com/s_exos.asp?rub=6
- http://www.bonjourdefrance.com/index/indexgram.htm
- http://phonetique.free.fr/
- http://www.city.londonmet.ac.uk/langstud/call/french/French/home.htm
Students can also use self-learning linguistic laboratories of the CLIRO and its resources: teaching tools, multimedia software, DVD films, satellite, Internet.
Teaching methods
In order to prepare attitude tests, the linguistic center (CLIRO) organizes blended modules made up as follows:
- Group work (traditional lessons with exercises, activities, grammar and lexical explanations on the base of all the topics of the E-learning Platform)
- Discussion forums to interact on-line with tutors and other students
- Exercises and practice through the CLIRO E-learning Platform
Assessment methods
The final exam will consist in a 60 minutes computerised written test.
Sample tests are available on the CLIRO AlfaCert platform.
Teaching tools
Listening: CDs & DVDs; Students Books & Workbooks; Photocopiable material; Dictionaries; Newspaper articles.