Spring 2012 Graduate Courses
All graduate courses are conducted in French
FREN-GA.9690001The French Novel in the Nineteenth Century
Prof. Gérard Gengembre
4 points
A historical and thematic panorama of the French novel from 1800 to 1893, oriented principally to provide a socio-historic view of French society in the 19th century. Considers the novel as a genre emergent from the Revolutionary period, its expansion and diversification during the course of the 19th century, and its ambition to embrace and transform the real.
FREN-GA.9067001
French Cultural History: French Perspectives on a Multi-Cultural Education
Prof. Martine Abdallah-Pretceille
4 credits
Required for M.A. degree in Teaching French as a Foreign language
This course examines how France manages such questions as multilingualism, multiculturalism, gender, social class, race and ethnicity, integration and intercultural perspectives in education and in the classroom. Looking at how these questions have evolved over the last few centuries, we consider issues such as the standardization of language as a factor of nation building, a free and secular school system as an agent of social advancement and socialization, intercultural relations as social assets in education. Includes texts in linguistics, sociolinguistics, history of education, literature and politics from the 18th century to the present.
FREN-GA.9002001
Applied Phonetics & Spoken Contemporary French
Prof. Montagu
4 points
Required for M.A. degree in Teaching French as a foreign language
Concepts of phonetic description, review of French phonetics (basic phonemes, syllabification, intonation, rhythm, pauses, etc.) with special emphasis on the specific problems encountered by English-speaking students. A study of expressiveness in the spoken language.
FREN-GA.9012002
Applied Methodology to Teaching French as a Foreign Language
Prof. Michelle Boularès
4 points
Required for M.A. degree in Teaching French as a foreign language
Further study of material, approaches and techniques used in teaching language skills to second-foreign language learners and application of language acquisition theories to practice. With specific emphasis on lesson planning; skills in motivation and communication. Includes 15 hours of classroom observation and 10 hours of classroom execution.
FREN-GA.9891001
Independent Guided reading
Prof. Michelle Boularès
2-4 points
Required for M.A. degree in Teaching French as a foreign language
A guided yet independent work relevant to foreign language acquisition, pedagogy and other associated areas. The approach may include experimental, quasi-experimental, descriptive, historical and /or philosophical paradigms.
Tutorat Institut d'Etudes Politiques; Mondialisation et spécificités socio-culturelles
Prof. Martial Poirson
La mondialisation économique, à travers l’ouverture globale des marchés et la constitution de stratégies industrielles et commerciales à grande échelle, représente un processus de standardisation et d’homogénéisation des biens, des services, des styles de vie et des pratiques culturelles et récréatives d’une ampleur sans précédent, sinon sans exemple dans l’histoire. Elle semble ainsi imposer une culture dominante et un modèle unique de société face auxquels les spécificités socioculturelles ont tendance à s’estomper, voire à disparaître. Cependant, elle a également pour conséquence indirecte de favoriser la différenciation accrue des modèles sociaux et culturels, à travers des logiques complexes d’hybridation et d’acculturation, mais aussi de stimuler les mouvements de contestation et d’émancipation de minorités considérées comme subalternes, dans un contexte postcolonial propice à l’apparition de cultures émergeantes. À l’heure du retour en force des idéologies du « choc des civilisations » et des revendications différencialistes d’« identités culturelles », sur fond de transition postcoloniale aux effets incertains, ces questions ne peuvent pas être considérées comme inactuelles.
