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CONTEMPORARY FRENCH LANGUAGE. PHONETICS AND LEXICOLOGY

Course Code: TI114 • Study year: I • Academic Year: 2022-2023
Domain: Applied Modern Languages • Field of study: Translation and interpretation
Type of course: Compulsory
Language of instruction: French
Erasmus Language of instruction: English
Name of lecturer: Coralia Maria Telea
Seminar tutor: Coralia Maria Telea
Form of education Full-time
Form of instruction: Class
Number of teaching hours per semester: 42
Number of teaching hours per week: 3
Semester: Autumn
Form of receiving a credit for a course: Grade
Number of ECTS credits allocated 4

Course aims:

Description of the French grammar, French phonetic and lexical system while outlining its use in drafting and translating texts as well as in oral interaction
Presentation of the French grammar, French phonetic and lexical system while outlining its use in drafting and translating texts as well as in oral interaction
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Course Entry Requirements:

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Course contents:

Presentation of the French grammar, French phonetic and lexical system while outlining its use in drafting and translating texts as well as in oral interaction The course covers the following main topics: PHONETICS. SOUNDS. WRITTEN SIGNS/LETTERS (PHONETICS AND SPELLING) 1. Communication. Uttering and spoken utterance. Sounds- Overview. Articulation of sounds. Phonetics and phonology. 2. French phonemes. Vowels. Table of French vowels. Consonants. Table of French consonants 3. Syntactic phonetics. Stress. Intonation. Liaison. Elision. Other phenomena that occur before a vowel (contracted articles (elision), determiners, adjectives). Disjunction. Junction. 4.Graphic signs. Letters. Spelling. Accents. Umlaut. Cedilla. Apostrophe. Hyphen. Capital letters vs. small letters –usage. Abbreviations and symbols. 5.Punctuation. Overview and use FRENCH VOCABULARY. 1. Introduction. The Latin bases of French vocabulary. Substratum. Superstratum. Vocabulary. Building vocabulary: borrowings. The consequence re-latinization: doublets. 2. Borrowings from modern languages. 3. Means of building vocabulary: suffixation, prefixing, changing grammatical category. 4. Suffixation in modern French. Classification of suffixes: nominal suffixes, verbal suffixes, adjectival suffixes, adverbial suffixes. 5. Prefixation. 6. Improper derivation. Parasynthetic word formation. 7. Composition. Formation of technical words 8. Abbreviation. 9. Onomatopoeia and logos.

Teaching methods:

Lecture, conversation, exemplification

Learning outcomes:

O1. Acquisition and comprehension of the fundamental concepts, theories, and methods of the specialization, their appropriate use within professional communication contexts. O2. Use of basic knowledge to explain and interprete various types of concepts, situations, processes, projects, etc. related to the area of study/activity O3. Application of basic principles and methods under expert supervision in order to solve problems or deal with specific situations related to the specialized area of study

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

A two-hour written examination (60% of the final grade)A mid-term essay (40% of the final grade)

Recommended reading:

Grevisse, Maurice, Le Bon Usage. Grammaire française, Ed. Duculot, ParisGembloux, 1993,
Roman, Dorina, La didactique du français langue étrangère, Editura Umbria, Baia Mare, 1994,
Cosǎceanu, Anca, Slǎvescu, Micaela, Gramatica limbii franceze, ., Mondero, Bucureşti, 1993,
Florea, Ligia Stela, Syntaxe du français actuel. La phrase simple et ses fonctions discursives, Clusium, Cluj-Napoca, 2000,
Ghidu, George, Pisoschi, Valeriu, Gramatica limbii franceze cu exerciţii, Teora, Bucureşti, 1996,