Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The first part of the course is an introduction to principles, perspectives and objectives of linguistics, from the standpoint of its applications in the areas of acquisition, learning, and teaching of languages.
The second part presents contributions and debates in psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics concerning acquisition, learning and teaching of languages, arriving at principles and options in the didactic of languages.
The third part is devoted to communicative and sociolinguistic conditions of acquisition, learning and teaching of languages, including context of use, norms and variants, and the status of a language and its functions, in particular in a plurilinguistic context.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
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, hybrid learning)
First semester, Tuesdays from 2:00 to 4:00 pm, Bât. A1, Salle Wittert.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
Course syllabus is available at the Presses Universitaires de Liège.
DEFAYS J.-M., Dico-tomies. Digressions linguistiques et autres extrapolations, Murmure des soirs, 2020
DEFAYS J.-M., coll. de MEUNIER D., Singularité et pluralité des langues, des groupes et des individus. Babel et Frankenstein, L'Harmattan, 2015
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Oral exam on a publication or on a personal project about linguistics (to be announced)
Written exam as a multiple choice test.
Session : January
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course could be organized partly at distance and/or in small groups depending on the circumstances.
Contacts
Prof. Jean-Marc DEFAYS
Institut Supérieur des Langues Vivantes
Université de Liège (L3)
Rue de Pitteurs, 18
B-4020 Liège
Email : jmdefays@uliege.be
Tél. : 04 366 55 20
Fax : 04 366 58 55
Contact : Sylvie ROMANCIDE
Email : sromancide@uliege.be
Tél. : 04 366 55 17