FRENCH FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS (EXAM)

Academic year
2025/2026 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
LINGUA FRANCESE - ESAME
Course code
ET0041 (AF:606067 AR:289534)
Teaching language
Francese
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Academic Discipline
L-LIN/04
Period
2nd Semester
Course year
2
Where
TREVISO
Part 1: The course aims to provide an analytical and linguistic methodology to follow and interpret the dynamics of the main and current French economic phenomena in relation to the economic-financial crises of 2008 and health, of 2020; intends to consolidate the knowledge and competence of the use of the French language, both in the written form (grammatical and lexical skills) and in the oral ability (comprehension and expression), with the approach to oral texts or transcriptions, in French, covering different sectors and various types of economic, commercial and tourism.
Part 2: The study of the nation-state "France" will be proposed according to its geography, based on some aspects of the study of the territories, combining the political, cultural, economic and social approaches, for a complete study of its morphology.
the course aims to provide a methodology for analyzing and understanding the texts of the study programme; to detect and comprehend the basic specialized terminology, to be able to use it both in written and in spoken , so to use it correctly in the producion, application and communication processes.
At the end of the course the student must prove :
1) to be able to read, understand, translate, comment, through the analytical tools used during the teacher’s course, texts such as economic -commercial ones, or tourism-related texts in French.
2) to have a good knowledge of French (B2 level + of the QCER ), with particuar regard to some linguistic structures used in spoken and written language , to undersand the chief ideas of complex texts in particular those regarding the economic , commercial and contemporary turist lexicon.

II. Lectors course strengthens the knowledge and competence connected with the written and oral expression in French through the revision and/or acquisition of the sintactic – linguistic structures : the productions and the linguistic skills will correspond to B2 level of the QCER in terms of comprehension ( listening – reading, translating), speaking ( oral production), writing (written productions of dictations and texts ).

In order to attend the corse it is recommended to already have the basics of French, both in the written and at the oral , which correspond to A2 level of the QCER.
Starting from original French texts , the course will follow a double approach:
1) will deal with the aspects of the world monetary crisis of 2008 and its French European repercussions in the Small and Medium Enterprises, Construction and Tourism sectors;
2) analyse documents relating to specific aspects of the French territory, from the geographical, economic, agricultural and industrial changes spread over the territory its administrative configuration, including in relation to the EU.
The exam program consists of part 1: Sabrina Aulitto-Yasmine Bida : "Lexique de la crise économique et financière. Travaux pratiques et perspectives d'études", Mybook, 2020 (3e).
Part 2: is available on the website https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/politique-etrangere-de-la-france/diplomatie-economique-et-commerce-exterieur/
Prémisse : Bref aperçu du mot crise
Unité 1: Les Petites et moyennes entreprises:
Vidéo: Comment l'Etat peut-il faire faillite?
L'entreprise, c'est quoi? Lecture "Trois quarts des PME déjà fragilisés par la crise":
Dossier: L'Entreprise, c'est quoi? Dico de l'éco: Entreprise. L'Etat, soutien des entreprises en difficultés. Comment définir une entreprise en détail. L'entreprise et son environnement.
Arcelor-Mittal. Site de l'entreprise et carte de France.
Unité 1 :
LES PETITES ET LES MOYENNES ENTREPRISES
Articolo « Trois quarts des PME déjà fragilisées par la crise », lefigaro.fr
Articolo « Les défaillances des PME au plus bas depuis 2008 »

DOSSIER 2
Présentation et maquette Arcelor Mittal (entrambe su moodle)
Travail pratique individuel: Présentation d’une entreprise

DOSSIER 3
From the text : M. Reghezza-Zitt, La France dans ses territoires, Colin (2e éd.), 2017
Ch. 1, paragr. 1.2. Un territoire national marqué par la centralisation: Paris et "ses" provinces et paragr. 1.3. L'Europe, nouvel acteur et nouvel échelon politique, Focus
Ch. 1, paragr. 2, pp.30-32, Définitions "décentralisation", pp. 33-34. Ch. 4, paragr. 2.1, ch. 4, Mutations des systèmes productifs français et territoires
Ch. 4: pp. 110-111: Fordisme, taylorisme, toyotisme et post-fordisme.
Ch. 2.1 Les mutations des systèmes productifs agricoles, solo p. 116-117 (carte de la France). Ch.2.2 Vers une désindustrialisation du territoire national?
Définition « Tertiarisation »

DOSSIER 4
From the text : Sabrina Aulitto, Yasmine Bidai : Le lexique de la crise économique et financière. Travaux pratiques et perspective d’étude
Unité 4 :
LE SECTEUR DU TOURISME : da p. 77 a p. 83
From the text Savoir-dire, savoir-faire:
Les itinéraires Voyages autrement au cœur du tourisme responsable, avec ex.
Climat et tourisme
Portraits de créateurs d’entreprises

DOSSIER 5
LECTURES
From the text : Sabrina Aulitto, Yasmine Bidai : Le lexique de la crise économique et financière. Travaux pratiques et perspective d’étude
1.Les grandes étapes de la crise financière
2.L’Europe et la crise économique et mondiale
3.La crise financière et économique mondiale en bref
4.De la crise financière à la crise de l’euro, Les profils des Pays en difficultés
p. 254 8. ITALIE

