FJ1007 French Methodology for Specific Purposes

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Ing. Mgr. Hana Delalande (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petra Suquet, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petra Suquet, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of French Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Barbora Hůrková
Supplier department: Department of French Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
Expected entry level of French is B2+.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to learn how to analyze the context of teaching French for specific purposes (needs, goals, constraints) and to create a curriculum designed for the given context. We will see the extent of this field of didactics and its development and solutions of several concrete examples illustrated in case studies.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course students will understand the French for specific purposes topic, will be able to create their own educational program and teaching material, to apply the methodology in practice and to comprehend possible issues in international context.
Syllabus
  • 1. French for specific purpose (FOS) 2. Needs analysis 3. Data collection 4. Data analysis and development of teaching materials 5. Preparation of students to take courses in French-speaking countries (FOU) 6. FOS in European context (sharing of good practice with foreign universities)
Literature
    required literature
  • MANGIANTE, Jean-Marc and Chantal PARPETTE. Le français sur objectif spécifique : de l'analyse des besoins à l'élaboration d'un cours. [Paris]: Hachette, français langue étrangère, 2017, 159 stran. ISBN 9782011553829. info
    recommended literature
  • MANGIANTE, Jean-Marc and Chantal PARPETTE. Le FOS aujourd'hui. Bruxelles: Peter Lang, 2022. Champs didactiques plurilingues. ISBN 978-2-8076-1784-1. info
  • SOWA, Magdalena. Enseigner le Français sur Objectifs Spécifiques : de la théorie à la pratique. Lublin: Wydawnictzo Werset, 2014. info
  • CARRAS, Catherine, Jacqueline TOLAS, Patricia KOHLER and Elisabeth SZILAGYI. Le français sur Objectifs Spécifiques et la classe de langue. Paris: CLE International, 2007. info
  • CHALLE, Odile. Enseigner le français de spécialité. Paris: Economica, 2002. info
Teaching methods
Seminar. Presentations. Discussion.
Assessment methods
Basic course ending: credit - active seminar participation, continuous tasks completion and seminar work (A - simulation of French for specific purposes course design / needs analysis or B - analysis of a "FOS" textbook)
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
In case the student spends the term abroad, the student contacts the course teacher before departure to make arrangements: (a) whether the course can be recognised as a 'course for course' (in which case he/she will provide the teacher with a description of the content of the course that he/she wishes to take at the foreign university) and then informs the Erasmus+ Coordinator (b) how he/she will be able to complete the course individually during his/her stay abroad or upon his/her return.
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2024, recent)
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