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Bachelor of Arts in French Language and Literature

College
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
Department of Foreign Languages
Level
Undergraduate
Study System
Courses
Total Credit Hours
123 Cr.Hrs
Duration
4
Intake
Fall & Spring
Location
Sharjah Main Campus
Language
French
Study Mode
Full Time

Bachelor of Arts in French Language and Literature

 
Program Goals
The program goals are:
  1. Provide students with a sound understanding of the structure and use of the French language through familiarizing them with the phonological, syntactic, morphological, and semantic systems of French.
  2. Equip graduates with the knowledge and skills needed for effective communication in the French-speaking global community.
  3. Familiarize students with the principles of language learning and the basic teaching and testing methods in order to become more qualified teachers.
  4. Provide students with the relevant theoretical issues and skills needed for translating a variety of texts and handling translation problems to enhance employability chances.
  5. Enable students to read and appreciate a variety of literary texts taken from French and Francophone literatures and from different periods.
  6. Develop students' critical and analytical abilities such that they would develop life-long learning skills and qualify for postgraduate qualification.

Program learning outcomes
  1. Describe the sounds of French and pronounce words and sentences clearly and legibly in terms of segmental and supra-segmental features.
  2. Analyze words into their respective constituents and differentiate sense relations between lexical units.
  3. Analyze sentences into their basic constituents and produce well-formed sentences of various levels of complexity.
  4. Analyze language at the semantic, sociolinguistic, and discoursal levels.
  5. Communicate with clarity, precision, in a variety of forms and for a variety of audiences in well-organized informative and persuasive speeches, paragraphs, essays, reports or research papers.
  6. Differentiate between the major teaching methods and techniques and apply the appropriate teaching method/techniques in teaching specific language skills, taking into consideration language learning principles and styles.
  7. Prepare valid tests of different types to assess the various language skills.
  8. Read a variety of literary genres critically and proficiently to demonstrate in writing or speech the comprehension, analysis, and interpretation of those genres.
  9. Translate and interpret a variety of text types from French into Arabic and vice versa, using proper terminology and appropriate style.
  10. Characterize the cultural specificities of the French speaking world.
  11. Use research skills and procedures to conduct research and deliver written and oral presentations.

Admission Requirements for B.A. in French Language and Literature
Students must have an A1 level in French.
Can join the program:
  •  Students who took already the DELF / A1 exam and passed it.
  • Student who learned French at school / high school (completed the A1 level) and passed with success the placement test (at UoS).
  • Students who took the uncredited French language intensive course (099) and passed it with success.

Carrere opportunities

Graduates of the proposed program will have a wide range of job opportunities in the private and public sectors. The labor market in the UAE offers graduates of the program job opportunities in federal ministries, media organizations, the Federal National Council, International inter-governmental organizations in the UAE (e.g. United Nations, UNHCR, etc. ), embassies, national security, strategic studies and research centers (e. g. , ECSSR), schools, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) offices, etc. In addition, graduates of the program may also have the opportunity to pursue study programs leading to graduate degrees (i. e., master and/or doctoral degrees). In turn, holding such a degree will qualify them for additional job opportunities in the domestic, regional, and international labor markets.

 

Program Overview

Graduation from the BA in French Language and Literature program requires students to complete 123 credit hours.

RequirementsCompulsoryElectiveTotal
CoursesCredit HoursCoursesCredit HoursCoursesCredit Hours
University Requirements61826824
College Requirements515
 
-515
Program Requirements2169
5152784
Total Credit Hours10221123
 

Study Plan: Course List

 

1. University Requirements

The program requires students to take 24 credit hours, 18 of which are compulsory and the 6 are electives. Seven domains are covered:
  • English Language
  • Arabic Language
  • Islamic Studies
  • UAE Studies
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Information Technology
  • Humanities, Social and Arts
  • Natural and Health Sciences

2.  College Requirements

Every student has to select 5 courses out of these 6:

  •  Art of Writing in Arabic
  •  Introduction to Education
  •  Islamic History
  •  History of the Islamic City
  •  Women and Development
  •  Arab Society

 

3.    Program Requirements

Students have to take all the compulsory courses (21 courses) and select 5 elective courses from the list of electives courses for the BA in French.

