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Section 1.7: Course paper in French

ОК 01.07

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

First

2024/2025

4 Semester

2

PLO 1. To communicate fluently on professional matters with specialists and non-specialists in the state language and foreign languages, both orally and in writing, and to use these languages to ensure effective intercultural communication. PLO 10. To have a thorough knowledge of the norms of the standard language and to be able to apply them in practical activity. PLO 11. To understand the principles, technologies, and techniques of producing oral and written texts of various genres and styles in the state language and foreign languages. PLO 14. To use the French language in oral and written forms, across different genres, styles, and registers of communication (formal, informal, neutral), in order to solve communicative tasks in everyday, social, educational, professional, and academic contexts. PLO 15. To carry out linguistic, literary, and specialised philological analysis of texts of various styles and genres.

Full-time form

Successful completion of practical and theoretical courses in the French language delivered during the first three semesters of the Bachelor’s programme, as well as the ability to take notes and produce summaries of scholarly sources. Students are expected to possess theoretical knowledge of language as a sign system, to be able to understand and independently use linguistic terminology, and to present the results of their own research.

The educational component “Course Paper in the French Language” is a compulsory part of the curriculum and serves as a form of final assessment for 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.” The course paper requires 60 hours of independent work (equivalent to 2 ECTS credits). It is an academic research project in which students must demonstrate their ability to work with scholarly sources in the target language, critically engage with them, and conduct independent research. The research topic is selected within a defined field of linguistics related to the course paper, including areas such as morphology, syntax, and lexicology of the French language, taking into account the student’s academic interests. The course is aimed at developing students’ research and analytical skills.

The course paper must be submitted to the academic supervisor within the deadline установлен by the academic schedule, in printed form, prepared according to the approved format and properly bound. Course papers that, in the opinion of the academic supervisor, merit a positive evaluation are recommended for defense. Papers that, according to the preliminary assessment of the academic supervisor, do not meet the requirements for a positive evaluation are not admitted to the defense and are returned to the student for further revision.

The final grade is awarded on a 100-point scale, with subsequent conversion into the traditional four-grade system. The assessment takes into account the following criteria: the relevance of the paper’s content to the research topic; the quality of the analysis of scholarly literature; the correct use and presentation of the study’s terminological framework; the independence and soundness of the analysis of the selected problem; the successful completion of research tasks; the reliability of the results obtained and the validity of the conclusions; compliance with orthographic and stylistic norms; and full adherence to current academic formatting standards.

Ukrainian, French