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This course is for beginners at A1 level. Students will learn to understand simple and easy situations in daily life and be able to communicate with French speakers on limited topics and at a slow pace. In this course, we use Agenda 1 (Hachette) as our textbook. This book aims at promoting collaborative work through task-based learning. This Spring semester will cover from Jour 1 to Jour 5 (“jour” means lesson).
This course is specially designed for students who want to learn French but wish to do so in a slower and relaxed pace. The class meets twice a week.
The course is co-taught by two instructors: a native French instructor and Japanese instructor.
This course is for beginners at A1 level. Students will learn to understand simple and easy situations in daily life and be able to communicate with French speakers on limited topics and at a slow pace.
In this course, we do not use textbooks. Each one of the four instructors works on a specific task (cultural background comprehension, structure of French, conversational skills, and re-applying the acquired skill) to construct each session, according to the interests of students.
Intensive French 2 provides the basic skills for A1-A2 level learners of French. Students will learn to understand simple and short sentences in familiar situations and will be able to communicate with French speakers in daily situations. Students will also be able to explain problems by using easy vocabulary.
This course is for beginners at A1 level. Students will learn to understand simple and easy situations in daily life and be able to communicate with French speakers on limited topics and at a slow pace.
In this course, we do not use textbooks. Each one of the four instructors works on a specific task (cultural background comprehension, structure of French, conversational skills, and re-applying the acquired skill) to construct each session, according to the interests of students.
Intensive French 2 provides the basic skills for A1-A2 level learners of French. Students will learn to understand simple and short sentences in familiar situations and will be able to communicate with French speakers in daily situations. Students will also be able to explain problems by using easy vocabulary.
This course is for beginners at A1 level. Students will learn to understand simple and easy situations in daily life and be able to communicate with French speakers on limited topics and at a slow pace.
In this course, we do not use textbooks. Each one of the four instructors works on a specific task (cultural background comprehension, structure of French, conversational skills, and re-applying the acquired skill) to construct each session, according to the interests of students.
Intensive French 2 provides the basic skills for A1-A2 level learners of French. Students will learn to understand simple and short sentences in familiar situations and will be able to communicate with French speakers in daily situations. Students will also be able to explain problems by using easy vocabulary.
This course is for beginners at A1 level. Students will learn to understand simple and easy situations in daily life and be able to communicate with French speakers on limited topics and at a slow pace. In this course, we use Agenda 1 (Hachette) as our textbook. This book aims at promoting collaborative work through task-based learning. This Spring semester will cover from Jour 1 to Jour 5 (“jour” means lesson).
This course is designed to help students acquire through various activities an in-depth knowledge of citizenship within intercultural situations and specifically French-speaking cultures.
The world is heading towards a multicultural society. This trend exerts a direct or indirect influence not only on big cities and cyberspace, but also on local life. In order to better understand the situation abroad, to enrich individual lives, to satisfy various needs, to think and make decisions on our own, and to realize the dreams and hopes of ourselves and society, we must understand the ongoing transformation of society and citizens and face changes in values.
The main purpose of studying foreign languages at university is to deepen our understanding of different lifestyles, social issues, language, historical facts, and thought through fieldwork and hermeneutic approaches. In recent years, not only the humanities but also the natural and applied sciences such as life history research and space archaeology have achieved remarkable results. It provides a fresh understanding of the origins and history of consciousness, language, gender, and religion. Christian asymmetric thinking (science, capitalism, globalism) is at the root of issues that are directly linked to the global environment (East and West, the light and conflict of civilizations, and the reality of modern society). In this course, we will work on these issues based on discussions in the French-speaking world. This activity is a big intellectual adventure, and this course aims to be a bridge for that.
Intercultural competences are not a simple complement in language and culture learning, and still less in learning itself. Through language activities, you acquire profound skills of critical thinking about differences and conflicts among views of life and death or among values, while exploiting your own experience on language learning and various alterities. From the perspective of research on people involved (“study of party”), this course helps students to understand in depth “citizenship” and “social majority”, and to develop self-reliance on language use in social life and face-to-face dialogue.
This course is designed to help students acquire through various activities an in-depth knowledge of citizenship within intercultural situations and specifically French-speaking cultures.
The world is heading towards a multicultural society. This trend exerts a direct or indirect influence not only on big cities and cyberspace, but also on local life. In order to better understand the situation abroad, to enrich individual lives, to satisfy various needs, to think and make decisions on our own, and to realize the dreams and hopes of ourselves and society, we must understand the ongoing transformation of society and citizens and face changes in values.
The main purpose of studying foreign languages at university is to deepen our understanding of different lifestyles, social issues, language, historical facts, and thought through fieldwork and hermeneutic approaches. In recent years, not only the humanities but also the natural and applied sciences such as life history research and space archaeology have achieved remarkable results. It provides a fresh understanding of the origins and history of consciousness, language, gender, and religion. Christian asymmetric thinking (science, capitalism, globalism) is at the root of issues that are directly linked to the global environment (East and West, the light and conflict of civilizations, and the reality of modern society). In this course, we will work on these issues based on discussions in the French-speaking world. This activity is a big intellectual adventure, and this course aims to be a bridge for that.