 

A. Compulsory courses (21 courses)

 

Course numberCourse TitleCredited hoursPrerequisites
0202163French for beginners  I60202099
0202164French for beginners II
60202163
0202165Oral and written Comprehension I30202099
0202166Writing Skills I30202163
0202261Advanced French30202164
0202262Oral and Written Comprehension II30202165
0202263Writing Skills II30202166
0202264Oral Practice30202262
0202265Grammar I30202164
0202266Grammar II30202265
0202360Civilization of the Francophone World30202266
0202362Debate30202264
0202363Contemporary French civilization30202264
0202364History and Analysis of Literary Texts30202266
0202365French Literature in the 18th and 19th Centuries30202364
0202366General Linguistics30202266
0202367Syntax30202266
0202460Literature and films
30202364
0202461Sociolinguistics30202366
0202462French literature in the Twentieth Century30202364
0202491Field Training 30202366
               

B. Elective Courses for the (5 courses to choose from 10 courses)            

 

Course numberCourse Title
Credited hoursPrerequisites
0202361General Translation30202360
0202466French for Business
30202266
0202368Introduction to Translation30202266
0202369Francophone studies3 

0202266
0202463Assessment of Teaching FLE30202366
0202464French for Diplomacy
30202266
0202465French for Tourism30202266
0202468Teaching French as a Foreign Language30202366
0202492Internship in translation30202361
0202467Film studies30202364
                                                   

Course description

French intensive course
Course code: 099               6UNCREDITED Course
This course is based on Alter Ego I manual The main objective of this course is to introduce learners to French and to teach them the basics of the four skills corresponding to level A1. It covers the following grammatical content: the verbs être, avoir, the definite, indefinite and partitive articles, the present, the past, the possessive adjectives, etc.


French for beginners I                                                                  
Course code: 0202163                     Credits: 6                                             Pre-requisite:  099
This course develops the four language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking, in addition to interculturality. It covers the following grammatical content: thepassécomposé, the imparfait, the COD and CDI, Accord du COD, the relative pronouns etc. At the end of this course, the level acquired must reach A1 +.


French for beginners II
Course code: 0202164                     Credits: 6                                             Pre-requisite: 0202163
This course builds on the teaching of Course 103 and uses the same manual, Alter Ego II. The four language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking, in addition to interculturality are reinforced. Focusing on communicative tasks, observation and reflection, the learning path is to understand, to practice and to express oneself. This course covers the following grammatical content: future, conditional, imperative, subjunctive, expressions of opinion, doubt, cause etc. At the end of this course, the level acquired must reach A2.

 

Oral and written Comprehension I

Course code: 0202165                     Credits: 3                                             Pre-requisite:  099

This course aims to improve the oral and written comprehension skills acquired in the Beginner French course. The oral comprehension is based on various media (manual, website, and video). Students are required to complete tasks such as: understanding oral and written ritual formulas, presentations and description of someone, hobbies, occupations etc. This course also focuses on the skills needed to understand authentic written texts and training in text comprehension.

Writing skills I

Course code: 0202166                                     Credits: 3             Pre-requisite: 0202163

This course aims to reinforce the competence of the written expression acquired in the Frenchfor beginners course. The student learns to write easy texts by imitating models such as: filling in cards, describing someone, asking and announcing something, writing personal letters, postcards, e-mails etc. Particular attention should be paid to spelling and grammatical constructions.

 

Advanced French

Course code: 0202261                     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite: 0202164

This course continues the teaching of Course 104. The four language skills and the intercultural skill will be developed. Focusing on communicative tasks that allow students to communicate and interact in common situations, the learning process is active and leads to autonomy. This course covers: compound relative pronouns, reported speech, passive, participle present, gerund, expressions of time, duration, adverbs, simple past etc. At the end of this course, the acquired level must reach B1.

