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French for Academic Purposes I

Course code

LCF6333.HT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Akadeemiline prantsuse keel I

Course title in English

French for Academic Purposes I

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

assessment

lecturer of 2026/2027 Autumn semester

Ülo Siirak (language of instruction: French)

lecturer of 2026/2027 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Brief description of the course

Topics have an academic focus and relate to the Francophone cultural sphere, supporting the development of the bachelor’s thesis. Language structures: syntactic and semantic analysis. Listening: detailed comprehension of authentic spoken texts (conference presentations, lectures, radio programmes, news), structured note‑taking, and written mediation in the appropriate register. Reading: academic texts (articles, essays, chapters, books); analysis and interpretation of implicit meaning; analysis of text structure and functions. Written expression: writing academic summaries (résumé, compte rendu) and argumentative texts. Oral expression: creation and presentation of multimodal texts (e.g. podcast). Students who have proficiency in French at level B2.2 may register for the course.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- understands and analyses short spoken and written texts on subject‑related topics, identifying key information and main viewpoints;
- expresses opinions on familiar subject‑related topics orally and in writing, providing simple reasons and arguments;
- produces coherent written texts (e.g. summaries, short essays) using paraphrase and reported speech;
- participates in discussions and gives short oral presentations with relevant examples;
- uses subject‑specific vocabulary and frequent grammatical structures (e.g. moods, tenses) purposefully in communication, understands the general meaning of subject‑related spoken texts and asks for clarification when needed;
- applies language skills independently and collaboratively, using appropriate strategies and resources, reflects on language‑learning development and plans further learning toward the B2 level.

Teacher

Ülo Siirak

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