Universität Wien

040332 UK French - Business Communication in the Second Foreign Language I (2022S)

8.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist strikt für Studierende der SPL 4 kontingentiert. Es handelt sich um ein Modul à 4 Semesterwochenstunden, das mit 8 ECTS kreditiert ist.

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: French

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Tuesday 01.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday 03.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 08.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday 10.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 15.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday 17.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 22.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday 24.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 29.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday 31.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 05.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday 07.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 26.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
Thursday 28.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 03.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday 05.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 10.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday 12.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 17.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Thursday 19.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 24.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 31.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Thursday 02.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday 09.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 14.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 21.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday 23.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 28.06. 13:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday 30.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

AIMS
The course is an introduction to French business communication for intermediate learners. It prepares students for the oral and written requirements in the French-speaking world of work.
Language level achieved: B1 Business French

Didactic goals
Improve receptive and productive language skills (reading, listening, writing, speaking, interaction and monologue)
Develop job-related skills and build up business vocabulary
Master the basic rules of pronunciation
Know the basic rules of grammar and apply them correctly

CONTENT
Textbook: Units 1 to 6
Topics / competences
Get to know a new work environment
Advertise for products and services
Organize your work
Sell products and services
Working abroad
Participate in professional events

GRAMMAR
Révision des temps à l´indicatif : présent, présent continu, futur proche, futur, passé récent, imparfait, passé composé.
Révision de l´impératif présent.
Futur : futur simple, futur antérieur
Passé : passé composé, imparfait, plus-que-parfait
Accord du participe passé (1)
Conditionnel présent
Subjonctif présent
Voix passive
Participe présent et gérondif
Hypothèse : si + imparfait + conditionnel présent
Discours indirect au présent
Indicateurs temporels : quand, lorsque, une fois que, dès, dès que, aussitôt que, à partir de.
Liens logiques : expression de la cause et de la conséquence
Expressions de la durée et du but
Pronoms indéfinis
Pronoms possessifs
Pronoms compléments (rappel)
Pronoms compléments : en et y
Adjectifs et pronoms indéfinis : tout, quelqu´un, personne, rien, quelque chose
Pronoms relatifs : qui, que, où, dont
Place de l´adjectif qualificatif
Superlatif
Adverbes en –ment
Interrogation à la forme soutenue
Expressions impersonnelles suivie de l´infinitif

METHOD
Communicative, interactive and action-oriented lessons
Simulations, role plays, case studies
Grammar in context

Assessment and permitted materials

Overall grade and partial exams
1- Written test 1: 25% of the overall grade
2- Written test 2: 30% of the overall grade
3- Oral exam (end of Semester) : 30% of the overall grade
4- Active participation and presentation: 15 % (= 5 % for engagement in discussions, homeworks, work on glossary… + 10 % for oral presentation)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Minimum requirements
Starting level: A2 (neither proof of language proficiency nor positive certificate from basic course 2 required, but a comfortable A2 starting level is an advantage)

Assessment standard
Positive from 60%
90-100%: Grade 1 (very good)
80-89%: Grade 2 (good)
70-79%: grade 3 (satisfactory)
60-69%: Grade 4 (sufficient)
0-59.9%: Grade 5 (not sufficient)

Presence
Regulation of the compulsory attendance of students in the exam-immanent (pi) courses.
Attendance in courses with an immanent examination character is compulsory and represents a minimum requirement of this course.
This applies to all sub-areas of the course: preliminary discussion and weekly course units. This means that registered students who do not appear in the first preliminary meeting without giving a reason will be cancelled by the course instructor and thus lose their place in the course. Students on the waiting list can then be included in the course.
Students may miss a maximum of 4x in 30 teaching units pi courses of 90 minutes (WK I, II, GK I, GK II). Further absent hours lead to a cancellation of the course after presentation of a medical confirmation.
Registered students who have not cancelled the course within the specified period and who drop out of the course for no good reason will be assessed negatively.
Registered students who drop out of the course during the semester for an important reason (e.g. illness or hospitalization) must report this immediately to the course instructor and will be informed by the course instructor upon presentation deregistered with a medical certificate.

Examination topics

Everything that is covered in the semester (textbook, exercise book, additional documents on Moodle).

Reading list

Compulsory literature

Objectif Express 2,Le monde professionnel en français, B1/B2.1, Nouvelle édition, Anne-Lyse Dubois, Béatrice Tauzin, Hachette FLE
https://www.hachettefle.com/grands-ados-et-adultes/objectif-express-2-nouvelle-edition/objectif-express-2-nouvelle-edition-livre

Objectif Express 2, Nouvelle édition, Cahier d’activités, Béatrice Tauzin
Anne-Lyse Dubois, Séverine Izquierdo-Quilichini, Sylvie Peltier, Hachette FLE
https://www.hachettefle.com/grands-ados-et-adultes/objectif-express-2-nouvelle-edition/objectif-express-2-nouvelle-edition

Additional sources
Grammaire progressive du français des affaires - Niveau intermédiaire, Jean- Luc Penfornis, Cle International
https://www.cle-international.com/adolescents/grammaire-progressive-du-francais-de-affaires-niveau-intermediaire-livre-cd-livre-web-nouvelle-9782090380682.html

Vocabulaire progressif du français des affaires - Niveau intermédiaire, Jean- Luc Penfornis, Cle International
https://www.cle-international.com/adolescents/vocabulaire-progressif-du-francais-des-affaires-niveau-intermediaire-livre-cd-2eme-edition-nouvelle-9782090382228.html

Additional documents on Moodle: Authentic teaching materials (audio and video materials, press clippings), grammatical explanations ...

Association in the course directory

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