General linguistics, lexicography and syntax issues, Lexicography and syntax issues

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

France-Anne Neven

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

    1) In-depth study of lexicological concepts and methods (procedures for creating words, relationships between words etc);
2) In-depth study of the syntactic particularities of French;

3) Identification of syntactical and lexical errors or mistakes in statements and redrafting these statements in standard French; 
4) Working with the main dictionaries and grammar books relating to the French language.
5) Use of dictionaries
6) Writings (the past, the present and the future simple tenses will be used).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

    Students will be capable of using appropriate dictionaries and grammatical works depending on their research objectives and methods.  Students will be able to identify syntactical and lexicological mistakes, weaknesses and errors and be able to correct them.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

No prerequisite knowledge, but C1 level for non-native speakers. 

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

    TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS: face-to-face. One part of the course, in the form of lectures, will shed light on lexicological concepts and methods, the study of syntactical particularities of French, dictionaries and grammar books. There will be time for interaction between the teacher and the group, when exercises (which are set out for the most part in the syllabus) are worked through. Student participation in the theory course is compulsory, as is preparation of exercises at home. A certain amount of personal investment outside class hours is therefore required of students.

Erasmus students can choose the group they want without asking the teacher. 


Monday : group 1 : 08:00 - 10: 00 : ULiège, rue de Pitteurs, L5 2.7/8
or

Monday : group 2 : 10:00 - 12: 00  : ULiège, rue de Pitteurs, L5 2.7/8

 

 

Some courses could be given on TEAMS for exceptional reasons. 

Recommended or required readings

  COURSE NOTES:  - Course notes (with exercices and exams examples).
- Texts and exercises distributed during class. 
- A book to study for the exam : COLIGNON, J.-P., Pour ne plus faire de fautes d'orthographe. Paris, éd. de l'Opportun, Poche, s.d.
RECOMMENDED READING : A bibliography will be distributed during class. 
MAIN RESOURCES USED BY THE TEACHER : - Bavoux, C. (dir.), Le français des dictionnaires: L'autre versant de la lexicographie française, Brussels, Duculot, 2008.  - Bal, W., Doppagne, A., Goosse, A., Hanse, J., Lenoble-Pinson, M., Pohl, J., Warnant, L.,Belgicismes. Inventaire des particularités lexicales du français en Belgique, Louvain-la-Neuve, Duculot, Paris, Conseil international de la langue française, 1994.  - Hanse, J., Blampain, D., Nouveau dictionnaire des difficultés du français moderne, Louvain-la-Neuve, De Boeck-Duculot, 2005. - Paveau, M.-A., Rosier, L., La langue française: passions et polémiques, Paris, Vuibert, 2008.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )


Additional information:

This teaching unit ("Unité d'enseignement," or UE) is subject to the principle of the "note absorbante," which means that the student having obtained a mark below 8/20 for one of the learning activities ("activités d'apprentissage," or AA) will receive a failing grade for the entire unit and will have to retake the failed AA in the second session regardless of the mathematical average of the two AA grades. 

 

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

    - In January: written examination on 1) a list of paronyms and semantically close terms liable to lead to drafting errors. 2) some exercises and theoretical points covered in class during the first term. 3) book of Colignon.

- In June: written examination for the students who failed (less than 10/20) in January (second chance). 

- In September : written examination for the students who failed (less than 10/20) in June. 


Examinations include open questions and multiple choice questions.

Work placement(s)

No work placements.

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

FANeven@uliege.be

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