FRENCH LANGUAGE. PHONETICS AND LEXICOLOGY (B2/C1 Levels)

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.

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