Course aims:

Accurate knowledge acquisition and efficient using of concepts and contextual communication specific to formal relationships.
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Course Entry Requirements:

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Course contents:

1. – 7. Formal letters. Informed learning Examples of layouts, conventions, overall structures. Contents. Letter of request, letter of enquiry, letter of complaint, business letter etc. 8. – 12. Formal letters writing. Active learning. Small-group work/discussion 13. – 14. Learning verification

Teaching methods:

Informed learning. Active learning. Peer-led discussions. Small-group work/discussionThe main method: Communicative language teaching (CLT)

Learning outcomes:

Students will • match a good knowledge of the formal communication principles to an awareness of their uses and limitations; • establish identities, similarities and differences between French and Romanian formal contexts; and • integrate their own ideas with those of others; • identify their own strengths and challenges as writers and speakers.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Students will be examined at the end of the semester, on practical aspects acquisition (75% of the final grade) and active participation in seminar (25% of the final grade).

Recommended reading:

• CILIANU-LASCU, Corina (2004), Culegere de exerciţii lexico-gramaticale cu profil economic, Meteor Press, Bucureşti;
• CORADO, L, SANCHEZ-MACAGNO, M-O, (1990), Français des affaires (350 exercices, textes et documents), Hachette, Paris;
• DANILO, M et PENFORNIS, J, LINCOLN, M, (1993), Le français de la communication professionnelle, CLE International, Paris;