Class contents and exam
requirements
French Language (second language)
Code 30232, Learning Path 1
Head Teacher: Prof. Bianca Maria SAN PIETRO
Introduction
pag. 2
Program
pag. 2
Set and recommended textbooks
pag. 4
Exam content and description
pag. 4
Concluding Info
pag. 5
Reference: a.y. 2012/2013/30232/June 2012
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French Course - Code 30232
a.y. 2012/2013/30232/June 2012
FRENCH AS SECOND FOREIGN LANGUAGE
The course is aimed at students who have chosen French as their second foreign language and
runs over one year. Knowledge of the language and the exit level is set at B1 (intermediate).
The course ends in an exam which, once passed, gives the student two credits and which grade
forms part of the overall final degree grade average.
Students can also choose to take a partial exam during the year which, if passed, adds one
thirtieth to the final grade (See “Concluding info”, p. 6).
Please remind that the class group is run if the minimum number of applicants is reached.
Program
The syllabus covers all the units in the set Textbooks. In addition to the classroom teaching
students are also required to complete a self-study program. The activities in this need to be
carried out in conjunction with the class work (up to five hours per week) in order to constantly
reinforce the lessons learnt and prepare for the exam. Students who actively participate in the
course by attending at least 70% of the lessons and completing on time self study program will be
awarded one thirtieth to their final exam grade (See “Concluding info”, p. 6).
Topics/units
A table
Au téléphone
Volume 1
Unità 1 e 2
Vie quotidienne
Tourisme
Volume 1
Unità 3 e 4
Renseignements
Famille
Volume 1
Unità 5 e 6
Santé
Relations
Volume 1
Unità 7 e 8
Tâches
domestiques
Patrimoine
Volume 1
Unità 9 e 10
Immobilier
Lieux publics
Volume 1
Unità 11 e 12
Au bureau
Les gens
Volume 1
Unità 13 e 14
Sport
L’entreprise
Volume 1
Unità 15 e 16
Grammar
Article défini et indéfini
Pronoms personnels sujet
La négation
Présent indicatif de ETRE, AVOIR
et verbes en –ER
Présent indicatif de ALLER,
VENIR, FAIRE, PARTIR,
PRENDRE, VOIR
Le pluriel
Adjectifs possessifs
L’interrogation
Les chiffres jusqu’à 10.000
Pronom indéfini ON
Verbes SAVOIR, POUVOIR,
DEVOIR, VOULOIR
Article partitif
Verbes pronominaux
Gallicismes
Pronoms personnels
Impératif
Gallicismes (suite)
Adverbes
Passé composé
Passé composé des verbes
irréguliers
Gérondif
Accord du participe passé
Pronoms personnels C.O.D.
Indéfinis
Adjectifs irréguliers
Pronoms personnels C.O.D.
et C.O.I.
Adverbes de lieu
Futur et Conditionnel présent
Expressions de temps
Rédiger une lettre, une invitation,
un mél
Self-study program*
P. 14 ex. 4, p. 15 ex. 7, p. 16 ex. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
P. 17 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 22 ex. 3, 4, p. 24 ex. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
P. 25 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 30 ex. 2, 3, p. 31 ex. 8, 9, p. 32 ex. 11, 12,13.
P. 33 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 38 ex. 3 p. 39 ex. 6, 10, p. 40 ex 11, 12
P. 41 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 46 ex. 3, 4, p. 47 ex. 7, p. 48 ex. 11, 12, 13.
P. 49 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 54 ex. 3, 4, p. 55 ex.5, p. 56 es 11, 12, 13. P. 57
Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 62 ex. 4, p. 64 ex. 11, 13, 14,
P. 65 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 70 ex. 4, p. 71 ex. 9, p. 72 es 12, 13, 14. P. 73
Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 78 ex. 2, 3, p. 80 ex. 10, 11,13.
