Study plan

Structure of the Master's State Final Examination:
1/ Written part: translation from French into Czech and elaboration of a free topic in French (it takes place at the end of a shortened semester, it does not interfere with the organization of the MA).
2/ Integrated state final exam (teacher's exam)
competency) includes the following parts:
- French language didactics + psychology + pedagogy
- Linguistics (morphology, syntax, lexicology, language development, stylistics)
- literature (literary movements, children's literature, text samples, reflection on the use of literary texts in teaching).
The student demonstrates knowledge from didactics and from basic pedagogical and psychological disciplines, connects them, integrates them into theoretical contexts and draws practical implications from them. The student prepares for the examination according to the specified topics, supported by professional publications (including the results of pedagogical and psychological research) and a student portfolio (class preparations, video recordings, written self-reflections, seminar papers, portfolio assignments, etc.). Emphasis is placed on the critical grasp of knowledge, its interconnection, its relation to previous pedagogical experience and to the solution of pedagogical-psychological problems in teaching practice.
3/ Student portfolio.
The student will submit to the examining committee a portfolio in Czech and French documenting the knowledge, skills, experience and professional attitudes acquired during their studies at the Faculty of Education and beyond.
4/ The defence of the thesis (if assigned) takes place in French in the presence of the thesis supervisor, the opponent and the members of the examination committee.

The examination in pedagogy and psychology is marked with one evaluation and the examination in didactics, linguistics and literature with one evaluation.

PROPOSAL OF BACHELOR THESIS TOPICS FOR THE NEXT PERIOD:
Analyse des pages web pour l'enseignement/l'apprentissage du FLE
Pédagogie de projet en classe de FLE
Langage familier dans le roman La Guerre des boutons de Louis Pergaud et son adaptation cinématographique - sa traduction en tchèque
Les principes du baroque dans les romans de Sylvie Germain
Le jazz dans le roman policier français
L'image de l'humanité dans le roman Tobie Lolness

Students choose the topic of their final thesis either from the list of topics published by the department's teachers in the MU information system, which is continuously updated, or they choose their own topic, which they consult with the relevant expert at the department.

All diploma theses are stored in the MU archives and published in accordance with the relevant valid Higher Education Act, access to the theses via the MUNI IS information system www.is.muni.cz. After specifying the year of graduation and the department, any thesis defended at Department of French can be viewed.

Example of successfully defended theses as of 2022:
Hossany, Zannouba Banu. L’enseignement du français dans les écoles mauriciennes (Grade 1-Grade 9). (2022, didactic focus of the thesis, which was awarded the Prix Gallica 2023 - 3rd place) https://is.muni.cz/auth/th/uh54m/?fakulta=1441;obdobi=9083;id=23911
Rybář, Tomáš. L‘influence de la philosophie cartésienne sur le domaine scolaire. (2022, filozofické zaměření DP s didaktickou aplikací). https://is.muni.cz/auth/th/jbzij/?fakulta=1441;obdobi=9083;id=23911