EXPORT-ORIENTED MANAGEMENT - IMC Fachhochschule Krems

Course Description
This course will offer to the students exercises and additional material to the grammar
patterns and topics treated in French 2.
Much emphasis will be put on intercultural aspects.
Main focus will be put on the active participation of each student.
Individual questions will be dealt with in detail.
Literature
See ―French II‖
Evaluation
None
Teaching Methods
The course is based on vivid interaction between the students and the teacher. Students
will be encouraged to express themselves as freely as possible on the treated subjects.
Videos and texts will introduce the topics thus demanding the students to understand
and react. Various exercises will lead to a better understanding of the topics, the correct
use of relevant terminology and develop the language competence both in oral and in
written.
Reading and Media, Sources for Individual Studies:
Texts or articles of newspapers and audio files used in the course can be found on the eplatform.
French II
Semester Hours per week Subject code ECTS
Spring 2 FRE 2,5
Learning Outcomes / Course Objectives
Students should get a basic insight into the world of compagnies as well as into the
terminology of tourism. Upon completion of the course, the students should be able to
make a professional presentation of tourist destinations or tourist establishments using
various documents and data sheeds.
The course thus aims at presenting the basics of business language. After completing the
course students will moreover be able to apply for a job, to write business letters, to
describe the sectors of industry, to do business on the phone and to discuss various
social and economic aspects typical of France (e.g. the dress code); they will manage to
understand detailed statements on France and they can describe general economic
contexts (written texts).
Prerequisites / Level
FRE 1
Course Description
The course will deal with the different aspects of economic topics thus introducing the
students to business language (francais d'affaires). Topics to be dealt with will be
communication within a company, job applications, organization of guided tours (case
study). Furthermore topics of current interest such as the situation of tourism in France
will be treated. Particular grammar items will be revised.
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