French Cef B2.1 Academic
hacolak@gsu.edu.tr
Alai@gsu.edu.tr
Content
Objective
- Consolidate the foundations of the French language: stabilize vocabulary, grammar, syntax, and overall oral and written fluency.
- Develop French legal vocabulary, reasoning specific to legal discourse, and formal phrasing used in legislation or court rulings.
- Prepare to understand law courses taught in French: be able to follow a lecture, take notes, and comprehend an academic textbook.
- Develop skills in reading and analyzing texts in French.
- Practice oral expression.
- Gain exposure to French legal culture.
Course Content
4 hours of weekly lessons.
Focused on learning the major stages of French legal history, from Antiquity to the present day, this course consolidates written and oral comprehension and expression through regular practical exercises.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Understand a definition or a field-specific concept, both orally and in writing
- Give an oral presentation and express their opinion with confidence
- Write in the French language
- Follow a lecture delivered entirely in French
Teaching and Learning Methods
- Activities to work on the 4 skills (Listening / Speaking / Reading / Writing)
- Interactive course
References
Course file for the semester prepared by the teacher
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | General Introduction – Presentation Session |
| 2 | Antiquity – Construction and Distinction of Public Law and Private Law |
| 3 | The Middle Ages – Discovery of Legal Pluralism and Different Sources of Law |
| 4 | The Age of Enlightenment – The Influence of Philosophers and the Creation of Separation of Powers |
| 5 | The French Revolution – The Origin of the Republic and Human Rights |
| 6 | Written Expression (2h) / Post-Revolution: The Era of Codes – The Civil Code and the Exegetes (2h) |
| 7 | The 20th Century (1) – The Creation of Labor Law |
| 8 | Midterm Exams |
| 9 | The 20th Century (2) – World War II |
| 10 | The 20th Century (3) – The Post-War Era and the Advent of Fundamental Rights – The Individual v. The State |
| 11 | The 20th Century (4) – The Post-War Era and the Advent of Fundamental Rights – Focus on the Death Penalty |
| 12 | The 21st Century and Its Challenges – The Digital Era and AI |
| 13 | The 21st Century and Its Challenges – International Environmental Law |
| 14 | Written Expression (2h) / Conclusion and Semester Review |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 40 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 60 |
| Total | 2 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 40 |
| 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 |
| Make-up | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 40 |
Relation of Proficiency
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Recognizing fundamental legal concepts, defining, interpreting and using them. | X | ||||
| 2 | Recognizing fundamental disciplines of law and their content, including legislation, case-law and the doctrine in the relevant discipline. | X | ||||
| 3 | Recognizing positive norms in the legislation and being able to define and explain the principals of methodology. | X | ||||
| 4 | Being able to determine, identify and restate legal problems. | X | ||||
| 5 | Being able to use legal interpretation principals in an efficient manner in order to analyse and resolve a legal problem and in order to develop a strategy. | X | ||||
| 6 | Being able to conduct academic researches on legal problems and to propose solutions. | X | ||||
| 7 | Assuming responsibility individually or collectively for resolving complicated legal problems. | X | ||||
| 8 | Being able to criticise positive norms of the law system. | X | ||||
| 9 | Being able to explain technical legal knowledge in Turkish, French and English verbally or in writing, being able to report personal opinion concerning a legal problem verbally or in writing in a persuasive manner. | X | ||||
| 10 | Being able to follow up the local and international legal literature, to update technical legal knowledge permanently, to use information technology in an efficient manner in order to achieve these goals. | X | ||||
| 11 | Being able to conduct comparative academic researches between different law systems. | |||||
| 12 | Respecting human rights and universal principals and notions of law. | X | ||||
| 13 | Respecting the ethical standarts, good faith, fairness and equity principals. | X | ||||
| 14 | Being sensitive to social problems, democracy, laicism and rule of law principal. | X | ||||
ECTS
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Workload | 52 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 2.08 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 2 | ||