University of Bordeaux

This writing course is dedicated to the understanding of French texts and learning new French vocabulary, as well as acquiring basic grammar rules.

From an epistemological perspective, this course provides a basic presentation of the main schools of thought that have shaped—and continue to shape—clinical psychology, so that first‑year psychology students can gain an overview of the field. Examples of current clinical practices are presented through neuropsychology, psychogerontology, and the systemic approach.

This course is comprised of three parts: conversation, monologue production, and discussion and monologue comprehension. The conversation section encourages students to converse and articulate ideas in French with the help of the teacher and audio text. The monologue production part of the course focuses on discerning and replicating proper French sounds. And finally, in the discussion and monologue comprehension section, students practice both French comprehension and French discussion.

This course provides the historical and geographical background to the recent trends in global exchange, material, financial and intellectual, assesses the significance of these developments and draws comparisons between past and present experience. The course examines many different chapters of global history and travel on different continents: medieval Europe, pre-Columbus America, the great civilizations of Asia and covers the debates and controversies surrounding the emergence of "global capitalism."

This course focuses on beginning French writing. Students are expected to produce written texts using the new vocabulary and grammar structure they learned in the oral comprehension class.