 
Oral and writing comprehension II

Course code: 0202262                                     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite: 0202165

This course aims to strengthen the oral and written comprehension skills acquired in previous language courses. It relies on various and progressive media with different levels of language. The development of listening comprehension is centred on authentic communication situations. It aims at making the student able to locate the information of the text, to understand them and to react by asking questions. Strengthening the reading comprehension will lead the learner to identify a text, to identify its main ideas and to understand its purpose.

Writing skills II

Course code: 0202263                                     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite: 0202166

This course aims at strengthening the competence of the written expression already acquired by leading the student to obtain some basic techniques of writing in French from written text models. In this course, students will learn how to organize and state their thoughts, argue and express themselves clearly. It will also teach him techniques to summarize texts. This course also aims at helping students consolidate and improve their grammatical knowledge and enrich their vocabulary while training them to re-employ them by writing new texts.

Oral Practice

Course code: 0202264     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite: 0202262

This course aims at consolidating and improving student's oral skills. It is based on a manual and various audiovisual materials. It trains students to express themselves naturally through varied activities such asdiscussions, scenarios, simulations of meetings.


Grammar I

Course code: 0202265                                     Credits: 3             Pre-requisite: 0202164

The objective of this course is to systematize and progressively deepen the French grammar of the student and make it alive and stimulating. This course is organized around the following themes: the indirect speech in the present and the past, the principle of anteriority, the passive, the future, the hypotheses, the subjunctive and the logical relations.

Grammar II

Course code: 0202266                                     Credits: 3             Pre-requisite: 0202265

This course will continue to lead the student to systematize and deepen progressively in grammar through examples and authentic exercises. In this course, the focus will be on: present participle, gerund, verbal adjective, relative pronouns, and complement pronouns, expression of cause, consequence, comparison, opposition and purpose.

History and analysis of literary texts

Course code: 0202364                                     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite: 0202266

This course aims to introduce the student to French literary from the Middle Ages (11th) to the 21st century. It also introduces the learner to different literary genres (novel, poetry, theatre). It shows also the diversity of literary production in terms of geography (France, Africa, Caribbean ...) and theory (classicisme, romantisme, réalisme, nouveau roman,...).

 

Contemporary French civilization

Course code: 0202363                                     Credits: 3             Pre-requisite: 0202264

This course aims to make the student aware of the French culture and civilization. Students study the different aspects of French society: geographical, historical, political, socio-economic and daily, while using various written and audiovisual resources. It encourages the student to analyze the specificities of the French culture.
 

General linguistics

Course code: 0202366                                     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite: 0202266

This course aims at teaching the student the basic principles of general linguistics such as: the relationship between semiotics and linguistics, the nature of human language and its functions, etc. It also introduces the student to the different branches of general linguistics, its terminology and the main linguists who have marked modern linguistics. It encourages the student to reflect on the nature and functions of the language by emphasizing its phonetic, phonological, syntactic, semantic and stylistic characteristics.

 
French literature in the 18th and 19th centuries

Course code: 0202365                                     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite: 0202364

This teaching studies the literature of the Enlightenment (eighteenth) including works of philosophical tales, encyclopaedias that inspired the French revolution and the abolition of slavery. It enables student to discover major literary movements and themes of the nineteenth century. This study will be done through the examination of literary extracts representative of different periods and trends.


Civilisation of the Francophone world

Course code: 0202360                                     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite:  0202266

This course will start with a global presentation of the French language inthe world: The Francophone world. The diversity and the richness of the society, culture and civilization in French speaking countries will be presented all along the semester. Students will discover this diversity through texts and videos and will identify different aspects of the civilization: what are the ways of life, the traditions, the communities, the celebrations, … . Students will discuss about this and compare between the different traditions and cultures and bring in their own cultural experience.They will discover also the various usage of the French language around the world.

Debate

Course code: 0202362                                     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite:  0202264

This course aims at developing oral comprehension and expression and in exploring a range of cultural, political, and social practices in France and in French-speaking countries.  Using written and audio-visual documents, the teacher and students propose topics on issues of actual interest (topics on issues of interest to Arab and French societies, and to their intersections and overlaps).

