COURSE INFORMATION PACKAGE · PH129
Oral Argumentation I
Compulsory · French
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Content Weekly Contents Assessment System Relation of Proficiency ECTS
Course Instructor(s)
FLORENCE M. SOMER
Content
Objective
Acquisition of B2 level in FOU (French on university objectives)
Course Content
Discourse analysis in order to acquire the recurrent linguistic structures necessary for the elaboration of an oral speech
Teaching and Learning Methods
Actional
References
Texts
Audio documents
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Argumentation: search for ideas |
| 2 | Preparation to philosophical debates |
| 3 | Exam / Philosophical debate |
| 4 | Analysis of oral speech |
| 5 | Oral-written differentiation / oral types |
| 6 | Oralisation of speech |
| 7 | Argumentation: reformulation of ideas |
| 8 | Argumentation: how to justify one's position |
| 9 | Argumentation: (thesis / argument / example and the types of arguments) |
| 10 | Argumentation: how to express opinions |
| 11 | Argumentation: refutation |
| 12 | Preparation to philosophical debates |
| 14 | Preparation to philosophical debates,Exam / Philosophical debate |
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Argumentation: search for ideas |
| 2 | Preparation to philosophical debates |
| 3 | Exam / Philosophical debate |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 2 | 60 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 3 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 2 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 |
Relation of Proficiency
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Analyze philosophical texts with analytical and critical rigor; | X | ||||
| 2 | Get an exhaustive knowledge on the history of philosophy; from antiquity to 20th century; | |||||
| 3 | Provide access to information and expertise in the fields of systematic philosophy, such as ethic, esthetic, history of science, philosophy of society; | X | ||||
| 4 | Establish the relation between philosophy and other fields of knowledge, such as, history, psychology, anthropology, sociology and other positive sciences; | X | ||||
| 5 | Learn the theories of political science and the philosophical evaluation of historical and actual events; | |||||
| 6 | Have a sufficient level of French and English in order to follow philosophical debates; | X | ||||
| 7 | Have a sufficient level of the ancient Greek, Latin and Ottoman languages for reading philosophical texts written in these; | X | ||||
| 8 | Develop a creative thinking and a knowledge of aesthetic theories which will allow the analysis of artworks and the history of art; | X | ||||
| 9 | Acquire academic research methods and writing ability as well as to develop analytical skills, interpretation and criticism. | X | ||||
ECTS
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Assignments | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Presentation | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Portfolio Study | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Total Workload | 51 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 2.04 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 2 | ||