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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
FLES0005-1  Linguistics applied to Teaching French as a Foreign or Second Language

Duration :  30h Th
Number of credits :  
Master in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : French as a Second Language, Professional Focus, 1st yearFirst semester5
Master in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General, Professional Focus in French as a Second Language (réforme du master PMFRAN), 1st yearFirst semester4,5
Lecturer :  Jean‑Marc Defays
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
The first part of the course introduces the theories (structural, pragmatic, enunciative) and the linguistic tools with respect to the language teaching, regardless of the level of the descriptive, generative or contrastive linguistics, of the socio-linguistics (status and functions of languages) or of psycholinguistics (learning strategies).

The different aspects of language teaching/learning are then considered:

  • phonetics,
  • semantics,
  • syntax,
  • textuality,
at both the comprehension and the production levels.

Finally, we stress the theoretical foundations and didactic implications of the communicative and interactionist approaches proposed by contemporary linguistics.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
Analyze critically with the participants the different theories and branches of applied linguistics on which foreign French language teaching rely for developing its teaching and training methods.


In this way, the participants are given the necessary linguistic foundation to develop their educational competences.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
First semester, Tuesdays from 1:30 to 5:30 pm, room to be announced.
Recommended or required readings :  
Course syllabus is available; students will receive copy of the slides used during the slides.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Oral and/or written exam, and/or individual project, depending on the participants' projects.
Session : January
Organizational remarks :  
Throughout the presentation of the theory, the students are expected to participate actively in the discussions provoked and the practical exercises and case studies that are put to them.

An alternative programme may be suggested to students who are unable to attend the course.
Contacts :  
Prof. Jean-Marc DEFAYS
Institut Supérieur des Langues Vivantes
Université de Liège
Place du 20-Août, 7
B-4000 Liège
Email : jmdefays@ulg.ac.be
Phone : ++ 32 (0)4 366 55 20
Fax : ++ 32 (0)4 366 58 55


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