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Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
FLES0002-5  Didactics and methodology of French as a Foreign or Second Language (CEFLES)

Duration :  25h Th, 5h Pr
Number of credits :  
Certificate of university for teaching French as a foreign language or second language3
Lecturer :  Jean-Marc Defays
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
The course provides a systematic presentation of the various vehicles and components of teaching French as a foreign and second language:

  • the subject matter of this course (language, communication, culture, etc.),
  • its players (the learners, the teacher, etc.),
  • its methods (grammar/translation, structural/behaviourist, communicative, etc.)
  • its objectives and its goals (and their evaluation, etc.)
  • its circumstances (place, institution, conditions in which it takes place), etc.
The course introduces both the principles of foreign language learning, in particular French, and practical in-class teaching methods (verbal interactions, notional and functional approaches, per project; lesson planning and organization; etc.)
Learning outcomes of the course :  
Analyze critically with the participants theories and methods of teaching French as a foreign and second language as well as the conditions in which the language is taught.

Train the participants on the principles and practice of language classroom management to prepare or improve them for the profession of teaching French as a foreign or second language in its rich variety.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Some knowledge and/or experience in linguistics and/or teaching.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
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.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
November 4th to December 16th, Tuesdays from 05:00 to 09:00 pm, Petit Physique.
Recommended or required readings :  
DEFAYS, Jean-Marc, Le Français langue étrangère et seconde: enseignement et apprentissage, Sprimont, Mardaga, 2003, "Psychologie et sciences humaines".
Use will also be made of audiovisual and multimedia material according to the themes taken up and the needs.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Written and/or oral exam. Evaluation of the in-school training (and possibly an individual project, depending on the participants' projects).
Session : January
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
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
Deborah MEUNIER, assistante dmeunier@ulg.ac.be



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