French

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Language name: FrenchFrançais
Language family: Indo-European, Romance, West Italo-Romance, North Gallo-Romance.
Region: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Canada and several African and Polynesian countries.


Department: French
URL Department: http://www.frans.leidenuniv.nl
Lecturers: K. Sanchez, I. van de Calseyde, A. Schulte Nordholt, P.J. Smith


Course description: Oral Command of the Language 1 (=MTV1)
The course consists of the following parts:
  • grammaire et vocabulaire (Outils)
  • speaking and listening (Oral)
  • phonetics
Oral Command of the Language 2 (=MTV2)
The course consists of the following parts:
  • grammaire et vocabulaire (Outils)
  • speaking and listening (Oral)
Oral Command of the Language 3 (=MTV3)
The course consists of the following parts:
  • grammaire et vocabulaire (Outils)
  • speaking and listening (Oral)
Written Command of the Language 1 (=STV1)
The course consists of the following parts:
  • grammaire et vocabulaire (Outils)
  • reading and writing skills (Ecrit)
Written Command of the Language 2 (=STV2)
The course consists of the following parts:
  • grammaire et vocabulaire (Outils)
  • reading and writing skills (Ecrit)
Written Command of the Language 3 (=STV3)
The course consists of the following parts:
  • grammaire et vocabulaire (Outils)
  • reading and writing skills + translation practise f-d (Ecrit)
Oral Command of the Language 4 (=STV4)
The course consists of the following parts:
  • grammaire et vocabulaire
  • speaking and listening
  • argumentation skills, presenting, evaluating
Written Command of the Language 4 (=STV4)
The course consists of the following parts:
  • grammaire et vocabulaire
  • translation skills Dutch-French
Language Skills 5 (=TV5)
The course consists of the following parts:
  • Final fluency exam, to be prepared through self-study.
  • Introductory course on translation, followed by group translation Dutch-French and French-Dutch.
Dissertation I
After an introductory class on the structure of argumentative texts, students do some writing exercises as extensions to the course 'écrit'. After this the students produce papers in French, of which the structure and argumentation, as well as accuracy of citations and references, are carefully checked. The papers are discussed in class and then corrected and rewritten.
Dissertation II
In this course, which follows up on exercises from the first year, the student learns to write argumentative texts about literary subjects (from a reading list).
Total duration: 5 semesters
Course frequency: The courses are taught every year.


Speaking Year 1Year 2Year 3
Credit (in ECTS): 1244 included in Reading/Writing
Highest course level: Listening C1, Speaking B2
Reading/Writing Year 1Year 2Year 3
Credit (in ECTS): 1684 together with speaking
Highest course level: REading C1, Writing B2
Course hours in total: 22110412


Class types: Tutorials.
Examination types: Written and oral.
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