Learning objectives
Students, at the end of the course, will be able to:
- translate into standard French literary and specific language texts
- understand (comprehend) literary and specific language written texts (through skimming and scanning techniques)
- understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize implicit
- meaning.
- understand the main ideas of complex texts on both concrete and abstract
- understand a variety of oral texts (e.g. dialogues, TV Programs etc.)
- understand with ease virtually everything heard or read.
- summarize information from different spoken and written sources,
- reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation.
- express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely,
- differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.
- use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional
- purposes.
- produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing
controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.(e.g. Synthesis
Prerequisites
B2 Level skills and contents
Course unit content
The LT3 course is aimed at the C1 level and it provides contents and skills in terms of:
1)Translation (from Italian into French)
2) Oral and written comprehension (Dictation as well)
3)Writing skills (e.g. Synthesis)
Full programme
La Synthèse de textes or Note de Synthèse
• La Syhthèse de textes
• Our Definition of what constitutes a “Synthesis”
• The role played by the “Syhthèse de textes” in the final exams of Grandes Ecoles Françaises (BTS, CELSA)
• What’s a “Syhthèse de textes”?
• Semantic and pragmatic aspects in the “Note de Synthèse”
• Building a “Syhthèse”, starting from a variety of documents
• Principles , methods, processes
• From the “task” to the “conclusion”: a series of steps to take in order to achieve our end
• From “Summary” to “Synthesis”
• What a “Synthesis” have to be (impersonal, anonymous, etc.)
• The Theme
• The Subject
• The problem to solve
• The documents list
• Building a “Plan (of action)”
• Building a plan 1 connectors and cohesive devices
• Building a plan 2 sequencing
• Building a plan 3 Introduction
• Building a plan 4 Conclusion
• Openings
Bibliography
Sitography
www.espaceformation.com
www.fr.wikipedia.org
www.intellego.fr
www.puf.com
www.users.skynet.be
Bibliography
- Louis-Marie Morfaux, Roger Prévost: Résumé et Synthèse de textes : Méthode et Exercices corrigés, Coll. Cursus, Ed. Armand Colin, Paris, 2010
- Claudia de Oliveira Gomes, Réussir la note de Synthèse, coll. Principes, Studyrama, Paris, 2010
- Yves Stalloni, La synthèse de textes: Méthodes, exercices, épreuves : concours d'entrée aux Grandes écoles, IUFM, Ellipses, Paris, 2004
- Alain Trouvé (par), Réussir le résumé et la synthèse de textes aux concours, coll. Major, 3ème éd. puf, Paris, 2006
(Grammar text in use)
Le petit Grevisse , Grammaire française Maurice Grevisse, deboeck duculot , Paris, 2009
Teaching methods
Conference, Problem Solving, Peer Education, Cooperative Learning
Assessment methods and criteria
The final exams consist in four written tests ( Translation, Oral Comprehension, Dictation and Written Production-Synthesis) and in an oral exam. Students have access to the oral exam ONLY if they have successfully passed the written tests.
- Synyhesis is an original written production based on a range of documents (usually 3/4 texts and/or images, pictures, articles etc.) It consists in reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation.
Oral Exam
The oral exam will be focused on
- Discussion about written tests results
- Knowledge, contents and skills
- Semantic and pragmatic aspects
- Presentation of an original written work (Synthesis)
Other information
Attending the courses is highly recommended
