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<title>French 3</title>
<cid>DFBGE-060</cid>
<sapsubmodule>P610-0027</sapsubmodule>
<bkey>dfbees</bkey>
<ctypes>
<hours>4</hours>
<type>VU</type>
</ctypes>
<cp>4</cp>
<semester>3</semester>
<mandatory>yes</mandatory>
<language>French</language>
<exam>Written exam (50%) + term paper with presentation (25%) + tests (25%)</exam>
<curriculum>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>DFBGE-060</cid>
<branch>Electrical Engineering - Renewable Energy and System Technology</branch>
<semester>3</semester>
<mandatory_tag>mandatory course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>DFBEES-302</cid>
<branch>Electrical Engineering - Renewable Energy and System Technology</branch>
<semester>3</semester>
<mandatory_tag>mandatory course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>DFBGE-060</cid>
<branch>Electrical Engineering</branch>
<semester>3</semester>
<mandatory_tag>mandatory course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>DFBGM308</cid>
<branch>Mechanical Engineering</branch>
<semester>3</semester>
<mandatory_tag>mandatory course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>DFBME-302</cid>
<branch>Mechanical Engineering</branch>
<semester>3</semester>
<mandatory_tag>mandatory course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>DFBME-302</cid>
<branch>Mechanical Engineering</branch>
<semester>3</semester>
<mandatory_tag>mandatory course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
</curriculum>
<workload>
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.The total student study time is 120 hours (equivalent to 4 ECTS credits).There are therefore 75 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.</workload>
<prerequisites>
</prerequisites>
<prerequisitesfor>
</prerequisitesfor>
<convenor>Dr. Julia Frisch</convenor>
<convenor-person-key>jfr</convenor-person-key>
<lecturers>
<lecturer>Dr. Julia Frisch</lecturer>
<lecturer-person-key>jfr</lecturer-person-key>
</lecturers>
<objectives>After successfully completing this module, students will: 
-	have attained language skills at the lower and intermediate C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), 

Skills: After successfully completing this module, students will be able to:
•	understand the global and detailed information in difficult texts pertaining to concrete and abstract topics, 
•	follow factually complex technical discussions in their own field of expertise,
•	communicate using a wide range of linguistic means allowing them to conduct conversations with native speakers in an idiomatic and communicative manner,
•	express themselves in writing on a wide range of general and selected scholarly topics,
•	hold job and subject-oriented presentations and prepare the corresponding written materials in a linguistically appropriate manner and, to a great extent, error-free 

Competences: After successfully completing this module, students will:
-	have mastered the grammar relevant for the above skills, the basic general vocabulary, the advanced French vocabulary and some French business vocabulary,
-	be sensitive to the intercultural characteristics of countries belonging to the francophone world and thus, be able to successfully manage important communication situations in daily (business) life and 
-	be capable of embracing the intercultural differences of countries belonging to the francophone world and verbally interact there successfully. 

</objectives>
<content>•	Maintain the extensive general French vocabulary acquired in previous levels of learning,
•	Advanced acquisition of an extensive vocabulary in an engineering and technical environment,
•	Advanced English grammar and awareness of its potential for use in technical language,
•	Pronounced communication skills with regard to scientific language in order to take part in discussions, hold presentations and write texts belonging to the most important scientifically-relevant text types on a high level,
•	Improve reading and listening comprehension skills through appropriate exercises.
</content>
<media>•	Use a wide range of media: television and video, radio, magazines and newspapers, computer-based interactivity
•	Partner work, group work and role playing
•	Presentations and short talks by students
•	Presentations by the lecturer
•	Plenary and group discussions
•	The goal is to enable authentic foreign language communication.

</media>
<literature>•	Teaching materials compiled by the lecturer </literature>
<offered>
</offered>
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