ENSEIGNER LE FRANÇAIS SUR OBJECTIFS SPÉCIFIQUES EN MILIEU UNIVERSITAIRE : LE COURS DE RÉDACTION DES DOCUMENTS
TEACHING FRENCH FOR UNIVERSITY PURPOSES WITHIN A TECHNICAL AND SCIENCE FIELD OF STUDIES

Summary/Abstract: Teaching French as a foreign language in a technical university lies at the intersection of various fields in the methodology of teaching French language : the field of French for Specific Purposes and the field of French for University Purposes. The characteristics of the two fields combine, but most often their particularities draw them apart on different paths. The aim of this article is to present and analyse the specific particularities of academic writing course targeted to 2nd year students of the Faculty of Automation and Computer Science within the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. The objective of this course is to focus on the linguistic aspect, but also on the acquisition of the writing competences in order to write scientific and technical texts, mainly to acquire the know –how to write scientific or technical papers such as: scientific articles to be published, science posters, abstracts, technical reports or the dissertation paper at the end of the Bachelor studies or Master degree. The necessary steps that need to be followed in order to write such a scientific paper are gradually presented in the educational teaching plan called Fişa Disciplinei [Course's Teaching Plan] that can be found on the University’s website in Romanian. These steps are taught logically throughout this course and they are of an utmost importance in the students' training. Writing a scientific paper implies choosing the theme and the subject at first, and then comes the documenting stage, the drafting of the paper plan and, finally, the actual writing of the scientific paper. The knowledge this course aims to provide is in addition to the basic knowledge students already learn, specific to their field of study. Therefore, this course's focus is on the development of the writing skills that are required by the technical university, the knowledge and mastering the data research methods but it is also an immersion into the academic world of engineers.

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