Class contents and exam requirements French Language (first language, first year) Code 30124, Learning Path 1 Head Teacher: Prof. Bianca Maria SAN PIETRO Introduction pag. 2 Program pag. 2 Set and recommended textbooks pag. 4 Exam content and description pag. 4 Concluding Info pag. 5 Reference: a.y. 2012/2013/30124/June 2012 Bocconi Language Centre materials are developed solely for self-study and class use. Copyright June/2012 Università Bocconi Author: Bianca Maria San Pietro No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, used in a spreadsheet, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the permission of Bocconi Centro Linguistico.
FRENCH AS FIRST FOREIGN LANGUAGE The course is aimed at students who have chosen French as their first foreign language and runs over two years. The course is for students who begin with an elementary (A2 level) knowledge of the language and the exit level is set at B2 level (post Intermediate) after two years study. The course ends in an exam which, once passed, gives the student two credits and which grade forms part of the overall final degree grade average. Please remind that the class group is run if the minimum number of applicants is reached. First year course Path 1 Program The first year course covers all the units in the set textbook. In addition to the content of the academic program, there is also a guided self-study component. The activities are to be carried out in conjunction with attendance in class (up to five hours per week). This allows the student to constantly learn the language and prepare properly for the exam. Students who attend at least 70% of the lessons and complete the self-study program will be awarded two points to be added to their final exam grade (See Concluding info, p. 5). Topics/units Grammar Self-study program* Article défini et indéfini A table Pronoms personnels sujet Au téléphone La négation Présent indicatif de ETRE, Unità 1 e 2 AVOIR et verbes en ER Vie quotidienne Tourisme Unità 3 e 4 Renseignements Famille Unità 5 e 6 Santé Relations Unità 7 e 8 Tâches domestiques Patrimoine Unità 9 e 10 Immobilier Lieux publics Unità 11 e 12 Présent indicatif de ALLER, VENIR, FAIRE, PARTIR, PRENDRE, VOIR Le pluriel Adjectifs possessifs L interrogation Les chiffres jusqu à 10.000 Pronom indéfini ON Verbes SAVOIR, POUVOIR, DEVOIR, VOULOIR Article partitif Verbes pronominaux Gallicismes Pronoms personnels Impératif Gallicismes (suite) Adverbes Passé composé Passé composé des verbes irréguliers Gérondif Accord du participe passé Pronoms personnels C.O.D. Indéfinis Adjectifs irréguliers P. 14 ex. 4, p. 15 ex. 7, p. 16 ex. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. P. 17 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 22 ex. 3, 4, p. 24 ex. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. P. 25 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 30 ex. 2, 3, p. 31 ex. 8, 9, p. 32 ex. 11, 12,13. P. 33 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 38 ex. 3 p. 39 ex. 6, 10, p. 40 ex 11, 12 P. 41 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 46 ex. 3, 4, p. 47 ex. 7, p. 48 ex. 11, 12, 13. P. 49 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 54 ex. 3, 4, p. 55 ex.5, p. 56 es 11, 12, 13. P. 57 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 62 ex. 4, p. 64 ex. 11, 13, 14, P. 65 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 70 ex. 4, p. 71 ex. 9, p. 72 es 12, 13, 14. P. 73 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 78 ex. 2, 3, p. 80 ex. 10, 11,13. P. 81 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 86 ex. 3, p. 87 ex. 8, p. 88 ex. 10, 11, 12,14. P. 89 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 94 ex. 4, p. 95 ex. 7, p. 96 ex. 10, 11, 12, 13. P. 97 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 102 ex. 1, 4, p. 104 ex. 11, 12, 13, 14. P. 105 Evaluez-vous: tout 2
Au bureau Les gens Unità 13 e 14 Sport L entreprise Unità 15 e 16 Bricolage Météo Unità 17 e 18 La fac La ville Unità 19 e 20 Contretemps Habitudes Unità 1 e 2 Faits divers Débats Unità 3 e 4 Comportements Politique et histoire Unità 5 e 6 Science et technologie Unità 7 e 8 L apparence La vie des autres Unità 9 e 10 L environnement La gastronomie Unità 11 e 12 Spectacles Presse et médias Unità 13 e 14 Pronoms personnels C.O.D. et C.O.I. Adverbes de lieu Futur et Conditionnel présent Expressions de temps Rédiger une lettre, une invitation, un mél Adjectifs et pronoms démonstratifs Pronoms Y et EN La comparaison Rédiger un article, un message d information Pronoms relatifs invariables Imparfait Forme passive Ecrire à une institution, une association Accord du participe passé Imparfait, passé composé Quelque chose de, rien de Ecrire pour une réclamation Verbes d opinion Savoir / connaître Pronoms personnels doubles Ecrire un article sur un fait divers Cause et conséquence La nominalisation Verbes suivis d une préposition Savoir lire et commenter la presse Quelques indéfinis L opposition Emploi de l infinitif Ecrire à un journal Pronoms relatifs invariables (révision) et variables Discours indirect Plus que parfait Rédiger un faire part L hypothèse Emploi du conditionnel Préparer un repas ou une recette de cuisine Expressions de temps Discorso rapporté Emploi de chez Connaître et commenter les articles dans la presse P. 110 ex.5, p.111 ex. 6, p. 112 ex.11,15. P. 113 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 118 ex. 3, 4,p. 119 ex. 9, p. 120 ex.12, 13,14 P. 121 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 126 ex. 3, p. 128 ex. 10, 11, 12, 13. P. 129 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 134 ex. 4, p. 136 ex. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. P. 137 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 142 ex. 4, 5 p. 144 ex. 10, 11, 12, 13. P. 145 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 150 ex. 3, 4, p. 151 ex. 8, p. 152 es 11, 12, 13, 15. P. 153 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 158 ex. 3, p. 159 ex. 6, p. 160 ex. 10, 11, 13. P. 161 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 166 ex. 3, 4, p. 167 es 6, p. 168 ex. 9, 10, 11, 12. P. 169 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 15 ex. 9, 11, p. 16 ex. 13, 15, 17 P. 17 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 22 ex. 4, p. 23 ex. 8, 10, p. 24 ex. 13, 14. P. 25 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 30 ex.4, p. 31 ex.7, 9, 10, p. 32 ex. 13, 14, 15. P. 33 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 38 ex. 5 p. 39 ex. 10, 12, 13, p. 40 ex 15, 16, 17. P. 41 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 46 ex. 5, p. 47 ex. 9, 12, p. 48 ex. 16, 17. P. 49 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 54 ex. 3, 5, p. 55 ex.9, p. 56 ex 15, 16, p. 57 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 63 ex.10, 11, p. 64 ex. 17, 18, P. 65 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 70 ex. 4, p. 71 ex. 8, 9, p. 72 es 13, 14. P. 73 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 78 ex. 5, p. 79 ex. 11,13, p. 80 ex. 16, 17. P. 81 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 86 ex. 5 p. 87 ex. 10, 11, p. 88 ex. 16, 17. P. 89 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 95 ex. 11, 12, p. 96 ex. 16, 17, 18. P. 97 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 102 ex. 6, p. 103 ex. 11, 13. P. 104 ex. 15, 16. P. 105 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 110 ex. 6, p. 111 ex. 9, 12, p. 112 ex. 14, 16. P. 113 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 118 ex. 6, p. 119 ex. 10, 11, p. 120 ex.13, 15, 16. P. 121 Evaluez-vous: tout 3
Gestes Sentiments et émotions Unità 15 e 16 Arts et littérature Les jeunes Unità 17 e 18 Economie Espoirs et rêves Unità 19 e 20 Participe présent, gérondif Comparatifs Emploi du subjonctif Décrire sentiments et émotions Emploi du subjonctif (suite) Pronoms possessifs Pronoms démonstratifs Lire et comprendre un article Les superlatifs Expressions de but, et de quantité Rédiger une lettre de candidature P. 126 ex. 2, p. 127 ex. 10, p. 128 ex. 14, 16. P. 129 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 135 ex. 9, 10, p. 136 ex. 13, 14, 16. P. 137 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 143 ex. 13, 15 p. 144 ex. 17, 18. P. 145 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 150 ex. 5, p. 151 ex. 11, p. 152 es 15, 16. P. 153 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 158 ex. 5, p. 159 ex. 11, p. 160 ex. 14, 15, 16. P. 161 Evaluez-vous: tout P. 166 ex. 5, p. 167 es 12, p. 168 ex. 15, 16. P. 169 Evaluez-vous: tout * Units refer to C. Miquel, Vite et bien 1 e 2, (see set textbooks ) Students are also advised to complete the self-correcting exercises provided in Club Forum, an online course to be found at: www.club-forum.com. In particular, students should do at least one exercise per each grammar and vocabulary topic in every lesson. Each lesson on the website corresponds exactly to the lesson contained in the course program. On the site s home page, entering Testez-vous, users can choose which topics in the exercises they wish to cover. Once the exercises are completed, they can be corrected using Corrigez. Set textbooks: C. Miquel, Vite et bien 1 e 2, Edizioni CLE INTERNATIONAL M. Grégoire, Grammaire progressive du Français, niveau intermédiaire*, Edizioni CLE INTERNATIONAL * It 'possible that the new edition with CD is not yet available in January 2012. In this case, we recommend purchasing the previous edition. First year exam Knowledge is assessed by one of the following methods, among which students can choose: international certification from among those recognized by the University (see www.unibocconi.eu > Language Center > Language Certificates ), or Bocconi exam, which corresponds, like international certificates, to the Common European Framework standards. The first year exam consists of a written test only. Students cannot sit the second-year exam until they have passed the first year one. Students must enrol via the Punto Blu. Duration of exam: 90 minutes Bilingual and monolingual dictionaries can be used. 4
Contents of exam First part Objective exam Second part Objective Exam Listening to brief messages and news: announcements, surveys, extracts from telephone conversations Check candidates ability to identify the subject matter, how it is communicated and the opinion expressed in a brief listening passage Sentence completion and/or tables; true/false questions; multiple 10/30 choice answers Checking grammar and vocabulary using one or more short texts Check candidates basic grammar (subject and verb agreement, syntax) and knowledge of everyday words and phrases. Sentence completion, matching and transformation (tenses, 10/30 modals), multiple choice answers. Third part Reading comprehension of one or more authentic texts, possibly also containing graphs, tables, images. Objective Checking candidates : - ability to understand texts; - ability to write structured texts according to instructions given. Exam Writing a text (letter, short report, memorandum 10/30 Concluding Info The assessment of language skills depends both on the result of the final exam and on marks awarded during the year. All exam grades on or above the pass mark (minimum 18/30) can be given an extra three points by the teacher responsible for the course as follows: Positive participation in the course and completion of self-study activities. First year exam passed on the first time it is taken. Positive participation in the course and self-study program Following a positive participation to the course, students can be awarded two extra points by the teacher as follows: 1 thirtieth for attending at least 70% of the classroom lessons; 1 thirtieth for completing the self-study program. These additional points are valid for a limited period only: from June to the following December after the course has ended, including these months mentioned. First year exam passed In order to reward students who sit for the exam only when really prepared, an extra point will be added to the final grade if students enroll for the exam, hand it in for the first time and pass the exam (minimum 18/30). 5