This degree has twin objectives which are distinct yet complementary by providing advanced training either in French-speaking communities, or in the teaching of French as a foreign language (FLE) or as a second language (FLS).

The part of the training on French-speaking communities (linked with the research focus) is centred on an interdisciplinary perspective, emphasizing linguistic and literary approaches, but also taking an interest in the political and institutional context.

The part of the training in French as a foreign language (linked with the professional focus) is designed to build knowledge of concepts, procedures and strategies which are vital educational tools to acquire for effective teaching of French as a foreign or second language. There is an emphasis on the culture of the learners the teacher will meet. Theoretical classes alternate with more practical ones and there are also periods of teaching practice in language schools.

This programme does not offer a teaching focus and does not lead to the award of the full teaching qualification for higher secondary education (l’Agrégation de l’enseignement secondaire supérieur - AESS). However, combined with the AESS (French and Romance Languages and Literatures; 30 credits in 1 year), this Master’s degree enables students to teach French as a foreign and second language (without the full qualification).

The programme is made up of :
 ♦ core courses (75 credits), made up of :
- 28 dissertation credits and 2 credits for the accompanying seminar;
- 35 credits in shared courses;
- 10 credits in one of the two programmes of study offered (French as a foreign language or 'Francophonies');
 ♦ a research focus (30 credits) or a professional focus (30 credits);
 ♦ and one option or optional course (15 credits).

The joint degree programme with Hanoi (for students enrolled at UCL) is made up of : 
 ♦ core courses (75 credits), made up of :
- 28 credits for the dissertation (13 credits at UCL and 15 at Hanoi) and 2 credits for the dissertation seminar at UCL;
- 35 credits for general courses taken at UCL;
- 10 credits for "French as a Foreign Language" taken at Hanoi;
 ♦ a professional focus (30 credits) taken at UCL and Hanoi;
 ♦ and an option course or choice of courses (15 credits) which must include LROM2660.

Other accessible masters :
At the end of the master 120, each focus in the Master in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : French as a Second Language, can be obtained in a new year of 30 credits only.

Teacher Training Certificate (upper secondary education) :
The programme of the Teacher Training Certificate (upper secondary education) - French and Romance Languages and Literatures [30.0] is only directly accessible to students who hold a Master in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General.

Additional training (to be defined depending on the student's curriculum) is indispensable for the holder of the Master in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : French as a Second Language.

Accessible doctoral training :
- 'École doctorale en Langues et lettres';
- 'École doctorale thématique en didactique du français, des langues, des littératures et des cultures'.

1° Student must hold a first level university degree.

2° Provide proof of a sufficient level in French (B1 of the European Framework of Reference) 

3° Student must have developed the following skills in his previous training:
- complete grasp of the written and oral practices of the French language;
- literary and linguistic analytical skills;
- knowledge about the history of French literature and Francophone literature;

at the end of a 1st level programme including at least 30 credits in general training and the following specific 61 credits:
- Histoire de la littérature française (12 credits);
- Littérature comparée (8 credits);
- Analyse littéraire et explication de textes (18 credits);
- Littérature belge (3 credits);
- Grammaire et linguistique synchronique du français et pratique du français (20 credits).

If student does not have sufficient training in one or several of these subjects, prerequisites will be added to the masters programme (maximum 15 credits).

If the total number of prerequisites exceeds 15 credits, access to the master is subject to the student passing the Année d'études préparatoire au master en langues et littératures françaises et romanes (toutes orientations) [60.0] (preparatory year of study) the programme of which is established based on the student's file.

Course equivalences are submitted for approval to the chairman of the jury, the secretary of the jury and the academic faculty secretary.

