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Section 1.5 Lexicology of the French Language

ОК 1.5

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

First

2024/2025

6 Semester

2

PLO 1. Communicate fluently on professional matters with specialists and non-specialists in the official and foreign languages, both orally and in writing, and use these skills to facilitate effective intercultural communication. PLO 10. Be familiar with the norms of the literary language and be able to apply them in practical activities. PLO 11. Be familiar with the principles, techniques and methods of creating oral and written texts of various genres and styles in the national and foreign languages. PLO 14. Use Romance languages and English in spoken and written form, across various genres, styles and registers of communication (formal, informal, neutral), to solve communicative tasks in the everyday, social, educational, professional and academic spheres of life. PLO 15. Carry out linguistic, literary and specialised philological analysis of texts of various styles and genres.

Full-time form

Before commencing this course, students must have successfully completed the compulsory module ‘Introductory Course in French’. ‘Theoretical and Practical Phonetics of the French Language’, ‘Practical Translation from the First Language’, ‘Linguistic and Cultural Studies of French-speaking Countries’, ‘Introduction to Romance Philology’; and be familiar with the theoretical foundations of general linguistics. Students must be able to read and understand authentic texts, comprehend monologues and dialogues spoken by native speakers; hold conversations on everyday and cultural topics, and participate in discussions; express their thoughts logically and coherently in both spoken and written form; plan and evaluate their own work; use interactive and multimedia resources.

Aims of the course: – to equip students with knowledge of the lexical system of the French language and its evolution, to develop their linguistic knowledge, taking into account their existing vocabulary as well as the conditions, motives and aims of communication, and to establish the theoretical foundations for understanding approaches to the study of the lexicon of modern French, taking into account the specific nature of its evolution and existence in the form of national variants. The course ‘Lexicology of the French Language’ is included in the list of compulsory courses for full-time students and is taught in the fourth semester of the Bachelor’s programme in accordance with the curriculum of the educational and professional programme ‘French Language and Translation, English Language and a Second Romance Language’. It is taught as a 2-credit module, totalling 60 hours, comprising 16 hours of lectures, 14 hours of practical work and 30 hours of independent study. The course ‘Lexicology of the French Language’ involves the systematic study of vocabulary and the analysis of the polysemy of the most commonly used French words by comparing them with their corresponding Ukrainian equivalents. Basic concepts of polysemy, antonymy, homonymy and phraseology are introduced; an understanding of the components and types of a word’s lexical meaning, as well as word-formation methods, is developed; issues regarding the causes and sources of loanwords in modern French are examined; the formation of national variants and dialects of the French language in the French-speaking world is explored; algorithms for analysing literary and journalistic texts at the lexical-semantic level. Issues of French lexicography and types of dictionaries are also examined. The structure of the language is acquired in typical communicative contexts and through the main types of speech activity (listening, speaking, reading, writing, and interaction).

The course consists of two modules. Forms of continuous assessment: oral responses, written homework assignments. Forms of module assessment: module test. Final assessment: takes the form of a comprehensive examination

The final mark for the content module is calculated by adding the mark for ongoing performance to the mark for the module assessment: Written homework assignments + oral response + module assessment: (max. 30, min. 18). Students who have scored a total of fewer points across the two modules than the critical minimum of 36 points will not be permitted to sit the exam. For students who have not achieved the minimum threshold mark during the semester, a final semester assessment is conducted at the end of the semester, or essays and presentations on course topics are assessed. The maximum mark for additional forms of assessment may not exceed 40% of the maximum total marks for the semester – 24 marks. The final semester mark is composed of marks obtained by the student during the semester and marks obtained in the exam. The maximum weighting is distributed as follows: 60 marks (60%) – semester assessment and 40 marks (40%) – exam.

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