- Credits: 3
- SSD: L-LIN/04
- Language: French
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics and Management (cod. 0034)
Learning outcomes
French B1 Test provides for the establishment of the following skills:
- Grammatical knowledge: lexical-morphological
- Reading comprehension
- Listening comprehension
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.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.