Students prepare a theme individually or in a group to make a presentation. At the end of the presentation, the teacher will launch and animate the debate. Students learn to listen carefully, to defend their divergent positions, to speak with confidence and enthusiasm and to motivate and persuade their audience.

French literature in the twentieth century

Course code: 0202462                     Credits: 3                                             Pre-requisite:  0202364

This teaching will introduce the student to the main currents and literary ideas of the 20th century. Students will be exposed to a diverse experience of the French language in the world. This course will link the literature to the main social and political events of the 20th century (eg. Wold war I, Wald war II). We will pay attention to some main movement that appeared (eg. feminism, négritude). French and Francophone authors will be presented. 


Syntax

Course code: 0202367                     Credits: 3 Pre-requisite:  0202266

This course introduces the student to the main concepts, categories, and modes of organization of syntax in French. It also introduces her /himto syntactic analysis such as: the analysis of constituents, the simple sentence, the complex sentence, the coordination and subordination, the functional relations between constituents, the infrasyntagmatic and suprasyntagmatic functional relations. It aims at helping the student acquire and deepen French language skills and to consolidate his understanding and expression skills.
 

Literature and films

Course code: 0202460                     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite:  0202364

This course will explore the connexions between Francophone literature and films. Students will analyze some passages from francophone literary works and study their adaptation to the cinema. They will analyze the specificities of these two ways of expression. The course aims to develop critical and creative thinking regarding literatureand cinematic adaptation.

Sociolinguistics

Course code: 0202461                     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite: 0202366

This course aims at introducing the student to sociolinguistics: birth, main theoreticians, social conception of language, languages in contacts, vehicular languages, diglossia, linguistic conflicts, variables, etc. It brings the student to understand the linguistic aspect in the social realities. This course invites the student to think about the language not only taking into account its internal structure but also factors external to the language that influences it.

Field training

Course code: 0202491                     Credits: 3                                             Pre-requisite: 0202366

The internship is a training of 130 hours spent in practising jobs in certain liberal professions, public or non-governmental institutions or outreach programs (e.g. offer some French courses) or community engagement under the supervision of a professor.

The objectives of the internship are many including: put into practice student's academic achievements, discover the reality and the functioning of the professional world / community engagement, participate in the production process of products or services, illuminate student's orientation and career ambitions, improve self-confidence and ability to make decisions, to adapt, fit into a work team, etc.

The internship is validated by the writing of an internship report. This internship, if done in a school / outreach, can provide students who are planning to teach French with supervised teaching experience. The course allows those students to develop a better understanding of the teaching process by preparing lesson plans, having structured classroom observations and practice.

 
Introduction to translation

Course code: 0202368                     Credits: 3                                             Pre-requisite: 0202266

This course aims to introduce the domain of translation. Students will learn the evolution of translation studies and the different approaches in translation.  It teaches students the basic ideas, concepts and skills of translation: the translator's job: its history and importance, translation terminology, tools and methodology. The student's initiation to the translation of general and varied texts from French into Arabic is carried out with a focus on linguistic and lexical improvement.

 
General translation

Course code: 0202361                     Credits: 3                                             Pre-requisite: 0202360

This course deepens the basic skills already acquired and trains the student on the technique of understanding source text through active reading and the tools of documentary research. It focuses on the linguistic and extra-linguistic translation difficulties. This course focuses on practice. The aim of this course is not only to train the student in the translation of French various authentic texts into Arabic, but also to make the students think about the problems posed by the source text and about the appropriate tools to be used to seek suitable solutions.

 
Francophone studies

Course code: 0202369                     Credits: 3                                             Pre-requisite: 0202266

The Francophone world is huge and French speakers are located in different places all around the world. This course will provide students with a global view of the Francophone culture. Students will discover the Francophone world through cinema, literature, food, celebrities.

