French as a Second Language

Capacity for the first semester 2024-2025: 2 groups of 25 students (one on each campus)
Capacity for the second semester 2024-2025: 1 group of 25 students on the Hannah Arendt Campus

Possible pre-requisites: Master the French language orally. Students should have no difficulties in oral comprehension and production. The emphasis will be on written French.

This UEO is reserved for foreign students who have a good knowledge of spoken French, because it is practised in their country of origin, but who are less proficient in written French.

Students must register for this UEO online on their Digital Working Environment (ENT) or with their pedagogical secretary

Objective and content :

- understand a topic (identify key words),
- master the basics of written French and the grammatical and spelling rules needed to write the academic papers required at university (verb/subject agreement, adjective/noun agreement, simple and simple compound sentences (simple and compound relative pronouns, conjugations (tenses and modes)).
- know how to write a piece of writing required in the context of their studies,
- Knowing the standards required when presenting an assignment, a report, a presentation...
- know how to write an academic paper in a structured way (introduction, structured plan, conclusion),
- master the structures needed to highlight an argument (argumentative connectors, argumentative structure, etc.).

The emphasis is on written expression. Teaching will be based on real-life situations that students will encounter during their course.

• Registration 1st semester : from 09.09.24 to 27.09.24
• Course timetable :

- Group 1 site H. Arendt (city centre) - Code T-U11-9223 with Mrs Véronique PATURAUT: Mondays from 1pm to 2.30pm in room 1W08 Closed from 07/10/24
- Group 2 site JH Fabre (Agroparc) - Code T-U11-9225 with Mr Radoine KHATTAL: Thursdays from 5.30pm to 7pm in room AGRB020

• Start of the course The week of 16 September 2024 up to and including the week of 9 December 2024 or the week of 16 December 2024 if the teacher is absent or on a public holiday, for example, during the semester.

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• Registration 2nd semester From 27 January to 14 February 2025

• Course timetable :
  - One group - Site H. Arendt (city centre) - Code T-U11-9224 with Lucile LEONARD, Wednesdays from 1pm to 2.30pm in room 1W08
• Start of the course Course dates: week of 3 February 2025 to week of 5 May 2025 inclusive. Possibility of doing the last course in the week of 12 May 2025 if previously absent or on a public holiday.