| Code | Faculty |
|---|---|
| 01240223 | Faculty of Humanities |
| Credits | Duration |
|---|---|
| Duration of study: 1 year | Total credits: 120 |
| Dr AM de Beer [email protected] | +27 (0)124203661 |
An average of at least 65% in French at third-year level is recommended for students enrolling in this programme.
Please note:
This programme is offered in collaboration with the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus).
Modules will be offered as follows: contact sessions on the campus where the student is registered (direct or via technology such as Skype, videoconferencing, learning portals). Students might be required to attend contact sessions on the Potchefstroom Campus occasionally.
Students will be allowed to choose 1 module under the title of capita selecta (elective) from a related field such as translation and interpreting, literary theory,etc., provided that such a module represents a credit value of at least 24. This should be done in consultation with the programme manager.
Elective modules must be chosen in consultation with the programme manager.
Minimum credits: 128
Elective modules
Select 2 modules - 48 credits
Elective modules must be chosen in consultation with the programme manager.
Module content:
French and Francophone literary works in context. French literary works studied in the context of a specific period or genre.Module content:
Presentation in French (duration: 50 minutes) of a topic chosen from a field in the human sciences.Module content:
French texts are interpreted from and into French giving particular consideration to semantics and context to convey the true meaning, regardless of the form of the original text.
Module content:
Nature and functioning of language
Philosophy of language: approaches to the nature of language.
Module content:
Poetics and appropriation of French fiction
Poetics and interpretation of fiction in the context of the reader's existential framework, as well as a study of various genres and periods of French literature
Module content:
Didactics of French as a foreign language
This module reviews traditional and modern approaches to language teaching, paying particular attention to foreign language teaching in a multilingual context. Theory of the various approaches is linked to practical assignments in which mainstream and innovative approaches are explored.
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