P. 81 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 86 ex. 3, p. 87 ex. 8, p. 88 ex. 10, 11, 12 ,14.
P. 89 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 94 ex. 4, p. 95 ex. 7, p. 96 ex. 10, 11, 12, 13.
P. 97 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 102 ex. 1, 4, p. 104 ex. 11, 12, 13, 14.
P. 105 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 110 ex.5, p.111 ex. 6, p. 112 ex.11,15.
P. 113 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 118 ex. 3, 4, p. 119 ex. 9, p. 120 ex.12, 13, 14.
P. 121 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 126 ex. 3, p. 128 ex. 10, 11, 12, 13.
P. 129 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 134 ex. 4, p. 136 ex. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
P. 137 Evaluez-vous: tout
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Bricolage
Météo
Volume 1
Unità 17 e 18
La fac
La ville
Volume 1
Unità 19 e 20
Contretemps
Habitudes
Volume 2
Unità 1 e 2
Faits divers
Débats
Volume 2
Unità 3 e 4
Comportements
Politique et histoire
Volume 2
Unità 5 e 6
Science et
technologie
Volume 2
Unità 7 e 8
Adjectifs et pronoms démonstratifs
Pronoms Y et EN
La comparaison
Rédiger un article , un message
d’information
Pronoms relatifs invariables
Imparfait
Forme passive
Ecrire à une institution, une
association
Accord du participe passé
Imparfait, passé composé
Quelque chose de, rien de
Ecrire pour une réclamation
Verbes d’opinion
Savoir / connaître
Pronoms personnels doubles
Ecrire un article sur un fait divers
Cause et conséquence
La nominalisation
Verbes suivis d’une préposition
Savoir lire et commenter la presse
Quelques indéfinis
L’opposition
Emploi de l’infinitif
Ecrire à un journal
L’apparence
La vie des autres
Volume 2
Unità 9 e 10
Pronoms relatifs invariables
(révision) et variables
Discours indirect
Plus que parfait
Rédiger un faire part
L’environnement
La gastronomie
Volume 2
Unità 11 e 12
L’hypothèse
Emploi du conditionnel
Préparer un repas ou une recette
de cuisine
Spectacles
Presse et médias
Volume 2
Unità 13 e 14
Expressions de temps
Discorso rapporté
Emploi de “chez”
Connaître et commenter les
articles dans la presse
Gestes
Sentiments et
émotions
Volume 2
Unità 15 e 16
Arts et littérature
Les jeunes
Volume 2
Unità 17 e 18
Economie
Espoirs et rêves
Volume 2
Unità 19 e 20
Participe présent, gérondif
Comparatifs
Emploi du subjonctif
Décrire sentiments et émotions
Emploi du subjonctif (suite)
Pronoms possessifs
Pronoms démonstratifs
Lire et comprendre un article
Les superlatifs
Expressions de but, et de quantité
Rédiger une lettre de candidature
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P. 142 ex. 4, 5 p. 144 ex. 10, 11, 12, 13.
P. 145 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 150 ex. 3, 4, p. 151 ex. 8, p. 152 es 11, 12, 13,
15.
P. 153 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 158 ex. 3, p. 159 ex. 6, p. 160 ex. 10, 11, 13.
P. 161 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 166 ex. 3, 4, p. 167 es 6, p. 168 ex. 9, 10, 11,
12.
P. 169 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 15 ex. 9, 11, p. 16 ex. 13, 15, 17
P. 17 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 22 ex. 4, p. 23 ex. 8, 10, p. 24 ex. 13, 14.
P. 25 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 30 ex.4, p. 31 ex.7, 9, 10, p. 32 ex. 13, 14, 15.
P. 33 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 38 ex. 5 p. 39 ex. 10, 12, 13, p. 40 ex 15, 16, 17.
P. 41 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 46 ex. 5, p. 47 ex. 9, 12, p. 48 ex. 16, 17.
P. 49 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 54 ex. 3, 5, p. 55 ex.9, p. 56 ex 15, 16, p. 57
Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 63 ex.10, 11, p. 64 ex. 17, 18,
P. 65 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 70 ex. 4, p. 71 ex. 8, 9, p. 72 es 13, 14. P. 73
Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 78 ex. 5, p. 79 ex. 11,13, p. 80 ex. 16, 17.