 
Assessment of Teaching FLE

Course code: 0202463                                                    Credits: 3                               Pre-requisite: 0202366

The course aims at providing the student with theoretical knowledge of assessment, including different methods of evaluation. It focuses on developing the skills needed to develop and implement tests to assess the skills of oral and written comprehension and oral and written expression. The course prepares students to choose the appropriate assessment tool and to evaluate their students using correction grids.

 
French for business

Course code: 0202466                     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite: 0202266

This course gives the student a professional knowledge and know-how in the field of business. It familiarizes the student with the French business discourse. The student will discover the company and the cultural and socio-economic realities of the Francophone business world. It initiates and prepares the student to communicate and integrate into the world of Francophone business. Teaching is carried out through texts, written and recorded dialogues and videos that reflect current professional situations and tasks in this area.

 
French for diplomacy

Course code: 0202464                     Credits: 3                                             Pre-requisite: 0202266

This course gives the student a professional knowledge and know-how in the field of diplomatic relations. It familiarizes him with the French diplomacy discourse as a specialized language having its own terminology and discursive techniques such as: the formulation of a constructed thought and a communication strategy, the defence of interest, the seeking compromise etc. Teaching is done through texts, written and recorded dialogues, and videos that reflect common work situations and tasks.

 
French for tourism

Course code: 0202465                                     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite: 0202266

This course gives the student a professional knowledge and know-how in the field of tourism. It familiarizes him with French tourism discourse as a specialized language having its own terminology. The student will discover the cultural and socio-economic realities of the Francophone tourism world. It introduces and prepares him to communicate and integrate into the tourism world. Teaching is done through texts, written and recorded dialogues, and videos that reflect common work situations and tasks.

 
Teaching French as a Foreign language

Course code: 0202468                                     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite: 0202366

This course aims at introducing the student to the fundamental principles and practices of teaching French as a foreign language (FLE), to introduce her / him to the key principles and concepts of teaching French, to discover current didactic approaches to the management and the animation of the classroom and to the exploitation of authentic documents. It leads the student to understand teaching strategies, the role and tasks of the teacher, the research and the selection of materials for the class.

 
Film studies

Course code: 0202467                                     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite: 0202364

This course will provide students with a global view of the French cinema. In this course, students will watch and discuss some French movies. As movies are deeply linked to the country history and culture, we will discuss also the socio-historical background of these movies.

 
Internship in translation

Course code: 0202492                                     Credits: 3                             Pre-requisite: 0202361

Students are introduced toreal world of translation. They have to choose a place to work at for the semester, where they translate a variety of texts.The course starts with theoretical material which covers the first week and where students are introduced to translation ethics.

Students have to meet their academic supervisor on a regular base to discuss about their experience.

 

Service courses: University elective courses                                     
This course is offered as a University elective course:

 

Course numberCourse TitleCredited hours
0202130French language 3

Course description

French language

Course code: 0202130                                     Credits: 3                                                                                
The course is designed for students with no prior knowledge of the French language.
It targets the fundamental language needs of students and gives them the necessary tools for immediate communication in French.
The students will learn to listen, speak, read and write French at beginner level. They will be familiarized with a variety of topics related to everyday life in French through a communicative based language use and activities. 
movies are deeply linked to the country history and culture, we will discuss also the socio-historical background of these movies.

Internship in translation
Course code: 0202433                                     Credits: 3                                                             Pre-requisite: 312
Students are introduced to real world of translation. They have to choose a place to work at for the semester, where they translate a variety of texts.The course starts with theoretical material which covers the first week and where students are introduced to translation ethics.
Students have to meet their academic supervisor on a regular base to discuss about their experience.

 
Service courses: University elective courses
This course is offered as a University elective course:
 
Course number
Course Title Credited hours
0202130 French language 3
 

Course description

French language
Course code: 0202130                                     Credits: 3                                                            
The course is designed for students with no prior knowledge of the French language.
It targets the fundamental language needs of students and gives them the necessary tools for immediate communication in French.
The students will learn to listen, speak, read and write French at beginner level. They will be familiarized with a variety of topics related to everyday life in French through a communicative based language use and activities.