Intercultural competences are not a simple complement in language and culture learning, and still less in learning itself. Through language activities, you acquire profound skills of critical thinking about differences and conflicts among views of life and death or among values, while exploiting your own experience on language learning and various alterities. From the perspective of research on people involved (“study of party”), this course helps students to understand in depth “citizenship” and “social majority”, and to develop self-reliance on language use in social life and face-to-face dialogue.
This course is designed to help students acquire through various activities an in-depth knowledge of citizenship within intercultural situations and specifically French-speaking cultures.
Intercultural competences are not a simple complement in language and culture learning, but also in learning itself. Through language activities, you acquire profound skill of critical thinking about differences and conflicts among views of life and death or among values, while exploiting your own experience on language learning and various alterities. This course helps students to understand in depth “citizenship” and “social majority”, and to develop self-reliance on language use in social life and face-to-face dialogue.
Durant ce cours, nous étudierons l'actualité des pays francophones et nous discuterons à propos de sujets de société et de thèmes variés (cinéma, musique, bande dessinée, société, etc.) avec de nombreux supports (jeux de société, articles de journaux, textes de chansons, extraits de films, etc.).
Nous demanderons également aux étudiants de participer à l'élaboration du programme afin d'étudier des thématiques qui les concernent et pour lesquelles ils ont un intérêt.
Dans un premier temps, les étudiants découvriront divers supports écrits. Dans un second temps, à la suite d’un travail de compréhension (générale et détaillée), nous demanderons aux étudiants de souligner les thématiques ou problématiques principales des documents proposés pour en discuter.
This course is designed primarily to help students improve their own reading comprehension skill. In order to become familiar with French, we will read many pages in one session, but students are expected to have an accurate knowledge of various words, expressions, and structures. If you can actually use the elements you have learned in writing your own French sentences, the purpose of this course is completely achieved.
This course is designed to help students improve their oral communication skill necessary for the TCF (Test de connaissance du français) or various interviews. In these types of communication, it is important to understand speakers correctly, and also to express your own opinion clearly and logically with appropriate vocabulary. Furthermore, it is desirable to be acquainted with current topics and cultural issues. In this course, the focus will be put on these aspects in order to develop students’ oral communication skill.
N.B. This course is open to all students who satisfy the requirement a) or b) if they do not plan to take the TCF.
This course is designed to help students improve oral interpretation and translation skills while using news clips and various interviews.
Oral interpretation consists of arranging immediately and properly the given statements, and of expressing them in other language without delay. While accuracy is certainly important, it is necessary, in some cases, to sort out the information that needs to be interpreted and transmitted. In order to achieve this, it is indispensable, not only to have effective listening skills, but also to enrich your vocabulary in advance.
By contrast, translation requires researching important documents without haste, helping readers to understand better by adding explanatory notes where needed. All of this is necessary to achieve excellent translation qualities.
Thus, interpretation and translation are distinct operations. This course, however, plans somewhat ambitiously to develop both skills at the same time.
Note that translations made by students will be posted on Facebook.
This course is designed primarily to help students improve their own reading comprehension skill. In order to become familiar with French, we will read many pages in one session, but students are expected to have an accurate knowledge of various words, expressions, and structures. If you can actually use the elements you have learned in writing your own French sentences, the purpose of this course is completely achieved.
Ce cours est destiné aux étudiants ayant un niveau de français intermédiaire supérieur à avancé (au moins B2 du CECRL ou équivalent) qui souhaitent améliorer leurs compétences linguistiques et culturelles par le biais de l'apprentissage par projet.
Le cours utilisera le français comme support pour élaborer des projets avec d'autres étudiants, basés sur des situations authentiques et des problèmes du monde réel. Les projets impliqueront de la recherche, de la collaboration, de la créativité et des compétences en communication.
For a proper communication using four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), we must have a good knowledge of French grammar. This course is designed to help students review basic elements of grammar learned through Intensive courses, and go on to a higher level of competency in French language. We will explain grammar items such as perfect indicative, imperfect indicative, pluperfect indicative, preterit indicative, future, conditional, and subjunctive.
This course is designed to help students improve their oral communication skill necessary for the TCF (Test de connaissance du français) or various interviews. In these types of communication, it is important to understand speakers correctly, and also to express your own opinion clearly and logically with appropriate vocabulary. Furthermore, it is desirable to be acquainted with current topics and cultural issues. In this course, the focus will be put on these aspects in order to develop students’ oral communication skill.
N.B. This course is open to all students who satisfy the requirement a) or b) if they do not plan to take the TCF.
For a proper communication using four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), we must have a good knowledge of French grammar. This course is designed to help students review basic elements of grammar learned through Intensive courses, and go on to a higher level of competency in French language. We will explain grammar items such as perfect indicative, imperfect indicative, pluperfect indicative, preterit indicative, future, conditional, and subjunctive.