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French 7

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
French 7
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
European Civil Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2019
Module code: DFBCE-702
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
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ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
4
Semester: 7
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
French
Assessment:
Written exam (50%) and tests (50%)

[updated 08.08.2024]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

DFBCE-702 European Civil Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2019 , semester 7, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
The total student study time for this course is 120 hours.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
DFBCE-602 French 6


[updated 28.03.2024]
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Dr. Julia Frisch
Lecturer: Dr. Julia Frisch

[updated 09.08.2020]
Learning outcomes:
Proficiency - After successfully completing this module, students will:
•        have attained language skills at the upper C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
•        be familiar with the relevant grammar, the general basic and advanced vocabulary of French and most of the vocabulary from their own subject area
  
Skills - After successfully completing this module, students will be able to:
•        understand the global and detailed information in difficult texts - including the implications they contain - on concrete and abstract topics
•        follow complex technical discussions in their own specialist area objectively and communicatively
•        communicate with a highly diverse range of linguistic means so that they can hold conversations with native speakers in an idiomatic, communicatively appropriate manner and without any noticeable hesitation
•        express themselves in writing on a wide range of general and selected technical language topics in a highly comprehensible and communicatively adequate manner
•        give job-oriented and subject-specific presentations and prepare the associated written materials in a linguistically appropriate and largely error-free manner
  
  
Competences - After successfully completing this module, students will:
•        have developed a sensitivity to the intercultural characteristics of francophone countries for the successful organization of a variety of relevant communication situations in daily (professional) life
•        be able to engage with the intercultural differences in francophone countries and to interact there successfully and without any communication problems

[updated 08.08.2024]
Module content:
•        Maintaining the extensive general vocabulary of French acquired at earlier learning levels
•        Continuing to build on the extensive vocabulary acquired to date in the field of engineering and technology
•        Continuing to study relevant chapters of advanced French grammar in greater depth and analyzing them in terms of their potential for use in specialized language
•        Developing a strong and sustainable ability to communicate in a specialized field in order to conduct challenging discussions, give presentations and write highly sophisticated texts
•        Continued improvement of reading and listening comprehension through appropriate exercises

[updated 08.08.2024]
Teaching methods/Media:
•        Use a wide range of media: Television and video, radio, press, computer-based interactivity
•        Partner work, group work and role playing
•        Presentations and short talks by students
•        Presentations by the lecturer
•        Plenary and group discussions
•        The goal is to enable authentic foreign language communication.

[updated 08.08.2024]
Recommended or required reading:
Teaching materials compiled by the lecturer

[updated 08.08.2024]
 
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