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Foreign language C for translators and interpreters 1 (French)

Code: 101474
Credits: 9
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Translation and Interpreting OP 4

Contact lecturer

Name :
Àngels Catena Rodulfo
Email :
angels.catena@uab.cat

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this subject.

Objectives

This course introduces students to the development of the linguistic, communicative and discursive competences in French that are essential for translation and interpreting studies.

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate comprehension of written texts on everyday and familiar topics (CEFR-FTI A2.1).
  • Produce short and simple written texts on topics related to their immediate environment (CEFR-FTI A1.1).
  • Demonstrate comprehension of simple and clearly articulated oral texts on everyday and familiar topics (CEFR-FTI A1.1).
  • Produce short and simple oral texts on topics related to their immediate environment (CEFR-FTI A1.1).

Learning outcomes

  1. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying graphic, lexical, morphosyntactic, textual and linguistic variation related knowledge.
  2. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying graphic, lexical and morphosyntactic basic knowledge.
  3. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying graphic, lexical and morphosyntactic knowledge.
  4. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying graphic, lexical, morphosyntactic and textual related knowledge.
  5. Implementing strategies in order to understand written texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to understand basic written expressions related to the immediate environment.
  6. Implementing strategies in order to understand written texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to comprehend information of short and simple written texts related to the immediate environment.
  7. Implementing strategies in order to understand written texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to comprehend written texts about general topics.
  8. Implementing strategies in order to understand written texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to comprehend verbal texts of a certain complexity about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  9. Implementing strategies in order to understand written texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to comprehend a diverse typology of written texts about general topics of well-known areas.
  10. Implementing strategies in order to understand written texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to comprehend a diverse typology of written texts of a certain complexity about general topics from a wide variety of fields and registers.
  11. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of written texts of several fields: Comprehending information of short and simple written texts about subjects related to the immediate environment.
  12. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of written texts of several fields: Comprehending the essential information of written texts about general topics.
  13. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of written texts of several fields: Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of written texts of a certain complexity about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  14. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of written texts of several fields: Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of a diverse typology of written texts about general topics of well-known areas.
  15. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of written texts of several fields: Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of a diverse typology of written texts about general topics from a wide variety of fields and registers.
  16. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying graphic, lexical, morphosyntactic, textual and linguistic variation related knowledge.
  17. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying graphic, lexical and morphosyntactic knowledge.
  18. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying graphic, lexical, morphosyntactic and textual related knowledge.
  19. Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts of different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies to use the basic graphic and lexical system in order to produce simple written expressions related to the immediate environment.
  20. Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts of different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce really short and simple written texts about topics related to the immediate environment.
  21. Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts of different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts about topics related to the immediate environment.
  22. Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts of different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts about general topics.
  23. Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts of different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts of a certain complexity about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  24. Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts of different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce a diverse typology of written texts of a certain complexity about general topics of well-known areas.
  25. Producing written texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing basic written expressions related to the immediate environment with linguistic correctness.
  26. Producing written texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing really short and simple texts about topics related to the immediate environment with linguistic correctness.
  27. Producing written texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing written texts about general topics that are appropriate to their context.
  28. Producing written texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing written texts of a certain complexity about personal and general topics from well-known areas and with specific communicative purposes, following standard modes of discourse.
  29. Producing written texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing a diverse typology of written texts about general topics of well-known areas with specific communicative purposes and following standard modes of discourse.
  30. Producing written texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Producing simple academic texts, following standard models of discourse.
  31. Solving interferences between the working languages: Solving interferences from the language combination with a certain degree of control.
  32. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying phonological, lexical and morphosyntactic basic knowledge.
  33. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying phonological, lexical and morphosyntactic knowledge.
  34. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying phonological, lexical, morphosyntactic and textual related knowledge.
  35. Implementing strategies in order to understand verbal texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to understand basic verbal expressions related to the immediate environment.
  36. Implementing strategies in order to understand verbal texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to understand simple and clear verbal texts about general topics.
  37. Implementing strategies in order to understand verbal texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to understand clear verbal texts about general topics.
  38. Implementing strategies in order to understand verbal texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to comprehend verbal texts about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  39. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of verbal texts of several fields: Comprehending the information of clear and simple oral texts of general topics.
  40. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of verbal texts of several fields: Comprehending the sense of clear verbal texts about general topics.
  41. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of verbal texts of several fields: Comprehending verbal texts about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  42. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of verbal texts of several fields: Comprehending a diverse typology of verbal texts of general topics of well-known areas.
  43. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying phonological, lexical and morphosyntactic knowledge.
  44. Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce basic verbal expressions related to the immediate environment.
  45. Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce really short and simple verbal texts about topics related to the immediate environment.
  46. Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce simple verbal texts about general topics.
  47. Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  48. Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts of a certain complexity about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  49. Producing verbal texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing basic verbal expressions related to the immediate environment.
  50. Producing verbal texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing basic verbal texts about general topics that are appropriate to their context.
  51. Producing verbal texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing verbal texts about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  52. Producing verbal texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing verbal texts of a certain complexity about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  53. Producing verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Producing basic verbal texts with specific communicative purposes, following standard models of discourse.
  54. Producing verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Producing verbal texts with specific communicative purposes, following standard models of discourse.

