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FRENCH II FOR DIGITAL HUMANITIES

Valeria Anna VACCARO FRENCH II FOR DIGITAL HUMANITIES

0322100090
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 STUDENTI CON 92 CFU09/01/2025 - 09:00
APPELLO 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 FRENCH LANGUAGE II COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE TOOLS FOR ANALYSIS, COMPREHENSION AND LINGUISTIC PRODUCTION, AT AN ADVANCED B2 LEVEL OF THE FOUR SKILLS REQUIRED BY THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES. IT DEEPENS ANALYTICAL AND CRITICAL REFLECTION ON DIGITAL CONTENT APPLIED TO THE HUMANITIES.
KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL KNOW
- THE FRENCH AND FRENCH-SPEAKING STATE OF THE ART OF HUMANITÉS NUMÉRIQUES.
- THE FOUNDATIONS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES AND HUMANITIES
- THE MOST IMPORTANT FRENCH PROJECTS FOR DIGITISING CORPUSES OF FUNDAMENTAL LINGUISTIC TEXTS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONAL TOOLS FOR HISTORICAL DATABASES.
- THE DIGITISATION AND COMPUTER STRUCTURE OF ANCIENT TEXTS
- THE RESEARCH PLATFORMS SPECIALISING IN DATABASES AND DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
- DOCUMENTARY SOURCES AND TECHNOLOGICAL LANGUAGES
- QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE TOOLS AND METHODS FOR DATA COLLECTION, IMPLEMENTATION AND DISSEMINATION IN THE HUMANITIES.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- USE COMPUTER APPLICATIONS.
- STRUCTURE DIGITISED CORPORA
- MANAGE DIGITAL RESOURCES ON PLATFORMS
AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- EVALUATE THE PECULIARITIES OF TEXT TYPES AND REFLECT ON SPECIFIC TOPICS DEALT WITH THROUGH THE STUDY OF AUTHENTIC DIGITISED DOCUMENTS
- DISCERN INTERDISCIPLINARY ASPECTS OF THE HUMANITÉS NUMÉRIQUES;
- DISTINGUISH LINGUISTIC-TEXTUAL MECHANISMS; WILL HAVE MASTERED CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND DATA COLLECTION.
- SELECT RELEVANT CONTENT FROM CRITICAL SOURCES AND DATABASES.
- DEVELOP A REFLECTION ON THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF PROJECTS IN THE HUMANITIES IN A DIGITAL SPACE.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- COMMUNICATE IN FRENCH IN COMPLEX COMMUNICATIVE SITUATIONS.
- REPRESENT AND ILLUSTRATE -USING VIRTUAL TOOLS- RESEARCH RESULTS, DIGITAL PROJECTS.
LEARNING SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- USE BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND IT RESOURCES TO CARRY OUT SYNTHESIS ACTIVITIES AND IMPLEMENT COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES IN SPECIFIC FIELDS.
- CARRY OUT INTERNET RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION ACTIVITIES
- CARRY OUT CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, STUDY MATERIAL CONSISTING OF COMPUTING RESOURCES.
Prerequisites
TUDENTS MUST HAVE PASSED A FRENCH LANGUAGE EXAM IN THE FIRST LEVEL UNIVERSITY DEGREE.
Contents
CONTENUTI - ENGLISH
(METHOD BOOK «ALTER EGO PLUS B1 VOL. 3» - «ALTER EGO B2 VOL. 4»):
THE IMAGE IN SOCIAL, PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS: ASK FOR DETAILED INFORMATION BY SIMPLE RELATIVE PRONOUNS, THE HIGHLIGHTING, THE PRESENT / PAST SUBJUNCTIVE.
ONLINE PURCHASES: WRITE A COMPLAINT EMAIL, COMPARISONS, COMPOUND RELATIVE PRONOUNS, SPEECH RELATED TO THE PRESENT / PAST. USING THE INTERNET. THEMATIC GLOSSARY: INTERNET. CULTURAL PRIMER: INTERNET AND SOCIAL NETWORKS.
THE IMPERFECT / PAST TENSE, 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. THE MEDIA LEXICON. THEMATIC GLOSSARY: MEDIA, INTERNET AND SOCIAL NETWORKS., INFORMING AND LEARNING. CULTURAL PRIMER: SOCIAL MEDIA OR NEW MEDIA.
REQUESTING DETAILS BY EMAIL, THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE / GERUND, EXPRESSING THE GOAL, EXPRESSIONS OF TIME TO INDICATE THE DURATION.
SHOWS AND SHOW REVIEWS: PROPOSING A PROGRAM IN AN EMAIL, QUESTIONING, INVERSION, ADVERBS IN -MENT, RELATIVE WITH THE SUBJUNCTIVE.
THE FUTURE SIMPLE / PAST, THE CONDITIONAL PRESENT / PAST, THE HYPOTHESIS, THE PRONOUNS Y / EN.
DOUBT / CERTAINTY, DOUBLE PRONOMINALIZATION AND NEUTRAL PRONOUNS, SITUATING AN EVENT IN A STORY IN THE PAST.
THE INDEFINITES, NEGATIVE SENTENCES, THE TIMES OF NARRATION, INITIATION INTO THE SIMPLE PAST.
INTERVIEW WITH EDGAR MORIN. EVOKE THE PAST, EXPRESS THE RELATIONSHIP OF TIME, RETRACE ITS HISTORY AND ITS JOURNEY. 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. NEW TECHNOLOGIES, INTERVIEW WITH LINGUIST CLAUDE HAGÈGE, INTERVIEW ON GLOBALIZATION.
(BOOK ON STYLISTICS AND RHETORIC «STYLE AND RHETORIC»:
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. THE MEANING NETWORKS, THE NORM AND THE STYLE, THE CALLIGRAMS, THE GRAPHICS.
(FRENCH LINGUISTICS BOOK : ‘ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF CONTEMPORARY FRENCH - TOPICS : NEOLOGY AND PHRASEOLOGY, THE PARTICULARITIES OF SPECIALISED COMMUNICATION. CHAPTERS: 3. WORD FORMATION AND NEOLOGY IN CONTEMPORARY FRENCH: TRENDS AND ISSUES; 6. SPECIALISED COMMUNICATION; 11. CONCLUSION. THE FRENCH OF THE COMING DAYS.
THE TEACHER WILL PROVIDE FURTHER STUDY MATERIAL ON THE SPECIFIC TOPIC RELATING TO DIGITAL HUMANITIES IN FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CONTEXT.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE INCLUDES LECTURES THAT PROPOSE ACTIVITIES IN WHICH COMPLEX SYNTACTIC MECHANISMS ARE PUT INTO PRACTICE TO ORGANISE AND STRUCTURE A TEXT AND A DISCOURSE. THE ACTIVITIES ON VOCABULARY SERVE TO REACTIVATE PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE, THOSE ON GRAMMAR AIM TO DEEPEN THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED IN FRENCH IN THE HUMANISTIC-DIGITAL FIELD. (ABOUT 15 HOURS OF METHOD)
THE COURSE PROVIDES THE TOOLS FOR COMPREHENSION AND PRODUCTION THROUGH SYNTHESIS SKILLS AND CRITICAL WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMENTARY. IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDY OF AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS FOSTERS KNOWLEDGE OF ARGUMENTS, POINTS OF VIEW, CONTRADICTORY ELEMENTS AND PROPOSES CONCEPTUAL PRINCIPLES NECESSARY TO PRODUCE ELABORATE ARGUMENTS. (ABOUT 4 HOURS)
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 THEIR ABILITY TO REFLECT CRITICALLY ON LINGUISTIC, CULTURAL AND HUMANISTIC FRENCH CONTENT.
A PART OF THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON THE STUDY OF FRENCH LINGUISTICS, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TEXTS AND ON THE WORKING METHOD IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS NEEDED TO CARRY OUT THE DIFFERENT DRAFTING TECHNIQUES (BIOGRAPHIE, EXPOSÉ, RAPPORT ÉCRIT, FICHE DE LECTURE).
THE THEMES OF DIGITAL HUMANISTICS WILL BE STUDYED FROM ANALYSIS OF AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS AND REFLECTIONS ON SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF FRENCH DIGITAL HUMANISTICS, THANKS TO SPECIALIST TEXTS THAT CONSIST AS THE TOOLS TO OBSERVE AND ANALYSE THE PATHS OF DIGITAL HUMANISTIC STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE SCIENTIFIC DIMENSION IN THE FRENCH CONTEXT. (ABOUT 11 HOURS FRENCH DIGITAL HUMANITIES)
Verification of learning
THE EXAM AIMS TO ASSESS THE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF COMPLEX LINGUISTIC MECHANISMS RELATED TO FRENCH DIGITAL HUMANITIES. IT CONSISTS OF THE ORAL EXAM AS FOLLOWS:
- VERIFICATION OF MORPHOSYNTACTIC AND LEXICAL KNOWLEDGE BELONGING TO THE DIGITAL SPECIALTY LANGUAGE APPLIED TO HUMAN SCIENCES IN FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CONTEXT;
- CONVERSATION ON THE TOPICS COVERED DURING THE LESSONS THAT THE STUDENT HAS CHOSEN TO STUDY INDEPENDENTLY;
- ABILITY TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS ON SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF FRENCH AT THE SERVICE OF DIGITAL HUMANISTICS.
THERE ARE ONGOING TESTS (2 H - 10 EXERCISES, 1 POINT FOR EACH EXERCISE) 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 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.
THE TEACHER WILL PROVIDE FURTHER STUDY MATERIAL ON THE SPECIFIC TOPIC RELATING TO DIGITAL HUMANITIES.

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 DIGITAL CONTENT APPLIED TO THE HUMAN SCIENCES IN FRENCH LANGUAGE, THE THEORETICAL-METHODOLOGICAL LESSONS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES.
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

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