Study programme 2025-2026Français
Mastery of the French Language
Programme component of Bachelor's in Psychology and Education: Speech and Language Therapy (MONS) (day schedule) à la Faculty of Psychology and Education

CodeTypeHead of UE Department’s
contact details
Teacher(s)
UP-B2-BALOGO-008-MCompulsory UEPICCALUGA MyriamP362 - Métrologie et Sciences du langage
  • GENETTE Jérémy
  • GIOIELLA Marina

Language
of instruction
Language
of assessment
HT(*) HTPE(*) HTPS(*) HR(*) HD(*) CreditsWeighting Term
  • Français
Français103500055.00Année

AA CodeTeaching Activity (AA) HT(*) HTPE(*) HTPS(*) HR(*) HD(*) Term Weighting
P-SMSL-108Orthographe lexicale et grammaticale515000Q120.00%
P-SMSL-109Written Production520000Q280.00%

Programme component

Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

  • Provide clear, accurate, and reasoned information
    • Provide information (both orally and in writing) regarding the fields of psychology, educational sciences and language sciences in an intelligible manner, with a good command of communication techniques.
  • Grow personally and professionally
    • Understand the various means available for documentation, to promote self-learning and lifelong learning
    • Demonstrate self-awareness and assess themself, as well as analyse and adapt their attitudes to avoid certain biases both in research and in professional practices
  • Understand the fundamentals related to the scientific approach in psychology, educational sciences and speech therapy
    • Give a critique and argue a point of view as part of a scientific approach
  • Understand, describe and analyse the French language
    • Demonstrate a perfect command of the French language, orally and in writing, in both production and understanding
    • Describe and analyse language systems with regard to phonetics, phonemes, morphology, vocabulary, syntax and register
    • Reflect metacognitively on the French language and its usage

Learning Outcomes of UE

At the end of this course, students will be able to spell words from French language accurately (including those related to their specialization), they will know and will be able to apply the grammatical rules in spelling words and writing sentences. They will be also able to put in writing the content of an oral communication and to uphold a personal opinion about a specific topic.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

- Grammatical spelling: punctuation, phrasal analysis, classes and functions, agreement, gender, conjugation and tense concordance, grammatical homonyms.
- Usage spelling: homophones, barbarisms and paronyms.
- Specific spelling: medical and logopaedic fields.
- Written production: note-taking, summary, report, argumentation, synthesis.

Prior Experience

Not applicable

Type of Teaching Activity/Activities

AAType of Teaching Activity/Activities
P-SMSL-108
  • Exercices dirigés
  • Travaux pratiques
P-SMSL-109
  • Exercices dirigés
  • Travaux pratiques

Mode of delivery

AAMode of delivery
P-SMSL-108
  • Hybrid
P-SMSL-109
  • Hybrid

Required Learning Resources/Tools

AARequired Learning Resources/Tools
P-SMSL-108- Moodle
- Grevisse, La Force de l’orthographe : 300 dictées progressives commentées, Bruxelles, De Boeck – Duculot
(choice of editions).
- Grévisse & Goosse, , Brussels, De Boeck - Duculot (choice of editions).
- A large recent dictionary, preferably (pocket-sized dictionaries or spell checkers are not sufficient).
- Brin-Henry, F. et al. . Isbergues: Ortho Edition (choice of editions).
P-SMSL-109Moodle

Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

AARecommended Learning Resources/Tools
P-SMSL-108- Linguistic troubleshooting bank: http://bdl.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/bdl/gabarit_bdl.asp?id=4288
- Grevisse, M. & Goosse, A. (2011). . 15th ed. Brussels: De Boeck.
- Id (1989). . 2nd ed. Brussels: De Boeck - Duculot.
- Id (1989). . 2nd ed. Brussels: De Boeck - Duculot.
P-SMSL-109- Da Silva-Genest, Chr. (2018). Le Grevisse de l'orthophoniste. Grammaire. Louvain-la-Neuve : De Boeck Supérieur.
- Rullier-Theuret, F. (2010). L'oral et l'écrit : règles, exercices et corrigés. Brussels: De Boeck-Duculot (Grévisse langue française, 6).
- Scheepers, C. (2013). L'argumentation écrite. Brussels : De Boeck-Duculot. 
- Thyrion, F. (2006). La dissertation. Du lieu commun à la réflexion personnelle. Brussels: De Boeck & Larcier.
- French language improvement: https://www.ccdmd.qc.ca/fr/

Other Recommended Reading

AAOther Recommended Reading
P-SMSL-108Not applicable
P-SMSL-109Not applicable

Grade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next

AAGrade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next
P-SMSL-108Unauthorized
P-SMSL-109Unauthorized

Term 1 Assessment - type

AAType(s) and mode(s) of Q1 assessment
P-SMSL-108
  • Written examination - Face-to-face
  • Production (written work, report, essay, collection, product, etc.) - To be submitted in class
P-SMSL-109

Term 1 Assessment - comments

AATerm 1 Assessment - comments
P-SMSL-108Not applicable
P-SMSL-109

Resit Assessment - Term 1 (BAB1) - type

AAType(s) and mode(s) of Q1 resit assessment (BAB1)
P-SMSL-108
  • Written examination - Face-to-face
  • Production (written work, report, essay, collection, product, etc.) - To be submitted in class
P-SMSL-109

Resit Assessment - Term 1 (BAB1) - Comments

AAResit Assessment - Term 1 (BAB1) - Comments
P-SMSL-108Not applicable
P-SMSL-109

Term 2 Assessment - type

AAType(s) and mode(s) of Q2 assessment
P-SMSL-108
P-SMSL-109
  • Written examination - Face-to-face
  • Production (written work, report, essay, collection, product, etc.) - To be submitted in class

Term 2 Assessment - comments

AATerm 2 Assessment - comments
P-SMSL-108
P-SMSL-109Not applicable

Term 3 Assessment - type

AAType(s) and mode(s) of Q3 assessment
P-SMSL-108
  • Written examination - Face-to-face
  • Production (written work, report, essay, collection, product, etc.) - To be submitted in class
P-SMSL-109
  • Written examination - Face-to-face
  • Production (written work, report, essay, collection, product, etc.) - To be submitted in class

Term 3 Assessment - comments

AATerm 3 Assessment - comments
P-SMSL-108Not applicable
P-SMSL-109Not applicable
(*) HT : Hours of theory - HTPE : Hours of in-class exercices - HTPS : hours of practical work - HD : HMiscellaneous time - HR : Hours of remedial classes. - Per. (Period), Y=Year, Q1=1st term et Q2=2nd term
Date de dernière mise à jour de la fiche ECTS par l'enseignant : 13/11/2024
Date de dernière génération automatique de la page : 14/03/2026
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