COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: FRENCH II

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
PIR 248	D	4	3	0	0	3	5

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	M.Sc. Hasim Braja hbraja@epoka.edu.al , 3
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	Albanian
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered)	Bachelor in Political Science and International Relations (3 years)
Classroom and Meeting Time:
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Code of Ethics:	Code of Ethics of EPOKA University Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline"
Attendance Requirement:
Course Description:	This course is intended to develop reading, speaking and writing skills of students in French language. Is a beginner level course. The main goal is to be able to learn how to navigate through daily activities in a French-speaking environment. Each session contains a dialog, vocabulary, grammar notes and drills.
Course Objectives:	This course is the following of the introduction to the French language and proposes activities that enable students to achieve competencies of understanding and written expressions, at A1.2 and A2 level, according to the Common European Framework of References. Comprehension of simple texts and answering questions on them. To know how to introduce yourself, to describe your work, talk about tastes and hobbies, culture and describe the past. How to write a postcard, a letter. Responding to simple and practical things. To communicate confidently on a basic level in everyday situations. Developing essential speaking, listening, reading and writing skills as well as a solid understanding of the structure of the language.

BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE

1	Comprendre un questionnaire
2	Appeler/répondre au téléphone
3	Evoquer des faits passés
4	Parler des saisons et du clima.
5	Parler des gouts et de la consommation alimentaire.
6	Caracteriser un objet, indiquer sa fonction
7	Evoquer des souvenirs
8	Comparer des situations.
9	Le logement.
10	Comprendre7exprimer des règles.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	1. Dossier 5. Leçon 1. Communication and lexicon: To understand a formal questionnaire. To talk about the parties. Grammar: the present tense of the verbs - yer and –ir. Pronominal verbs. Exercises. Alter Ego+ A1, Livre de l’élève, pages 98-101, Alter Ego+ A1, Cahier d’exercices, pages 57-60
2	2. Dossier 5. Leçon 2. Communication and lexicon: To give advice. To answer on the phone. Names of holidays. Trip lexicon. Grammar: Le passé récent and the future proche. Exercises. Alter Ego+ A1, Livre de l’élève, pages 102-106, Alter Ego+ A1, Cahier d’exercices, pages 61-64
3	3. Dossier 5. Leçon 3. Communication and lexicon: Past events Bibliographical information. Describe physically a person. Grammar: Le passé compose 2. Exercises. Alter Ego+ A1, Livre de l’élève, pages 106-109, Alter Ego+ A1, Cahier d’exercices, pages 64-68
4	4. Dossier 6. Leçon 1. Communication and lexicon: To talk about the seasons. To understand a simple situation of climate. Grammar: Syntax structure to talk about the climate and the year. Exercises. AlterEgo+ A1, Livre de l’élève, pages 116-119, Alter Ego+ A1, Cahier d’exercices, pages 69-72
5	5. Dossier 6. Leçon 2. Communication and lexicon: to present and describe a place. Talk about activity on plain air. Grammar: the place of qualitative adjectives. Le pronoun “y”. Exercises. Alter Ego+ A1, Livre de l’élève, pages 120-123,Alter Ego+ A1, Cahier d’exercices, pages 73-76
6	6. Dossier 6. Leçon 3. Communication and lexicon: to understand and write a visit program. To talk about cultural activities. Grammar: Le futur simple. The place of qualitative adjectives 2. The present continuous. The pronoun « en ». Exercises. AlterEgo+ A1, Livre de l’élève, pages 124-127, Alter Ego+ A1, Cahier d’exercices, pages 77-80
7	7. Dossier 7. Leçon 1. Communication and lexicon: to talk about the taste and the food. To understand a menu. Grammar: the preposition « d » and « à ». Les articles partitifs, définies and indéfinis. Frequency expressions. Exercises, Alter Ego+ A1, Livre de l’élève, pages 136-139, Alter Ego+ A1, Cahier d’exercices, pages 81-84
8	8. Dossier 7. Leçon 2. Communication and lexicon: To describe clothes and to appreciate them. Grammar: The pronouns COD. Syntax structure to advice. Exercises. Alter Ego+ A1, Livre de l’élève, pages 140-143, Alter Ego+ A1, Cahier d’exercices, pages 85-88
9	Mid-term
10	10. Dossier 7. Leçon 3. Communication and lexicon: Purchase online. To qualify an object. To define its function. Grammar: The pronouns COI. The relative pronouns qui/que. Exercises. Alter Ego+ A1, Livre de l’élève, pages 144-147, Alter Ego+ A1, Cahier d’exercices, pages 89-92
11	11. Dossier 8. Leçon 1. Communication and lexicon: Purchase and consummation. To define food consummation. Quantity expressions. Grammar: Expressions of quantity . The pronoun « on ». Exercises. Alter Ego+ A1, Livre de l’élève, pages 154-157,Alter Ego+ A1, Cahier d’exercices, pages 93-96
12	12. Dossier 8. Leçon 2. Communication and lexicon: The restaurant. Appreciation and satisfaction in a restaurant. Vocabulary linked to a restaurant and the meal. Grammar: The place of adjectives 3. The negation ne…plus. The restriction ne… que. Exercises. Alter Ego+ A1, Livre de l’élève, pages 158-161, 97-100
13	13. Dossier 8. Leçon 3. Communication and lexicon: The souvenirs. To compare an old situation. Vocabulary linked to the village, the city. Grammar: The past tense: l’imparfait. Exercises. AlterEgo+ A1, Livre de l’élève, pages 162-165, Alter Ego+ A1, Cahier d’exercices, pages 100-104
14	14. Exercises, Revision. Aletr Ego+ A1, Livre de l’élève, pages 98-165, Alter Ego+ A1, Cahier d’exercices, pages 57-104

