The contribution of inter-university partnerships in Central and Eastern Europe for the strengthening of French on specific objectives Cover Image

La contribution des partenariats interuniversitaires en Europe Centrale et Orientale pour le renforcement du français sur objectifs spécifiques
The contribution of inter-university partnerships in Central and Eastern Europe for the strengthening of French on specific objectives

Author(s): Elena Petrea
Subject(s): Language studies, Foreign languages learning, Sociology of Culture, Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Editura Junimea
Keywords: AUF-BECO project; strengthening of French for Specific Purposes;

Summary/Abstract: The call launched in 2011 within the framework of the four-year programming of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie – Bureau Europe central et orientale “Making the French-speaking scientific community a reference on the international scene”, and of the priority theme “French language, cultural and linguistic diversity” gave the opportunity to five universities from Romania, Republic of Moldova and Croatia to constitute a partnership unwound between November, 2011 and March, 2014: “Strengthening of French Language and of Research in French for the nonspecialist students in a multicultural and French-speaking environment”. The target group consisted of teachers of French as a foreign language (FLE), of teachers of French for specific purposes (FOS), of teachers of specialized disciplines and also of science students who learn French as an optional discipline. In the first part of our article, we shall characterize the general context of cooperation and we shall present the specific objectives which are on the basis of all the developed activities within the framework of our international partnership. In the second part, we detail these activities (training and research activities, for the teachers and the students) and the results obtained.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 134-143
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: French