University Bachelors
Diploma	Special Requirements	Access	Remarks
UCL Bachelors
Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General [180.0] Bachelor in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures [180.0]		Direct access
Bachelor in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures [180.0]	S'il a choisi la Minor in French Studies [30.0]	Direct access
Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures : General [180.0]	If student has taken French as Romance language	Direct access
Other Bachelor	If student has taken the Minor in French Studies [30.0]	Access with additional training	Additional training to be determined depending on the programme followed
Belgian Bachelors of the French speaking Community
Bachelor in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General		Direct access
Other Bachelor		Access with additional training	Additional training to be determined depending on the programme followed
Belgian Bachelors of the Dutch speaking Community
Bachelor in de Taal- en Letterkunde : twee talencombinaties (Frans-latijn; Frans-Spaans; Frans-Italiaans)		On the file: direct access or access with additional training	Additional training to be determined depending on the programme followed
Other Master		Access with additional training	Additional training to be determined depending on the programme followed
Foreign Bachelors
Foreign Bachelor in Arts and Letters		On the file: direct access or access with additional training	Additional training to be determined depending on the programme followed
Non university Bachelors
Diploma		Access	Remarks
> Find out more about links to the university
> BA-AESI en français et français langue étrangère > BA-AESI en français et morale > BA-AESI en français et religion		Accès au master moyennant réussite d'une année préparatoire de max. 60 crédits	Type court
Holders of a 2nd cycle University degree
Diploma	Special Requirements	Access	Remarks
"Licenciés"
Holder of a "Licence" in Romance Languages and Literatures		Direct access
Other Holder of a "Licence"		Access with additional training	Additional training to be determined depending on the programme followed
Masters
Master [120] of arts in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General [120.0]		Direct access	An exemption of a maximum volume of 60 credits can be granted
Master [60] of arts in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : General [60.0] Master [60] of arts in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures [60.0] Master [120] of arts in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures [120.0]		Direct access
Master [60] of arts in Modern Languages and Literatures : General [60.0] Master [120] of arts in Modern Languages and Literatures : General [120.0]	If student has taken the Minor in French Studies [30.0] or French as Romance language	On the file: direct access or access with additional training	Additional training to be determined depending on the programme followed
Other Master		On the file: direct access or access with additional training	Additional training to be determined depending on the programme followed
Holders of a non-University 2nd cycle degree
Diploma		Access	Remarks
> Find out more about links to the university
> MA en interprétation > MA en traduction		Accès direct au master moyennant ajout éventuel de 15 crédits max	Type long

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Reminder : all Masters (apart from Advanced Masters) are also accessible on file.

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See the general admission requirements

Curriculum management

• Academic supervisor : Agnès GUIDERDONI
• Secretaries : Claire DETRIXHE and Nathalie COISMAN

Useful contacts

• Exam jury :
  - president : Jean-Louis DUFAYS
  - secretary : Luc COLLÈS

The link between theoretical and practical aspects: the student prepares for a career by acquiring the intellectual tools which will help him carry out this job with aplomb; individual and group work help to make the course more stimulating. At the same time, under the expert guidance of teachers in this sector, the student carries out internships helping him get to know his strong points and weaknesses and remedy the latter.

Several universities are taking part in the master, which helps promote teacher and student mobility, course exchanges (via e-learning, video conferences, etc) and the exchange of experiences.

Students are assessed in a variety of ways: through their work and/or oral and written exams (internship reports, seminars, etc.).

Courses are evaluated according to current university regulations (see General Examination Regulations). Students may find further information on specific evaluation methods in the course descriptions.

This Master’s degree was drawn up with the idea of internationalisation.

As far as the joint degree programme with the University of Hanoi is concerned, both universities have 9 courses in common, for a total of 45 credits, 6 of which (30 credits) are provided by UCL and 3 (15 credits) by University of Hanoi. The remaining 9 courses (45 credits) are provided by both sides and are considered as equivalent (in the course specifications). 

The joint degree programme promotes :

• lecturer and student mobility,
• exchange of courses (via e-learning and video-conferences),
• exchange of experience.

In the joint degree programme, students are required to write a single Master’s dissertation which is supervised by a professor from both universities. They are assessed by an examining board made up of two co-promoters and a third expert, a professor from one of the two institutions or an outside organisation nominated by the coordinators on both sides of the joint programme.

