Component
UFR Lettres, Langues et Sciences Humaines, Centre d'Etudes Supérieures de Châteauroux
Location(s)
Orléans, Châteauroux
Presentation
The aim of the LEA degree is to
- To train specialists in two foreign languages: English (compulsory), German, Spanish or Japanese in Orléans, or Chinese or Spanish in Chateauroux.
- Prepare them for the business world in an international context. Its professional vocation is reinforced by a compulsory internship in 3rd year. It enables students to prepare for a wide range of Masters degrees.
Your enrolment in the LEA degree program determines the orientation of your course.
From L3 onwards, the minor configuration opens the way to three courses:
- Translation course
- Linguistics and Didactics, French as a Foreign Language (FLE)
- International Trade course
Whichever minor field you choose, the degree you obtain at the end of these three years will be a Licence LEA, with mention of your chosen course.
Video presentation: https://uomedia.univ-orleans.fr/videos/licence-lea_QLjcii7K/
Skills
Disciplinary skills
- Mobilize linguistic tools enabling communication and comprehension of different types of discourse (oral, directly produced or recorded, written, report, correspondence, information, essay, press article) relevant to a specialization targeted by the course followed, in at least two foreign languages and in one's mother tongue.
- Easily use the linguistic structures of your mother tongue and target languages to enrich the specialized lexicon relating to the field of application.
- Use the tools needed to adapt acquired knowledge to a specific professional field through a personal appropriation process.
- Mobilize concepts and theoretical frameworks in the study of several foreign languages and corresponding socio-cultural areas, in particular in relation to the orientation (economic, legal, cultural) of the application subjects (law, management, accounting, international trade, marketing).
- Identify, in a professional activity, points of convergence and divergence between the cultural areas of the target languages and your mother tongue.
- Produce written documents (reports, correspondence, minutes, briefing notes, specialized translations) in mother tongue and target languages.
- Identify and analyze the oral production of native speakers, from a phonological and phonetic point of view.
- Identify and mobilize the economic, legal and geopolitical concepts that are essential for communication, translation, commercial negotiation, market research and development.
Pre-professional skills
- Situate your role and mission within an organization to adapt and take initiatives.
- Identify the process of producing, disseminating and promoting knowledge.
- Respect the principles of ethics, deontology and environmental responsibility.
- Work as part of a team as well as independently and responsibly on a project.
- Identify and situate the professional fields potentially related to the skills acquired in this field, as well as the possible pathways to access them.
- Characterize and promote your identity, skills and professional project in a given context.
- Step back from a situation, assess yourself and challenge yourself to learn.
Cross-disciplinary and linguistic skills
- Use digital reference tools and IT security rules to acquire, process, produce and distribute information, and to collaborate internally and externally.
- Identify and select various specialized resources to document a subject.
- Analyze and synthesize data with a view to their use.
- Develop arguments with a critical mind.
- Use the different registers of written and spoken French with ease.
- Fluency in written and spoken comprehension and expression in at least one modern foreign language.
Useful contacts
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
https://www.univ-orleans.fr/fr/lettres/international/presentation
Tel: 02 38 49 47 73
ORIENTATION AND
PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION
DOIP
02 38 41 71 72
doip[at]univ-orleans.fr
Organization
Special features
The UFR LLSH welcomes over a hundred young people from all over the world every year, and encourages mobility among all its students. Students can study at a foreign university, do an internship in a foreign company or work as a language assistant with CIEP (Centre International d'Etudes Pédagogiques).
Some courses, such as phonetics, Anglophone civilization, introduction to British society and institutions, Anglophone culture and US civilization, are taught in English.
List of international agreements:
Europe: Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania and Spain.
Outside Europe: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Japan, Mexico, Peru, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States.
Franco-German course (Siegen): French and German double-diploma, 3rd year spent at the University of Siegen.
Program
The general bachelor's degree in Applied Foreign Languages (LEA) is organized over 3 years (6 semesters-180 European credits).
As you progress through the program, you can choose from a range of courses that will lead you to certain Master's degrees (Bac + 5).
Licence 1 (S1 & S2)
3 blocks Language A (English compulsory) + Language B + application subjects
Licence 2 (S5)
The 3 blocks will be repeated, with the introduction of new courses
Licence 3 (S6)
The 3 blocks + a compulsory course + internship lasting a minimum of 6 weeks make up block 5.
Admission
Admission requirements
This bachelor's degree is open to students with a French baccalaureate who have taken English + German or Spanish in high school. Beginners are accepted for the Japanese and Chinese courses.
"training expectations
Applicants for the Applied Foreign Languages (LEA) degree are expected to :
- mobilize written and oral expression skills to support reasoning
This specialization presupposes a keen ability to understand texts of all kinds, as well as a solid ability to express oneself both orally and in writing, so as to be able to argue, reason, synthesize, produce and process a wide range of content.
- Have a good level of high school languages (level B)
This specialization includes mandatory courses in two foreign languages.
- An interest in the business world
The relationship between LEA training and the business world is an important aspect of this degree.
- Have an interest in an application field
Language lessons are applied to economic sectors (SES, economics, law, management, commerce, etc.).
- Have a good general knowledge and be open to the world
Interest in the subject is of course essential, but the study of applied foreign languages also requires a good general knowledge in a wide range of fields.
- Ability to work independently and organize work, alone or as part of a team
This expectation underlines the importance to LEA training of the candidate's ability to work independently, alone or in a small group. Like many university courses, the LEA program places considerable emphasis on organization and personal work.
How to register
Licence application procedures for (future) baccalaureate holders with a French baccalaureate obtained in France and applying for the 1st time: https: //www.parcoursup.fr
Enrolment in JULY, as soon as the results of the baccalauréat are known, in accordance with the procedures communicated at the time of pre-registration.
Tuition fees
For students:
https://www.univ-orleans.fr/fr/univ/formation/droits-dinscriptions
For adults returning to school; consult SEFCO.
And then
Further studies
University of Orléans :
- Master "Langues Etrangères Appliquées"
- Master "Langues et Sociétés"
- Master "Sciences du Langage" (Language Sciences)
Outside the University of Orléans:
- Masters in transport, marketing and management.
Professional integration
Depending on the direction chosen in Semester 5
For"International Trade":
- Export assistant, transport and logistics assistant, marketing assistant...
- After a Master's degree, export manager, area manager...
For"Languages and Societies":
- Corporate translation
- Freelance translation (after obtaining Master's degree in translation)
For"Linguistics and Didactics, French as a Foreign Language (FLE)":
- Teaching French to foreigners in companies or training organizations in France or abroad.