University of Bordeaux

This course consists of intensive instruction in written and oral French, taught through audio-visual method and group work with an instructor. The course strengthens comprehension and expression skills through exercises. Oral French focuses on difficult cases of spelling, vocabulary of selected fields, and sentence structure. Written work includes advanced intermediate grammar, syntax, and spelling, with a focus on academic writing for French universities. Materials used in class present contemporary regional topics.

This course develops practical French language skills for the tourism sector, helping students communicate confidently in professional situations. Through targeted vocabulary and applied activities, learners explore two key areas: creating and presenting tourist circuits, and understanding the work of a travel agency—from product offerings to customer advising and sales. By completing real-world tasks such as designing an itinerary and conducting a sales interview, students gain the linguistic and professional competencies essential for tourism-related roles.

This course covers genes studied in pathologies (such as cancer) at multiple levels: selector genes, regulatory genes, and cell type-specific genes. Topics include the developmental biological role, mutated phenotypes, related experiments, and the mechanism in cancer or the relevance to the study of cancer for each gene type.

This course focuses on identifying key images in the Victorian imagination and analyzing the process through which these figures became loaded with meaning. It considers how, in an age of growing class conflict, gender (re)definition, technological progress, and scientific enquiry, symbolic figures aggregated hypotheses emanating from various fields of interest. Oral presentations are supported by visual material and explore the complexities and contradictions crystallized in iconic images considered in a Barthesian perspective as products of the Victorian cultural history.

This course provides a practical introduction to the French language as used in the tourism sector. Students develop essential B1-level communication skills to interact effectively in professional situations, both orally and in writing. Through real-life scenarios, collaborative tasks, and digital tools, learners build thematic vocabulary and gain confidence using French in tourism-related contexts. The course also offers an overview of key cultural, economic, and gastronomic aspects of major regional destinations such as Gironde, Périgord, the Basque Country, and Charente-Maritime, helping students understand the richness and diversity of local tourism.