French 2

The course aims to enable students to reflect on the formal and semantic structure of French lexicon: recognizing simple and constructed lexical units, being aware of lexical creation processes and loan words; distinguishing between polysemy and homonymy, recognizing the main tropes underlying changes of meaning, analyzing key semantic relationships. Seminar objectives: - to consolidate aural comprehension skills: listening and understanding of contemporary audiovisual documents in standard French (films, documentaries, television broadcasts); (guided) comprehension of French lessons / lectures with argumentative structure; - to consolidate oral production skills: clear and correct oral expression from the point of view of morphosyntax and pronunciation; active participation in conversations / interactions in French on familiar topics (also with reference to texts and films covered by the program); - to consolidate reading comprehension skills: reading and understanding of news articles / dossiers in standard French on current issues, recognizing the author's attitudes / points of view; reading and understanding contemporary fiction and non-fiction texts; - to consolidate writing skills: drafting clear, detailed texts with the help of a monolingual dictionary, using linguistically correct French with relevant lexical choices.

Lectures Knowledge: students are able to reflect on French grammatical structures and in particular on complex sentences; they know the basics of French lexicology. Skills: students are able to analyze - including in a contrastive way - the characteristics of French complex phrases, and to master their use to improve written and oral production; they will also expand their active and passive lexical competence. Skills acquired through Seminars: - aural comprehension: ability to listen to and understand contemporary audiovisual texts in standard French (films, documentaries, television broadcasts); ability to follow (with guidance) French lessons / lectures with argumentative structure; - oral production: expressing oneself orally in a clear and correct manner from the point of view of morphosyntax and pronunciation; actively participate in conversations / interactions in French on familiar topics (also with reference to texts and films covered by the program); - reading comprehension: reading and understanding news articles / dossiers in standard French on current issues recognizing the author's attitudes / points of view; reading and understanding contemporary fiction and non-fiction texts; - written production: knowing how to write short clear and detailed texts with the help of a monolingual dictionary, using linguistically correct French with relevant lexical choices.