Practical French Language Learning - Grammar 3304-2D1O-PNJF-GRAM
List of topics and subjects:
1. Awareness of language functioning – terminological awareness: knowledge of grammatical terms in French.
2. Articles – their usage and their various semantic values.
3. Use of prepositions and prepositional phrases in specific semantic contexts, e.g. à cause de / grâce à / en raison de, dans la marge de / en marge de, dans l’ombre / à (de) l’ombre; changes in prepositions in active and passive constructions (e.g. obliger / être obligé).
4. Use of personal pronouns as direct object, indirect object, and adverbial complement. Use of double pronouns in affirmative, negative, and imperative forms.
5. Use of relative pronouns dont / duquel.
6. Selected grammatical homophones, e.g. leur / leurs, pourquoi / pour quoi, quoique / quoi que.
7. The “competition” between the indicative and subjunctive moods – their use after specific verbs (e.g. paraître / sembler) in different forms (affirmative / negative) and in various polysemous expressions, e.g. de façon que / de manière que / de sorte que.
8. Use of conditional sentences in French and Polish (including less typical structures, e.g. si + imparfait + conditionnel passé) – a comparative approach.
9. Specific variants of negation in French: placement of negation, pas encore / jamais, toujours / souvent / jamais, ne ... guère, ne ... point, the structure si ne ..., and the particular behavior of negation with verbs such as pouvoir, cesser, oser, savoir + infinitive.
10. Polysemous nature of selected words and expressions: ailleurs / par ailleurs / d’ailleurs; ça / cela / ceci; (ce) à quoi; si / tellement / tant; aussi / autant; aussi vs aussi; d’où vs d’où; peu et un peu; placement of peut-être and changes in meaning.
Classes will be supplemented with selected topics raised by students during the course.
Course coordinators
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Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
- The student knows and understands grammatical terminology in French in depth and is able to identify Polish equivalents of French grammatical terms.
- The student knows and understands selected grammatical issues of the French language in depth, including both the consolidation of knowledge corresponding to B2 level and the mastery of more detailed issues corresponding to C1–C2 levels.
- The student correctly uses French grammatical structures in communication at C2 level.
- The student consistently monitors the grammatical correctness of their own utterances and independently corrects errors.
- The student takes on different roles during teamwork while performing complex conceptual tasks in French grammar, such as analyzing source texts related to the use of a given structure or analyzing language corpora.
Assessment criteria
During the semester, there will be two written tests. The requirement for passing the course is to obtain:
a) at least 51% of the points from test no. 1,
b) at least 61% of the points from test no. 2.
Grade thresholds:
60–68%: 3
69–75%: 3.5
76–83%: 4
84–89%: 4.5
90–97%: 5
98–100%: 5!
A condition for passing the course is also active participation in all activities carried out during classes, including tasks performed individually and in small groups.
The student is allowed two absences during the semester.
Bibliography
- Delatour Y., Jennepin D., Léon-Dufour M., Teyssier B. (dowolne wydanie), Nouvelle Grammaire du Français. Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne. Paris : Hachette.
- Fougerouse M.-Ch., Kamber A., Pellat J.-Ch. (coord.) (2021 lub kolejne wydania), Grammaire du français. FLE C1-C2 Perfectionnement. Louvain-la-Neuve : De Boeck Supérieur.
- Grémy A. (2017), Grammaire française de A à Z. Paris : Ellipses.