Curricular Unit:Code:
Foreign Language -French-852LEF1
Year:Level:Course:Credits:
4UndergraduateNursing3 ects
Learning Period:Language of Instruction:Total Hours:
Portuguese39
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
To improve oral and written communication in French
To provide students with oral and written practice in the French language, in pragmatic daily health-related situations.
To encourage the pleasure of reading and producing texts in French
To develop French language skills according to specific situations.
This course aims at providing students with the main linguistic skills for generalist nurses
Syllabus:
This curricular unit intends to provide students with a practice of the French language in different health-related situations such as in-patient hospital admission, preparation for surgery (medical exams and blood samples and urine collection), parts of the human body, surgical interventions, medication and therapeutic classes, post-operative care, leaving the hospital after medical discharge, and concrete cases of health problems requiring nursing care (strokes, diabetes, etc).
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
To be able to speak as many foreign languages as possible is an increased advantage in our contemporary era of globalization. It is the teacher’s task to encourage the students to express themselves in French, whether verbally or in writing; to feel at home in daily situations; to be able to translate texts from French to Portuguese and vice versa; to reasonably master French grammar.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Written Test 1 - 25%
Written Test 2 - 25%
Oral presentation - 50% (Specific themes related with nursing)
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The theoretical-practical presentations in charge of the teacher foster the acquisition of updated information on the topics under study. Students’ presentations, in groups or individually, require critical reflection and help to create the awareness that learning is a continuous process.
Reading:
Chamberlain, A. & Steele, R. (2001). Guide Pratique de la Communication. Paris, Didier.
Mourlhon-Dallies & Jacqueline Tolas (2004). santé-médecine.com. Paris, CLe International.
Chevalier, J-C. et alii (s/d).Grammaire Larousse du Français Contemporain. Paris, Librairie Larousse.
Debboub, Laetitïa (2016) Soigner en français - Méthode d'apprentissage pour les infirmiers non francophones. Vuibert.