DOSSIER 6
Sabrina Aulitto, Yasmine Bidai: : Le lexique de la crise économique et financière. Travaux pratiques et perspective d’étude
Unité 6 Le système sanitaire face au Coronavirus
Document 3
Déclaration aux Français du Président de la République Emmanuel Macron du 16 mars 2020 avec analyse (consegnato il testo su moodle)

May also be provided with material from the text Bianca Maria San Pietro, Frédéric Simon, SAVOIR-FAIRE DANS LES AFFAIRES, Utet Università, 2025

The teacher will communicate on the platform and during the course progress the programme studied and the parts examined of both aspects.
The learning examination consists of two parts :
- a written part that is composed of a grammar test prepared by the Cel teacher which is preliminary to the oral exam;
- an oral part to take with the teacher of the course.
The students will be required to prepare "Travaux pratiques" assigned by the teacher and the Cel
written and oral
Assessment Grid for the French Language Exam
The French language exam consists of 2 parts:
1. A linguistic assessment, carried out by the teacher Cel, which consists in the assessment of the grammar test administered during the examination (on the model of exercises carried out in class and with an assessment of 45 points out of 60) + the evaluation of the curriculum of the student/ or/ and as a simulation of a job application (10 points on 60) + a letter of motivation in French (5 points out of 60) written by/or female students/s. Both the CV and the letter must be delivered in paper form on the day of the written test. The final grade of the written part corresponds to the sum of the 3 parts reported on 30. After passing the written test with a minimum score of 18/30 of which at least 22/45 to the grammar test, you access the oral part.
2. The oral part on the arguments explained during the course by the teacher.
Below, the evaluation criteria and the final grade of the French Language exam, in oral, with the single coefficient referring to the 3 evaluation parameters indicated separately (grammatical and syntactic correctness, knowledge of texts and topics, personal processing), which must be integrated with the result of the written test:
GRAMMATICAL AND SYNTACTIC CORRECTNESS
grammatically correct, appropriate language, demonstrates competence and ability to rework the topics studied with a personal linguistic input (6)
grammatically correct and with appropriate language (5)
grammatically correct (4)
predominantly corrected (3)
fairly correct (2)
sufficiently correct, however able to communicate the contents studied (1)
very incorrect (0)
KNOWLEDGE OF TEXTS AND SUBJECTS
30 and Complete praise, with personal observations demonstrating the ability to make connections between different disciplines (6)
29/30 also includes personal observations (5)
27/28 very good (4)
24/26 discrete (3)
22/23 essential: the student is limited to read and translate, is not able to expose independently (2)
18/ 21 partial ...
15/17 insufficient (0)
PERSONAL PROCESSING
reworked in a personal way, with references and with interdisciplinary connections (6)
reworked in a personal way (5)
accurate and complete (4)
discreet (3)
sufficient but sometimes incomplete (2)
partial (1)
Starting from original French texts , the course will follow a double approach: 1) will deal with the aspects of the "crisis" of 2008-2010 and following the pandemic of covid-19, in the economic, financial and tourism sectors; 2) will analyse the documents concerning economic diplomacy and foreign trade in France. Lessons will use an integrated methodology: reading texts, translation, commentary, written and oral exercises, grammar reviews, dictation, viewing and/ or listening to authentic movies.

The teacher always activates the course recording in "Panopto" mode by connecting at the beginning of each lesson. Therefore, students "so-called 701", with a specific status, will have access to dedicated material that will allow them a teaching experience comparable and substitute compared to those who have the opportunity to attend.
Assessment Grid for the French Language Exam
The French language exam consists of 2 parts:
1. A linguistic assessment, carried out by the teacher Cel, which consists in the assessment of the grammar test administered during the examination (on the model of exercises carried out in class and with an assessment of 45 points out of 60) + the evaluation of the curriculum of the student/ or/ and as a simulation of a job application (10 points on 60) + a letter of motivation in French (5 points out of 60) written by/or female students/s. Both the CV and the letter must be delivered in paper form on the day of the written test. The final grade of the written part corresponds to the sum of the 3 parts reported on 30. After passing the written test with a minimum score of 18/30 of which at least 22/45 to the grammar test, you access the oral part.
2. The oral part on the arguments explained during the course by the teacher.
Below, the evaluation criteria and the final grade of the French Language exam, in oral, with the single coefficient referring to the 3 evaluation parameters indicated separately (grammatical and syntactic correctness, knowledge of texts and topics, personal processing), which must be integrated with the result of the written test:
GRAMMATICAL AND SYNTACTIC CORRECTNESS
grammatically correct, appropriate language, demonstrates competence and ability to rework the topics studied with a personal linguistic input (6)
grammatically correct and with appropriate language (5)
grammatically correct (4)
predominantly corrected (3)
fairly correct (2)
sufficiently correct, however able to communicate the contents studied (1)
very incorrect (0)
KNOWLEDGE OF TEXTS AND SUBJECTS
30 and Complete praise, with personal observations demonstrating the ability to make connections between different disciplines (6)
29/30 also includes personal observations (5)
27/28 very good (4)
24/26 discrete (3)
22/23 essential: the student is limited to read and translate, is not able to expose independently (2)
18/ 21 partial ...
15/17 insufficient (0)
PERSONAL PROCESSING
reworked in a personal way, with references and with interdisciplinary connections (6)
reworked in a personal way (5)
accurate and complete (4)
discreet (3)
sufficient but sometimes incomplete (2)
partial (1)

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Climate change and energy" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development

Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 26/05/2025