2. Professors
  3. VACCARO Valeria Anna
  4. Teaching

FRENCH II FOR ARTS AND HUMANITIES

Valeria Anna VACCARO FRENCH II FOR ARTS AND HUMANITIES

0322100087
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
MODERN PHILOLOGY
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
VALERIA ANNA VACCARO T Curriculum
ExamDate
APPELLO RISERVATO AI F.C.09/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO RISERVATO AI F.C.09/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO RISERVATO STUDENTI CON 92 CFU09/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO RISERVATO STUDENTI CON 92 CFU09/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO GENNAIO16/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO GENNAIO16/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO FEBBRAIO12/02/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO FEBBRAIO12/02/2025 - 09:00
Objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
THE AIM OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE II COURSE IS TO PROVIDE TOOLS FOR ANALYSIS, COMPREHENSION AND LANGUAGE PRODUCTION, AT AN ADVANCED B2 LEVEL OF THE FOUR SKILLS SET OUT IN THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES.
KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL KNOW
- THE DISCIPLINARY FOUNDATIONS OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE WITH THE CONSOLIDATION OF PREVIOUS LINGUISTIC ACQUISITION AND THE FUNCTIONAL PROGRESSION OF ITS GRAMMATICAL AND MORPHOSYNTACTIC ELEMENTS
- THE AUTOMATISMS INVOLVING THE REUSE OF PREVIOUSLY ASSIMILATED NOTIONS.
UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
- FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
- EXPRESSIVE STRATEGIES AND TEXT TYPES IN COMPLEX COMMUNICATIVE SITUATIONS
- SECTORIAL LANGUAGES AND LEXICAL SPECIFICITIES.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- TRANSLATE TEXTS FROM FRENCH INTO ITALIAN (LITERARY PASSAGES, CRITICAL ESSAYS, PRESS ARTICLES).
- EXAMINE DOCUMENTS CONTAINING THEMATIC VOCABULARY AND SECTORIAL LANGUAGES.
- ELABORATE SYNTHESES AND PAPERS ON TOPICS OF FRENCH CIVILISATION.
AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- ASSESS THE PECULIARITIES OF TEXT TYPES AND REFLECT ON SPECIFIC TOPICS DEALT WITH THROUGH THE STUDY OF AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS.
- DISCERN ASPECTS OF FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE AND LINGUISTIC-TEXTUAL MECHANISMS; WILL HAVE MASTERED CRITICAL ANALYSIS.
- SELECT RELEVANT FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CIVILISATION CONTENT WITH A SPIRIT OF OBSERVATION.
- DEVELOP AN IN-DEPTH REFLECTION ON THE RICHNESS AND COMPLEXITY OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY.
COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- COMMUNICATE IN FRENCH IN COMPLEX COMMUNICATIVE SITUATIONS.
- REPRESENT AND ILLUSTRATE -USING TRADITIONAL MATERIALS AND VIRTUAL TOOLS- THE RESULTS OF THEIR OWN RESEARCH, IN-DEPTH STUDY OR WORK.
LEARNING SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND IT RESOURCES TO CARRY OUT SYNTHESIS ACTIVITIES AND IMPLEMENT COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES IN SPECIFIC FIELDS.
- CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS, SUCH AS ADVERTISING, JOURNALISM, NON-FICTION, LITERATURE.
- TO CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, TRADITIONAL STUDY MATERIAL AND COMPUTING RESOURCES.