Contents

On the one hand, oral production and listening comprehension skills will be developed through the use of a range of authentic materials and the study of spontaneous oral genres. On the other hand, written production and reading comprehension skills will be developed through authentic materials reflecting contemporary cultural issues within the French-speaking world.

The tasks proposed will incorporate aspects related to the culture, history and contemporary social realities of French-speaking countries, with the aim of fostering students’ sociocultural competence and intercultural awareness.

The course will primarily introduce the linguistic content required to achieve the following communicative objectives:

  • Greeting others, introducing oneself and introducing other people.
  • Talking about oneself (likes and dislikes, routines, leisure activities, studies or profession, family, housing, etc.).
  • Describing a person.
  • Asking for information and arranging an appointment.
  • Explaining projects, plans or intentions.

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Monitoring and feedback on oral presentations 8 0.32
Oral presentations 10 0.4
Activities posted in the virtual campus 135 5.4
Monitoring and feedback on writing presentations 25 1
Discussion of problems and exercises 30 1.2
listening activities 10 0.4

To achieve the established objectives, this subject mainly involves practical classes based on a communicative approach.

Students must keep abreast of the news and information published on the Virtual Campus / Moodle (assignments to be performed outside class, deadlines, review arrangements, etc.).

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Activities posted in the virtual campus 15% 0 0 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 31, 32, 33, 34, 43
Speaking assignments 20% 2 0.08 1, 2, 3, 4, 16, 17, 18, 31, 32, 33, 34, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54
Reading assignment 15% 1 0.04 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 32, 33, 34, 43
Writing assignment 15% 2 0.08 1, 2, 3, 4, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 43
Listening assignment 15% 1 0.04 1, 2, 3, 4, 16, 17, 18, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
Vocabulary and grammar assignments 20% 1 0.04 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 31, 32, 33, 34

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

The schedule of tests will be announced well in advance and cannot be modified. Incoming exchange students who request to take an exam earlier must submit to the lecturer a written document from their home university justifying their request. In duly justified cases, the test that a student was unable to attend may be taken on the date scheduled for the single assessment.

SINGLE ASSESSMENT

Students may opt for single assessment in accordance with the requirements and conditions set out in the academic regulations. This involves submitting, on a single date, the necessary number of assessment tasks to demonstrate and guarantee the achievement of the course objectives and learning outcomes.

Students must submit the electronic application within the deadline established by the Faculty.

Single assessment will take place on a single day. On the day of the assessment, teaching staff will request identification; students must present a valid identity document with a recent photograph (student ID card, national ID, or passport).

The single assessment will consist of the following components:

1. Reading assessment: 20%

2. Listening assessment: 20%

3. Speaking assessment: 20 %

4. Writing assessment: 20%

5. Grammar and vocabulary assessment: 20%

The same resit system as for continuous assessment will apply.

REVIEW AND FAILED ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES

At the time each assessment activity is carried out, the lecturer will inform students (via Moodle) of the procedure and date for reviewing grades.

In order to be eligible for the resit, students must have previously been assessed on a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to at least two-thirds of the total grade. The resit will consist of a final comprehensive exam. Only students who have failed and obtained a minimum final average mark of 3.5 out of 10 will be eligible.

Oral presentations, tasks related to regular teaching activities, and the submission of coursework are excluded from the resit.

Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average grade of at least 3.5.

The lecturer will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for.

CLASSIFICATION AS "NOT ASSESSABLE"

In the event of the assessment activities a student has performed accounting for 25% or less of the final grade for the subject, their work will be classified as "not assessable" on their transcript.


MISCONDUCT IN ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES

This subject entirely prohibits the use of AI technologies in all of its activities. Any submitted work that contains content generated using AI will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade will be awarded a zero, without the possibility of reassessment. In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.

Any irregularity committed by a student that may lead to a significant alteration of the grade of a given assessment activity will result in a mark of 0 for that activity, regardless of any disciplinary proceedings that may arise. If several irregularities are detected in the assessment activities of the same course, the final grade for the course will be 0.

In case of doubt, teaching staff will propose an interview with the students involved, during which they must justify their answers and the reasoning behind the submitted tests or exercises.

Bibliography

Catherine Hugot et al. (2023) Mon Alter Ego 1. Paris: Hachette

Software

No specific software is used in this course.

Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE