French in practice - applied grammar 3304-1DP2O-PNJF-GS
Detailed topics of the class:
- noun determiners (genitives and pronouns) - their functions, semantic values and equivalents,
- demonstrative adjectives and nouns,
- possessive adjectives and nouns,
- indefinite pronouns,
- simple and compound relative pronouns,
- personal pronouns (direct and indirect object pronouns, "en" and "y", the use of double pronouns, the place of pronouns in different types of sentences),
- adverbs ending in "-ment" and selected irregular forms,
- modes: infinitive, indicatif, subjonctif, conditionnel, participle,
- functions of subjonctif and conditionnel,
- use, co-occurrence and correspondence of past tenses: passé composé, imparfait, plus-que-parfait,
- use, co-occurrence and correspondence of future tenses: futur simple, futur antérieur,
- concordance of past participle,
- active and passive voice,
- dependent speech in the present and past tense,
- verb syntax,
- various forms of expressing temporal and logical relationships in a compound and simple sentence: cause, effect, objective, consent, condition, etc., and the conjunctions which express these relationships,
- selected grammatical stylistic devices (e.g. nominalization, use of gérondif)
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
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Learning outcomes
After completing the grammar course in the second year, the student can:
- be fluent in the use of grammatical terminology in French,
- analyze the linguistic context and notice regularities and irregularities in the use of linguistic forms, also notice and correct incorrect forms,
- compare linguistic forms, their functioning in Polish and French,
- generalize communicative situations requiring the use of certain forms, e.g. genitives,
- actively apply the learned grammatical forms in typical situations,
- transfer the learned forms to new, uncommon communication situations.
Assessment criteria
- evaluation of CONTINUOUS work, participation and activity (for which a bonus may be awarded) of the student during the semester/year
- evaluation on the basis of tests (3 semester long tests + 2-3 short tests and short written statements)
- semester grades constitute 50% of the final grade (entered in the Examination record in USOS)
- for all papers, a satisfactory grade is 60% of the points
Threshold 60% Grade USOS
60-70 % 3
71-76 3,5
77-86 4
87-92 4,5
93-100 5 and 5 !
The requirements will be detailed at the first class in each group
Bibliography
Textbooks:
- Supryn-Klepcarz M., Repetytorium gramatyczne z języka francuskiego, Warsaw: PWN, 2010.
Basic sets of exercises:
- Brun C. Morsel M. H. Richou C., L'Exercisier , Presses universitaires de Grenoble.
- Akyüz A., Bazelle-Shahmaei B., Bonenfant J., Gliemann M.F., Les exercices de grammaire niveau A2, Paris: Hachette, 2006.
- Caquineau- Gündüz M-P., Daelatour Y. , Jannepin D., Lesage-Langot F., Les exercices de grammaire niveau B1, Paris: Hachette, 2005.
- Marie-Pierre Caquineau-Gündüz , Les 500 exercices de grammaire B2 ; Hachette 2007.
- Serijol E., Renaud D., Grammaire - 450 nouveaux exercices / niveau intermédiaire, Clé International, Paris, any edition.
... and others, and own materials.
Additional information
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