Prerequisites
STUDENTS MUST HAVE PASSED A FRENCH LANGUAGE EXAM IN THE FIRST LEVEL UNIVERSITY DEGREE.
Contents
(METHOD BOOK: « ALTER EGO PLUS B1 VOL. 3 » – « ALTER EGO B2 VOL. 4») THE IMAGE IN FRIENDLY, SOCIAL, PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS: SIMPLE RELATIVE PRONOUNS, EMPHASIS, PRESENT / PAST SUBJUNCTIVE. CONSUMPTION HABITS, BUYER PROFILES, ONLINE SHOPPING: COMPARISONS, COMPOUND RELATIVE PRONOUNS, SPEECH RELATED TO THE PRESENT / PAST. WAYS OF LEARNING, PLACES AND ROUTES OF LEARNING, SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY LIFE: THE IMPERFECT / COMPOUND PAST, THE MORE-THAN-PERFECT, THE AGREEMENT OF THE PAST PARTICIPLE, THE CONCESSION / OPPOSITION. THE MEANS OF INFORMATION, POINTS OF VIEW ON THE PRESS AND THE MEDIA, THE TREATMENT OF INFORMATION: THE NOMINAL SENTENCE, THE PASSIVE FORM, CAUSE / CONSEQUENCE, EVOKE UNCERTAIN EVENTS. ACTIONS OF SOLIDARITY, THE MEANS OF ACTING AND COMMITTING: THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE / GERUND, EXPRESSING THE GOAL, EXPRESSIONS OF TIME TO INDICATE DURATION. THE DISCOVERY OF FRENCH ARTISTS AND THEIR WORKS, SHOWS AND PERFORMANCE REVIEWS: INTERROGATION, INVERSION, ADVERBS IN -MENT, RELATIVE WITH THE SUBJUNCTIVE. SAFEGUARDING ECOLOGY: THE FUTURE SIMPLE / PAST, THE CONDITIONAL PRESENT / PAST, THE HYPOTHESIS, THE PRONOUNS Y / EN. DAILY JUSTICE, A HISTORICAL TRIAL, DETECTIVE LITERATURE: DOUBT / CERTAINTY, DOUBLE PRONOMINALIZATION AND NEUTRAL PRONOUNS, SITUATING AN EVENT IN A STORY IN THE PAST. VOYAGES IN FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES, TRAVELING WRITERS: THE INDEFINITES, NEGATIVE SENTENCES, THE TIMES OF NARRATION, INITIATION INTO THE SIMPLE PAST. IDENTITY, ORIGINS, LIFE ROUTES, THE LANGUAGE OF YOUNG PEOPLE, IMMIGRATION: WRITING A COVER LETTER, PREPARING FOR A JOB INTERVIEW, EVOKING THE PAST, EXPRESSING TIME RELATIONSHIPS, RETRACING ONE'S HISTORY AND CAREER. PAST TENSES, PAST PARTICIPLES AGREEMENT, TENSE ARTICULATORS, PRESENT / PAST SUBJUNCTIVE / INFINITIVE, CERTAINTY / DOUBT, INDICATIVE / SUBJUNCTIVE, QUALIFICATION, PASSIVE AND PASSIVE PRONOMINAL FORM, CAUSE / CONSEQUENCE, CONCESSION / OPPOSITION.
(BOOK OF CIVILISATION «LA FRANCE DES INSTITUTIONS») THE CITIZEN IN THE NATION: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, THE CONSEQUENCES OF FRANCE'S MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE THREE POWERS OF MONTESQUIEU. INSTITUTIONS IN HISTORY. THE FRENCH CITIZEN: ARTICLE 2 OF THE FRENCH CONSTITUTION, FOREIGNERS, PAPERS, THE FRENCH OFFICIAL LANGUAGE, THE CHARTER OF REGIONAL LANGUAGES ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE. THE PERSONAL LIFE OF THE CITIZEN. THE CITIZEN AND THE NATION.
(BOOK OF STYLE AND RHETORIC «STYLE ET RHETORIQUE») LANGUAGE AND STYLE: THE PARAMETERS OF COMMUNICATION, THE FUNCTIONS OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, THE FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION AND STYLE - THE LINGUISTIC SIGN - DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION - MONOSEMY AND POLYSEMY, CULTURAL CODES.
(FRENCH LINGUISTICS BOOK « LE FRANÇAIS DE NOS JOURS ») TOPICS: ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF CONTEMPORARY FRENCH: THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE FRENCH LEXICOGRAPHICAL EXPERIENCE, FROM THE PAST TO MODERNITY AND THE FUTURE, THE DIDACTICS OF FLE. CHAPTERS : 4. PHRASAL VERBS : LOCUTIONS, COLLOCATIONS, CLICHÉS AND PRAGMATÈMES ; 7. LEXICOGRAPHY ; 8. LANGUAGE POLICY ; 10. FRENCH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (FLE) : INSIGHTS FOR THE LEARNER.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE INCLUDES LECTURES THAT PROPOSE ACTIVITIES IN WHICH COMPLEX SYNTACTIC MECHANISMS ARE PUT INTO PRACTICE TO ORGANIZE AND STRUCTURE A TEXT AND A SPEECH. THE ACTIVITIES ON THE LEXICON SERVE TO REACTIVATE THE PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE, THE GRAMMATICAL ONES AIM TO DEEPEN THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED IN FRENCH. (ABOUT 15 HOURS OF METHOD).
THE COURSE PROVIDES THE TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING AND PRODUCTION THROUGH SYNTHESIS SKILLS AND WRITTEN AND ORAL CRITICAL COMMENTARY. IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDY OF AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS FAVORS THE KNOWLEDGE OF ARGUMENTS, POINTS OF VIEW, CONTRADICTORY ELEMENTS AND PROPOSES THE CONCEPTUAL PRINCIPLES NECESSARY TO PRODUCE ELABORATE ARGUMENTS.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE COMPETENCE IN THE CHOICE OF LINGUISTIC STRATEGIES FOR AN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND WILL BE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE THE CAPACITY FOR CRITICAL REFLECTION ON LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL CONTENTS.
A PART OF THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON THE STUDY OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TEXTS AND ON THE WORKING METHOD TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS NECESSARY FOR THE REALIZATION OF THE DIFFERENT EDITING TECHNIQUES (BIOGRAPHY, PRESENTATION, WRITTEN REPORT, READING SHEET). (ABOUT 5 HOURS OF FRENCH RHETORIC AND LANGUAGE STRATEGIES )
THE CULTURAL ASPECTS WILL BE STUDIED STARTING FROM THE ANALYSIS OF AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS AND REFLECTIONS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS WITH A SOCIOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, ARTISTIC DIMENSION, THANKS TO SPECIALIZED TEXTS THAT ARE THE TOOLS FOR ANALYZING DIFFERENT ISSUES IN THEIR SOCIAL DIMENSION. (APPROXIMATELY 10 HOURS OF FRENCH CIVILISATION )