Prerequisite(s):	A1 level in french language.
Textbook(s):	Textbook: Alter Ego+ A1, Méthode de français, Alter Ego+ A1, Cahier d’exercices, C. Gugot, VM. Kizirian, M. Waendendries, A. Berthet, E. Daill., CD audio, Hachette 2012.
Additional Literature:	website
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:	Yes
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Objectives and activities will allow to the student to develop his capacity to interact verbally in simple situations of daily life
2	To understand sentences, messages and short texts in the present tense and in the past tense
3	To produce short texts and fill forms and documents
4	To introduce oneself and the other using simple lexicon and phrases
5	Writing letters and to describe in the past
6	Listening and understanding native speakers

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Bachelor in Political Science and International Relations (3 years) Program
1	Having and using advanced knowledge and comprehension supported by textbooks including actual knowledge in political sciences and international relations literature, materials and the other scientific resources.
2	Analyzing data, ideas and concepts of current political issues and international relations, determining complex events and topics, making discussions and developing new suggestions in accordance with researches.
3	Having knowledge and thought about actual topics and problems together with their historical, social and cultural aspects.
4	Introducing those who are interested in politics and international events with the topics of Political Science and IR and teaching clearly the problems and the types of solutions.
5	Improving skills of working together with the main social science disciplines and other disciplines which are related to Political Science and International Relations.
6	Improving critical thinking and skills in making research independently.
7	Developing solutions about the problems and conflicts which are common in national and international arena.
8	Improving skills for leadership and research and analyze capacity of those who is responsible with national and international ones.
9	Knowing any foreign language enough to communicate with colleagues and understand actual researches and articles.	5
10	Gaining IT skills to use computer and technology) in order to reach actual knowledge.
11	Gaining skills to follow societal, scientific and ethic values during collecting, interpreting, conducting of data related to social and political developments.
12	Having consciousness about human rights and environment.
13	Gaining the skills to follow actual developments and pursue long-life learning.

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Homework	5	4
Midterm Exam(s)	1	30
Presentation	1	10
Final Exam	1	40
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	2	32
Mid-terms	1	10	10
Assignments			0
Final examination	1	14	14
Other	7	3	21
Total Work Load:			125
Total Work Load/25(h):			5
ECTS Credit of the Course:			5

CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER

Certains étudiants ont un trs bon niveau par rapport au niveau enseigné.