Single course
French for beginners 1
Content
Do you want to learn the basics of the French language and get to know the culture of French-speaking countries?
This course is just for you!
In this course, you will learn:
- The basics of French pronunciation, so you can pronounce words correctly and understandably.
- How to use French in easy everyday interactions (such as greetings, introductions, talking about languages and nationalities, polite phrases, restaurant vocabulary, talking about family, arranging meetings, asking for directions, simple shopping phrases, talking about weather)
- The distinctive features of the culture of French-speaking countries.
The course also covers basic French grammar, so you will learn:
-personal pronouns and their stressed forms
-possessive pronouns
-numerals
-gender of a noun and the use of articles
-affirmative and negative sentences in present tense
-how to form basic questions
-present tense of regular and irregular verbs
Join us and start your journey into the world of the French language and culture! This course provides you with a solid foundation in the basics of French.
Starting level: 0. Objective: A1 (according to CEFR)
Objectives
The object of the course:
You will learn the basics of the French language and the culture of French speaking countries. By the end of the course, you can manage simple everyday communication situations in French. You know the most common polite phrases in French. You understand the cultural differences between Finland and the French speaking countries.
Course competences:
The course prepares and equips you to act and work in an international and multicultural environment.
The learning objectives of the course:
You can interact in simple and routine everyday situations, although problems in pronunciation and pauses may affect communication. You understand the main points of a simple text. You are able to write a simple text using the vocabulary and structures you have learned on the course. You understand the cultural differences between your home country and France.
Starting level: 0. Objective: A1 (according to CEFR)
Implementation methods
Schedule: The course is organized between 11th February - 13th May. Weekly Zoom lectures on Wednesdays at 16-18.30. Attending the Zoom lectures is required for course completion.
Course completion: During the course you will attend weekly Zoom lectures and practice independently by completing online exercises on Moodle. In addition, there will be 2 video assignments which will be returned to the teacher.
Assessment: Instead of a final exam, there will be 2 smaller mid-term exams during the course. The exams and the video assignments will be graded on a pass/fail scale.
Additional information
The teaching language is English.
The course code is BI00CP91-3004 . Use the code to view the course schedule at https://lukkarit.peppi.jamk.fi.
Enrolling on open studies requires a Finnish personal identity number and strong identification.
Make a strong identification in the suomi.fi service or with HAKA credentials when You do the enrollment. Otherwise, you will need either a valid passport or an EU ID card with a chip (according to the ICAO 9303 E-MRTD standard). In this case, please contact help.jamk.fi
Please notice, that degree students in Jamk who have enrolled for attendance in are not eligible to enrol as Jamk Open UAS students (instead enrollment in Peppi).
Read more about enrollment and study fees: https://www.jamk.fi/en/apply-to-jamk/jamk-open-university-of-applied-sc…
Further Information concerning the enrollment: [email protected]