P. 81 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 86 ex. 5 p. 87 ex. 10, 11, p. 88 ex. 16, 17.
P. 89 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 95 ex. 11, 12, p. 96 ex. 16, 17, 18.
P. 97 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 102 ex. 6, p. 103 ex. 11, 13. P. 104 ex. 15, 16.
P. 105 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 110 ex. 6, p. 111 ex. 9, 12, p. 112 ex. 14, 16.
P. 113 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 118 ex. 6, p. 119 ex. 10, 11, p. 120 ex.13, 15,
16.
P. 121 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 126 ex. 2, p. 127 ex. 10, p. 128 ex. 14, 16.
P. 129 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 135 ex. 9, 10, p. 136 ex. 13, 14, 16.
P. 137 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 143 ex. 13, 15 p. 144 ex. 17, 18.
P. 145 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 150 ex. 5, p. 151 ex. 11, p. 152 es 15, 16.
P. 153 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 158 ex. 5, p. 159 ex. 11, p. 160 ex. 14, 15, 16.
P. 161 Evaluez-vous: tout
P. 166 ex. 5, p. 167 es 12, p. 168 ex. 15, 16.
P. 169 Evaluez-vous: tout
Units refer to C. Miquel, Vite et bien 1 e 2, (see “set textbooks”)
Students are also advised to complete the self-correcting exercises provided in Club Forum, an online course to be found at: www.club-forum.com. In particular, students should do at least one
exercise per each grammar and vocabulary topic in every lesson. Each lesson on the website
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corresponds exactly to the lesson contained in the course program. On the site’s home page,
entering “Testez-vous”, users can choose which topics in the exercises they wish to cover. Once
the exercises are completed, they can be corrected using “Corrigez”.
Set textbooks:
-C. Miquel, Vite et bien 1 e 2, Edizioni CLE INTERNATIONAL
-M. Grégoire, Grammaire progressive du Français, niveau intermédiaire, Edizioni CLE INTERNATIONAL
B1 Exam
Knowledge is assessed by one of the following methods, among which students can choose:
• international certification from among those recognized by the University (see
www.unibocconi.eu > Language Center > Language Certificates ), or
• Bocconi exam, which corresponds, like international certificates, to the Common European
Framework standards.
The exam consists of a written paper and an oral exam. Both need to be passed for the grade to
count towards the final average. In order to take the oral exam, it is necessary to:
• pass the written exam (minimum mark 18/30)
• have a test score that hasn’t expired, i.e. that is still valid (see Written Exam, Validity)
Students can choose to retake the written exam before the taking the oral exam but must
remember that handing in their paper annuls any previous grade.
Students must enroll for the exam via the Punto Blu.
Written exam
The written exam is divided in two parts, the first is listening, the second reading comprehension.
The final grade is the total score from the two in thirtieths.
Bilingual dictionaries can be used.
Duration of the exam: 120 minutes
Description of exam stages
Listening to 1st
Pause
passage
Listening to 2nd Pause
passage
repeat listening to first longer pause while exercises are
passage
completed
Repeat listening to 2nd 120 minutes for the completion of the
passage
written exam
Contents of exam
First part Listening to short messages and news: announcements, surveys, extracts from radio
programs
Objective Check candidates’ ability to:
-to identify the subject matter, how it is communicated and the opinion expressed in a
brief listening passage
- to write a text using information extracted from the listening and reworking it
according to the instructions given
10/30
Exam
1.Sentence completion and/or tables; true/false questions; multiple choice
answers
5/30
2. Writing a short text (introduction, titles, captions) for graphs and/or tables,
e-mail, letter, fax, memo, on a given topic
Second
Reading comprehension of one or more authentic texts, possibly also containing
part
graphs, tables, images
Objective Checking candidates’:
- ability to understand texts;
- ability to write structured texts according to instructions given.
