French A2 (Advanced Course)

22B1608

Bachelor

French, German

5.0

winter and summer term

1 semester

Students develop their skills and competencies at the A2 Niveau of the Common European Framework of References for languages. This enables them to have basic communication abilities in everyday situations, as well as in contexts specific to higher education. The module strengthens and secures general language knowledge from the Niveau A1, as well as prepares one for the acquisition of specialized language skills in the Niveaus 3 and 4. (B1/B2 respectively)

• Students expand their foundational knowledge of the french language using the basis of everyday topics, cultural topics, and their first, simple professional topics;
• The communication abilities in speaking, listening, reading and understanding are reinforced and developed;
• Basic grammar and vocabulary are reviewed and expanded, as well as applied in various everday and workplace communication scenarios.

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

The hours spent during instructor-led learning count as class hours.

• Portfolio exam

The Portfolio-Exam is composed of 100 points divided amongst a 30-minute exam, a presentation, a written work sample and a one-hour exam. The 30-minute exam accounts for 15 points, the presentation accounts for 25 points, the written work sample accounts for 20 points and the one-hour exam accounts for 40 points.

Exam: please refer to the current study structure

Presentation in the context of the portfolio-exam: ca. 10-15 minutes about a topic of choice

Written work sample in the context of the portfolio-exam: ca. 1-2 pages

The precise requirements will be presented within the respective courses.

Prior knowledge at the A1 level (either by completing the preceding modules or through appropriate placement within the proficiency test).

The module strengthens and reinforces general language knowledge and prepares students for the acquisition of specialized language knowledge in the Niveau B1.

Learners can competently navigate through the grammatical structures of the language, independently decipher texts, and produce short texts and lectures themselves.

Students are capable of reading and understanding short authentic articles, and they can operate and communicate within everyday conversation scenarios.

Basic grammatical and syntactic structures are reviewed and reinforced, as well as continuously built upon and expanded, so that students can utilize them in everyday conversations and simple workplace communication scenarios.

Students deepen their knowledge of cultural peculiarities of french culture and are capable of recognizing and identifying these in simple communication scenarios.

With the help of presentations, group projects and discussions about complex everyday themes, students can work on and evaluate more complex general language topics, as well as contextualize them accordingly. Thanks to both written and oral text production on various topics, more complex everyday language issues and simple aspects of specialized language can be elaborated and analyzed.

With the help of wirtten text production, oral discussion and short presentations, the students gain a solid foundation with which they can operate in a culturally appropriate fashion within complex general language communication scenarios. Simple specialized language structures are developed, thereby laying the groundwork for acquiring specialized language skills in the following module.

The module French A2 builds upon the preceding module of French A1, where the knowledge and skills found under the "Recommended Prerequisites" section are developed.

This module lays the foundation for attending the module French B1 and prepares students to develop and expand their language competencies.

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