COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FRENCH CULTURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FRA 3012 FRENCH CULTURE COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

French Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DUYGU ÖZTIN PASSERAT

Offered to

French Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

To pass the necessary information on French language to teacher candidates and to use these informations in their attitudes of french teaching.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to recognize French geography
2   Being able to comprehend the important events of French history
3   Being able to comprehend the current political developments of France
4   Being able to comprehend the current economy of France
5   Being able to comprehend the current social and cultural life of France

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 French geography
2 Main topics of French history: From Gaule Country to 1789
3 Main topics of French history: From 1789 to 1939
4 Main topics of French history: From 1939 until today
5 Political life in France
6 French economy
7 Everyday life in France
8 General review, Course evaluation, Midterm exam
9 Everyday life in France (continued)
10 Everyday life in France (continued)
11 French cinema
12 French cinema (continued)
13 French music
14 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Savoir-vivre avec les Français: Que dire Que faire Hachette; 2004.
2.Rémi Pérès, La France : histoire, géographie, politique, économie, vie quotidienne ,
Vuibert, 2005.
3.Roselyne Roesch et Rosalba Rolle-Harold, La France au quotidien,
Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 2008.
4. Internet sources for current developments.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Expression, evaluation, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

French

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozge.sonmez@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 68

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1452
LO.2452
LO.34523
LO.44523
LO.54523