Exam
1. True/False questions, multiple choice answers, open and/or closed 5/30
questions
10/30
2. Writing a text (letter, short report, memorandum)
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Validity
The written exam is valid a limited amount of time:
• if passed by 31st May 2013, it is valid for the 3 subsequent oral exams
• if passed from 1st June 2013, it is valid for the 3 subsequent oral exams, and it is also valid
for the subsequent 12 months but there is a penalty that must be paid (see Oral Exam,
Validity)
Oral exam
There are two parts to the oral exam: presentation and discussion. The student presents a recent
article (Italian or French press) which relates to one of the topics contained in the course.
It is indispensable that the above-mentioned items are prepared thoroughly for the oral exam and
students are advised to prepare themselves well in advance of the date. Details on how to prepare
for the exam are to be found on line in the library for each language (Bocconi e-learning platform)
or at: www.unibocconi.it/centrolinguistico in Laboratori linguistici > Materiali di autoapprendimento
on-line.
Duration of the exam: 15 minutes
Description of exam stages
Presentation
Discussion
Self-presentation
Carrying out the task given in the exam (10-12 minutes)
Discussion of the topic presented led by the examiners
using ad hoc questions.
Validity
The oral exam can only be taken once you have passed the written exam (see Written Exam).
Students will be assessed in terms of their practical ability to communicate. During the oral exam
marks can be added to or subtracted from the written exam result in the following way:
• by +3 or -3, if the oral exam is passed within the 3 oral exams subsequent to the written
exam
• by +1 or -3, if the oral exam is passed after the first 3 subsequent oral exams, but still by 12
months subsequent to the written exam (this option is possible only for students who take
the written exam after 1st June 2013).
Concluding info
The assessment of language skills depends both on the result of the final exam and on marks
awarded during the year.
Students who pass the exam (minimum 18/30) can be awarded extra points, up to 3/30.
These points have limited time validity and will be will be added to the final grade by the teacher,
as follows:
1. Positive participation in the course
2. Partial exam
3. Final exam passed on the first time it is taken
Any additional points are allocated by the teacher at the end of the course depending on students’
attendance and active participation as determined in class and on line in each language’s Library
on the Bocconi e-learning platform: These points are valid for a limited duration as specified in the
following.
1. Positive participation in the course and self-study activities
Following a positive participation in the course an extra point can be added to the final grade by the
teacher as follows:
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Activity
Attendance to at least 70% of the lessons +
completion on time of the self-study program
Extra points
1/30
Validity
7 months (from June to
December, inclusive)
2. Partial exam
The “partial exam” consists of a written test.
It is optional and all students enrolled in the 3rd year (attending lessons and not) can take the
exam. It takes place once a year at the end of the first semester (the date can be checked on the
exam timetable). All students must enroll via the Punto Blu.
Activity
Partial exam
passed
Extra points
1/30
Validity
7 months (from June to December, inclusive)
Description of exam stages
The exam covers the topics of the course book Vite et bien (volume 1) and verifies students’ ability
in oral and written comprehension.
Duration of the exam: 60 minutes
Neither mono- nor bi-lingual dictionaries can be used.
First part
Second part
Grammar exercises consisting in multiple choice answers,
completion, transformation on the topics of the course book
Vocabulary exercises, multiple choice answers, completion, cloze
test and writing of a short report.
The final grade is expressed by “pass” or “fail”; the extra points will be awarded in case of positive
result (“pass”).
3. Final exam passed on the first time it is taken
In order to reward students who sit for the exam only when really prepared, an extra point will be
added to the final grade if they enroll to the exam and hand it in for the first time, pass the exam
(minimum 18/30) and take the oral exam on the first available date subsequent to the written exam.
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