For more information :

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Dissertation and dissertation seminar (30credits)
LFLE2890	Dissertation seminar	N.		2credits		x
LFLE2891	Dissertation (Part 1)	N.		3credits		x
LFLE2892	Dissertation (Part 2)	N.		25credits			x
Common courses (30credits)
LROM2180	Geolinguistic varieties of French	Philippe Hambye	22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LROM2200	History of the French language	Michel Francard	22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LROM2620	Acquisition of a seond or foreign language: theory and applications	Silvia Lucchini	22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LROM2740	Sociology of Literature	Jean-Louis Tilleuil	22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LROM2790	Belgian literature in the French language: indepth questions (Prerequisite : for students who do not hold a bachelor's degree in French and Romance language and literature (UCL) : LROM 1523 (or a course judged equivalent)	Pierre Piret	15h	5credits	2q	x	x
LROM2940	Didactics of French as a foreign language and interncultural studies	Luc Collès	22.5h + 15h	5credits	1q	x	x

The student chooses one of the following focuses : 

• Research Focus;
• Professional Focus.

There is no teaching focus in this programme as it does not lead to the  award of the ‘agrégation’ teaching qualification (agrégation de l'enseignement secondaire supérieur - AESS).

To gain the full qualification, students who have gained a Master’s degree in French and Romance Languages and Literatures: French as a Second Language  are required to undergo additional training; the year of training includes a dissertation and a support seminar (30 credits), the teaching focus  (30 credits) and other additional training (maximum 30 credits).

Nevertheless, the Master’s degree in French and Romance Languages and Literatures: French as a Second Language when combined with the ‘agrégation’ programme in French and Romance Languages and Literatures (30 credits) enables students to teach but without the full qualification.

The research focus deals with the field of French-speaking communities in an interdisciplinary dimension, with an emphasis on linguistic and literary approaches, but also taking an interest in the political and institutional context.

Focus recommended for students who choose ‘French-speaking communities’.

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4 compulsory courses (20credits)
LFLTR2230	Questions de littérature générale et comparée	Erica Durante	22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LROM2710	Questions of Literary aesthetics	Pierre Piret	22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LROM2720	Questions of Literary History	Damien Zanone	22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LROM2760	Principles and Foundations of Fiction	Vincent Engel	22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
2 optional seminars (10credits)
LROM2715	Seminar : literary aesthetics	Michel Lisse, Pierre Piret, Pierre Piret (supplée Michel Lisse)	15h	5credits	2q	x	x
LROM2725	Seminar : Literary History	Agnès Guiderdoni, Damien Zanone	15h	5credits	2q	x	x
LROM2745	Seminar : sociology of Literature	Jean-Louis Tilleuil	15h	5credits	1q	x	x
LROM2755	Seminar : comparative literature	Erica Durante	15h	5credits	1+2q	x	x

Theoretical and practical training preparing for teaching French as a foreign language and aimed at students from the Master’s degree programme in French and Romance Languages and Literatures.

This specialized focus does not lead to the award of the full teaching qualification for higher secondary education (l’Agrégation de l’enseignement secondaire supérieur - AESS). However, combined with the AESS (French and Romance Languages and Literatures; 30 credits in 1 year), taken at the end of this 120 credit Master’s degree, it enables students to teach French as a foreign and second language (without the full qualification).

Focus recommended for students who choose ‘French as a foreign language’.

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LROM2317	Seminar on research methodology for French as a foreign or second language	Luc Collès	15h	5credits	1q	x
LROM2463	French for specific purposes	Caroline Scheepers	22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LROM2630	Corrective and contrastive phonetics in French	Silvia Lucchini	22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LROM2650	Training in the teaching of French as a mother tongue, second or foreign language	Silvia Lucchini	15h	5credits	1q	x	x
LROM9013	Observation and teaching practice in French as a foreign language	N.	40h	10credits			x

