2017-2018 / FLES0012-2

Practical issues related to the Teaching of French as a Foreign and Second Language

Duration

15h Th, 30h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : French as a foreign language (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : general (120 ECTS)4 crédits 
 University certificate for teaching French as a foreign language or second language3 crédits 

Lecturer

Jean-Marc Defays, Marielle Maréchal

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course tackles various educational issues that brought up daily in teaching French as a foreign or second language, for example:

  • the first lesson,
  • phonetics,
  • evaluation of level of ability and particular needs of learners,
  • supervision of written activities,
  • supervision of oral activities,
  • vocabulary,
  • conversation tables,
  • critical utilisation of manuals,
  • and so on

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Allowing the participants, who are introduced to this form of instruction (in particular during training periods) or who would like to improve, to contemplate constructively and coherently the various elements and activities of French as a foreign or a second language courses, and to acquire practical skills in these many fields.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Some knowledge and/or experience in linguistics and/or teaching.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

This course is given in the form of a seminar in which the students are expected to participate actively. Practical exercises and case studies are frequently used, and outside specialists are often invited to speak.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Saturdays 30/09, 14/10, 04/11, 25/11, 16/12/2016 from 9h30 to 12h30, in the room "Moyen Physique", building A1. For Q2, the dates will be : 10/02/2018, 03/03, 24/03, 21/04 and 05/05, in the same classroom at the same schedule.

Recommended or required readings

Various bibliographic documents and references are communicated to the participants throughout the course.

Assessment methods and criteria

Attendance at and participation in seminars; writing three contributions, one or two at the end of the first semester and one or two at the end of the second semester, on two topics proposed in the seminars.     Session : June

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Not possible

Contacts

Marielle Maréchal -
Institut Supérieur des Langues Vivantes Université de Liège Place du 20-Août, 7 B-4000 Liège Email : mmarechal@ulg.ac.be Phone : ++ 32 (0)4 366 54 89 Fax : ++ 32 (0)4 366 58 55