SUNY Oswego Summer French Language and Civilization Program
At the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Faculty of Art and Humanities
Course Syllabus
Three classes are offered: French for beginner, Intermediate French, and Advanced French. Students will
take a placement exam to determine proper level. Special courses and internship are offered for students
wishing to become teachers of French language. Classes are small groups of 15 students in each
classroom.
Title: FRENCH FOR BEGINNERS (6 credits)
Course includes in-class teaching plus laboratories.
I- Aims:
To develop the student's knowledge of written and spoken French through progressive development of
listening, writing, speaking and reading skills
To understand spoken French at an elementary or post elementary level
To enable the student to use situational French in everyday situations
Il - Indicative Content
Listening for gist
Listening for specific vocabulary
Drills on grammatical structures
Structural exercises on pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, adjectives, adverbs and
common verbs in the present, past, future and conditional tenses, modals
Reading from documents devised for elementary and post elementary students
pertaining to French environment and daily social life.
Laboratory drills
Title : INTERMEDIATE FRENCH (6 credits)
Prerequisite : Basic knowledge of French
Course includes in-class teaching plus special classes with emphasis on writing, speaking, Civilization,
Literature and preparation for a higher level of education in French.
I - Aims:
To develop the student's knowledge of written and spoken French
To understand and respond to spoken French in everyday situations
Broaden students' knowledge of everyday life in France
To acquire new vocabulary and develop new grammatical structure.
Il-Indicative Content
Laboratory exercises in:
Listening for specific vocabulary;
Listening for gist
Drills on grammatical structures
Development of discourse functions such as description, instruction, narration and
explanation
Reading from documents related to French environment and daily social life.
Short presentations on local environment
Title : ADVANCED FRENCH (6 credits)
I - Aims:
To revise and practice student's knowledge of written and spoken French at an advanced level
To give the student opportunity to give presentations on technical subjects
Broaden the student's knowledge of French culture
Develop and improve, oral, and written skills, the teaching method brings together closely the French
language with the French civilization
Intermediate and Advanced French: 10 hours of class-room teaching plus 10 hours of special classes with
emphasis on writing, speaking, Civilization, Literature and preparation for higher level education.
Il-Indicative Content
Study of texts from the press
Discussions
Presentations
Laboratory exercises:
Listening for Gist
Listening for specific vocabulary
Repetition drills