Verification of learning
THE EXAM AIMS TO ASSESS THE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF COMPLEX LINGUISTIC MECHANISMS RELATED TO THE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. IT CONSISTS OF THE ORAL EXAM AS FOLLOWS:
- VERIFICATION OF MORPHOSYNTACTIC AND LEXICAL KNOWLEDGE BELONGING TO SPECIALTY LANGUAGES;
- CONVERSATION ON THE TOPICS COVERED DURING THE LESSONS THAT THE STUDENT HAS CHOSEN TO STUDY INDEPENDENTLY;
- ABILITY TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS ON LINGUISTIC-TEXTUAL ASPECTS PECULIAR TO FRENCH.
THERE ARE ONGOING TESTS (2 H: COMPREHENSION OF A TEXT WITH FIVE RELEVANT QUESTIONS. 2 POINTS FOR EACH QUESTION) AND WRITTEN INSIGHTS THAT STUDENTS WILL COMMENT ON DURING THE EXAM.
Texts
METHOD BOOK:
- DOLLEZ C., PONS S., ALTER EGO B1 MÉTHODE DE FRANÇAIS 3, CD-ROM INCLUDED, HACHETTE FLE, PARIS, LAST EDITION.
- DOLLEZ C., PONS S., ALTER EGO B2 MÉTHODE DE FRANÇAIS 4, CD INCLUDED, HACHETTE FLE, PARIS, LAST EDITION.
TEXTBOOK CIVILIZATION :
BOURGEOIS R., TERRONE P., LA FRANCE DES INSTITUTIONS, NIVEAU B2 DU CADRE EUROPÉEN COMMUN DE RÉFÉRENCE, PUG, GRENOBLE, LAST EDITION.
TEXTBOOK STUDY OF TEXTS:
PEYROUTET C., STYLE ET RHÉTORIQUE, NATHAN, PARIS, LAST EDITION.
FRENCH LINGUISTICS BOOK
ZANOLA M. T. (ED.), LE FRANÇAIS DE NOS JOURS, CAROCCI PUBLISHER, ROME.
WE RECOMMEND THE CONSULTATION OF A FRENCH MONOLINGUAL DICTIONARY:
- LE NOUVEAU PETIT ROBERT DE LA LANGUE FRANÇAISE, LAST EDITION
- LE ROBERT & CLE INTERNATIONAL, DICTIONNAIRE DU FRANÇAIS, CLE INTERNATIONAL, LAST EDITION.
SUPPORT TO THE STUDY: TEXTBOOK CONTRASTIVE GRAMMAR
- L. PARODI, M. VALLACCO, GRAMMATHÈQUE. CONTRASTIVE GRAMMAR FOR ITALIANS, CIDEB, GENOVA, LAST EDITION.
- L. PARODI, M. VALLACCO, GRAMMATHÈQUE. EXERCICES, CIDEB, GENOVA, LAST EDITION.

More Information
IN THE INTENT OF DEEPENING THE ANALYTICAL AND CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL CONTENT, THE THEORETICAL-METHODOLOGICAL LESSONS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES OF LANGUAGE ANALYSIS IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN SELF-LEARNING MODE.
THE COURSE IS HELD IN FRENCH LANGUAGE. FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE PREFIXED OBJECTIVES ASSIDUAL FREQUENCY IS RECOMMENDED.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE COURSE, THE STUDY MATERIAL AND SELF-LEARNING AS WELL AS THE TEACHER RECEPTION TIMES, REFER TO THE NOTICES EXPOSED ON THE BOARD AND ON THE WEB PAGES OF THE COURSE PROFESSOR ON THE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE.
IN CASE OF DIFFICULTY THE STUDENT CAN CONTACT DIRECTLY TO THE TEACHER BY EMAIL AND IN THE RECEPTION TIMES AND TUTOR.
Lessons Timetable

  BETA VERSION Data source ESSE3 [Ultima Sincronizzazione: 2024-11-29]