{"id":3305,"date":"2025-06-04T15:09:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/?page_id=3305"},"modified":"2025-11-21T14:34:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:34:43","slug":"french-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/en\/spring-2026\/french\/french-2\/","title":{"rendered":"French 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Organizing school<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0 University of Vaasa<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language of instruction<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0 English<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schedule<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Course open in Moodle: 26.01.2026 – 15.04.2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Webinars<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Schedule of online meetings:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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  • Wednesday 28.01 at 14.15-15.45<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Wednesday 04.02 at 14.15-15.45<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Wednesday 11.02 at 14.15-15.45<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Wednesday 18.02 at 14.15-15.45<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Wednesday 25.02 at 14.15-15.45<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Wednesday 04.03 at 14.15-15.45<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Wednesday 11.03 at 14.15-15.45<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Wednesday 18.03 at 14.15-15.45<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Wednesday 25.03 at 14.15-15.45<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Wednesday 01.04 at 14.15-15.45<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Wednesday 08.04 at 14.15-15.45<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Wednesday 15.04 at 14.15-15.45<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \u00a0Students are required to attend at least half of the scheduled meetings.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Exam on Moodle<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

\u00a01st exam: 4th of March to 11th of March<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a02nd exam: 1st of April to 8th of April<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a03rd exam: 15th of April to 22nd of April<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

CEFR-level<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Starting level A1.1 -> target level A1.2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ECTS<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a03<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prerequisites<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0The course requires completion of <\/span>KiVANET<\/span> Ranska<\/span> 1 or French 1 or equivalent knowledge of French (level A1.1).<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Course description<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Learning outcomes<\/span><\/b>: <\/span><\/h3>\n

On completion of the course, students will be able to talk about their everyday life, past, and future events, write short messages, handle a situation in a caf\u00e9 or restaurant, describe people and their clothing, resolve small problems and ask questions and express what they need.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Content<\/span><\/b>: <\/span><\/h3>\n

Students will learn more about French pronunciation, basic structures and vocabulary, while strengthening their listening comprehension and speech production in the most common communication situations. The course will also introduce students to French culture and customs. Topics covered are: time expressions and large numbers, reflexive verbs, formation and use of tenses: near future (aller + infinitive), past continuous (\u00eatre en train de + infinitive), recent past (venir de + infinitive), past tense pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9, partitive and expressions of quantity, adjectives, conjugation and use of modal auxiliaries: vouloir, pouvoir, devoir, and savoir, the structure \u201cavoir besoin de\u201d and formation of questions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Study and assessment methods<\/span><\/b>: <\/span><\/h3>\n

Students will study independently with the help of texts, recordings, videos and interactive exercises in the learning environment and practice what they have learned in the weekly online meetings. The evaluation is based on the interactive exercises and assignments and three exams.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Learning materials<\/span><\/b>: <\/span><\/h3>\n

All the materials are available in a digital learning environment.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Grading scale and evaluation criteria<\/span><\/b>: <\/span><\/h3>\n

Pass\/Fail or 0\u20135 depending on the implementation. The assignments are evaluated on a pass\/fail scale.<\/p>\n

Workload<\/span><\/b>: <\/span><\/h3>\n