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30 credits chosen from :
Literature
LTHEA2205	Comparative approach between theatre and cinema	Serge Goriely	30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LTHEA2241	Study of French theatrical literature I	Pierre Piret	30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LTHEA2242	Study of French theatrical literature II	Pierre Piret	30h	5credits		x	x
LFLTR2150	History of Humanism	Agnès Guiderdoni, Aline Smeesters	22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LFLTR2280	History of book and reading	Ralph Dekoninck, Erica Durante (supplée null), Michel Lisse	22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LFLTR2292	Art and Literature	Ralph Dekoninck, Myriam Delmotte	22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LROM2730	Analysis of literary Representation	Myriam Delmotte	22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LROM2735	Seminar : literary analysis	Myriam Delmotte	15h	5credits	1q	x	x
LROM2750	Contemporary literature and images	Jean-Louis Tilleuil	15h	5credits	2q	x	x
LCLIB2121	Problèmes de sociologie du livre, y compris le livre de jeunesse	Jean-Louis Tilleuil	22.5h	5credits		x	x
LGLOR2390	Typology and permanence of mythical imagineries	N.	30h	5credits	1q	x	x
Enseignement des langues
LROM2610	Analysis of linguistic phenomena and the teaching of French	Philippe Hambye	22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LROM2910	Teaching French to a young immigrant population	Luc Collès, Silvia Lucchini (coord.)	22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LROM2930	Réflexion sur des pratiques d'enseignement des langues	Luc Collès	15h	5credits	1q	x	x
Le cours LROM2930 est obligatoirement lié à un cours de langue étrangère pour débutants de l'ILV (Institut des langues vivantes) A choisir dans la liste ci-dessous (minimum 5 crédits) :
LGREC1100	Greek - Elementary level	Panagiotis Chrysanthopoulos	90h	10credits	1+2q	x	x
LARAB1100	Modern Arabic (elementary level I)	Pierre Hanjoul	30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LTURC1100	Turkish - Elementary level	Saime Köylü	90h	10credits	1+2q	x	x
LJAPO1100	Japanese - Beginner level	Kanako Goto	60h	5credits	1+2q	x	x
LSLOV1100	SLOVENE - Elementary level	Marjeta Klinar	90h	10credits	1+2q	x	x
LCHIN1100	BEGINNERS LEVEL	Xiaofei Du	120h	10credits	1+2q	x	x
Linguistics
LROM2151	Text Linguistics	Catherine Bolly, Anne-Catherine Simon	22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LROM2155	Seminar : linguistics	Philippe Hambye	15h	5credits	1q	x	x
LROM2171	Lexicology	Cédrick Fairon	22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LROM2472	Regional Walloon Languages (including onomastics)	Michel Francard	15h	5credits		x	x
LROM2640	Linguistic policies	Philippe Hambye	22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LROM2660	Oral business communication strategies in French	Michel Francard	22.5h + 22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LROM2670	Economic and commercial texts in French : types of discourse and questions of terminology	Michel Francard	22.5h	4credits	2q	x	x
LCLIG2160	Sociolinguistics	Philippe Hambye	15h	5credits	1q	x	x
LCLIG2210	Phonology and Prosody	Anne-Catherine Simon	30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LCLIG2230	Discourse Analysis	Elisabeth Degand, Anne-Catherine Simon	15h	5credits	2q	x	x
LCLIG2240	Statistics for Linguistics	Yves Bestgen, Yves Bestgen (supplée Cédrick Fairon), Cédrick Fairon	30h + 15h	5credits	2q	x	x
LCLIG2250	Methods of corpus linguistics	Cédrick Fairon, Anne-Catherine Simon	30h + 10h	5credits	1q	x	x
LFLTR2270	General linguistics : semantics	Elisabeth Degand	22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LCOMU2606	Communication interculturelle	Alain Reyniers	30h	5credits	2q	x	x
Renforcement linguistique Réservé aux étudiants non-natifs francophones.
LFRAN1401	Français - Niveau intermédiaire avancé (B2) - "De la voix à la plume"	Françoise Masuy (coord.), Emmanuelle Rassart	60h	5credits	1q	x	x
LFRAN1403	Français - Niveau indépendant (B2) - "Expression orale"	Françoise Masuy	30h	3credits	1+2q	x	x
LFRAN1404	Français - Niveau indépendant (B2) - "Expression écrite"	Françoise Masuy	30h	3credits	2q	x	x
LFRAN1405	Français - Niveau indépendant (B2) - "Le français, langue universitaire"	Françoise Masuy	30h	3credits	1q	x	x
LFRAN1501	Français - Niveau autonome (C1) - "Le français par le cinéma"	Vincianne Hermant (supplée Christine Renard), Christine Renard	60h	5credits	2q	x	x
LFRAN1505	French - Advanced level (C1) - "Professional Communication Strategies"	Emmanuelle Rassart	30h	3credits	1q	x	x

 

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L'étudiant choisit soit l'option en linguistique (15 crédits), soit 15 crédits de cours au choix

LROM2660

Stratégies de communication orale dans l'entreprise : français

Emmanuelle Rassart

22.5h + 22.5h

5 crédits

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