French for Specific Purposes in Polytechnic Contexts

  • Ángeles Lence Universitat Politècnica de València Departamento de Lingüística Aplicada
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_THEL.2012.v27.38934
Keywords: french for specific purposes, engineering

Abstract

Since the late 1990s French for Specific Purposes (FSP) has been taught in the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV). However, with the new curriculum, foreign languages courses, and in particular French, are not only given 4.5 elective credits, but they also compete with the fact that students must Ángeles Lence Francés para fines específicos… Thélème. Revista Complutense de Estudios Franceses Vol 27 (2012) 229-241 230 achieve a B2 level in foreign languages in order to graduate. Taking into consideration that 95% of our students have studied English in secondary school and, consequently, they start studying French at an A1 level, how can we achieve the specific objectives in French for the Engineering degrees? This issue —and others related to teaching and learning, such as interculturality and sustainable development— will be analyzed in this paper with the aim of creating better prospects (?) for the future of FSP in Spanish polytechnic contexts.

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Published
2012-05-27
How to Cite
Lence Á. (2012). French for Specific Purposes in Polytechnic Contexts. Thélème. Revista Complutense de Estudios Franceses, 27, 229-241. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_THEL.2012.v27.38934
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Vol. 27 (2012)
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