Analyse des besoins en français de spécialité pour étudiants étrangers en stage professionnel en France

In order to make teaching of French for specific purposes more effective, a needs analysis is a necessary step to determine the real needs of students who prepare to use French language at work on a regular basis. Therefore, cooperation between universities and companies or authorities active in labour market is very important. A detailed needs analysis enables us to identify various communication situations, both formal and informal, as well as the possible imperfections in students’ language competence and problematic areas typical for work environment. This article presents results of a qualitative research on French for specific purposes and experience of Czech students during internships in France, using the Grounded Theory Method (GTM). The research sample is composed of eight Czech students of a double degree of French-Czech Public Administration diploma from Masaryk University and University of Rennes 1, and of their French tutors. In their final year of studies, the students spend a two-month internship in French public administration authorities in the city of Rennes. Throughout the internships, the researcher conducted extensive individual interviews. Based on the findings of a thorough and detailed analysis, problematic areas and needs of language and intercultural competence development are identified. The author suggests topics to be integrated in French for specific purposes courses or a new course of an international mobility preparation.

An Innovative Approach for Online Neuroanatomy and Neurorrehabilitation Teaching Based on 3D Virtual Anatomical Models Using Leap Motion Controller During COVID-19 Pandemic

After the World Health Organization had declared a pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on March 11, 2020 many governments, including the Government of Spain, declared the state of alarm enforcing a quarantine that have left millions of students confined to their homes. This home confinement has affected students of all levels, including university students, and has forced faculties to adapt online teaching strategies. Thus, traditional classroom face-to-face teaching has suddenly been replaced by online classes. This has revealed particularly challenging for medical courses. For such purpose we have designed an online teaching proposal addressed to the Degree in Physiotherapy and the Double Degree in Nursing and Physiotherapy of the University of Jaén (Spain). The objective is to implement an online virtual teaching protocol through the use of Virtual Reality. For such a goal, the Leap Motion Controller (LMC) will be used to teach the neuroanatomy of the brain and spinal cord and to teach and practice neurorehabilitation exercises. Along with devices like the LMC students will be asked to use Health Sciences databases in order to achieve a significative learning of the course topics. The project is structured in two phases. First, students will learn neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of the most relevant neurological conditions using LMC-based models. Then, they will learn to combine LMC games and conventional physiotherapy for neurorehabilitation purposes. The work of students will include the recording of videoreports demonstrating the acquisition of neuroanatomy concepts and simulating a clinical case. With this project we will assess the usability of LMC as an educative tool, the perception, satisfaction and self-regulated learning of physiotherapy students.

Some characteristics of the systematization of Joint International Programmes in Higher Education

This article discusses the issue of systematization of international joint programmes in higher education. The authors analyze the criteria for differentiating between various types of international joint programmes. In particular, the authors propose to distinguish between international double degree programmes and dual degree programmes. Different classifications of international joint programmes are substantiated through the analysis of successful experience of their implementation in Russia and abroad in the context of globalization and international educational integration. The article also gives ground to the general criteria of the effectiveness of the implementation of various types of joint educational programmes. It is concluded that the systematization of international joint programmes will allow to avoid confusing terminology, and considering the fact such programmes are developed and implemented by universities with different backgrounds from different regions of the world, sometimes even from different education systems, this approach will greatly simplify academic cooperation between universities of different countries in the context of cultural differences and particular features of different national legislative regulations. Considering the different types of joint international programmes and the practice of their implementation in universities, the authors proceed from the fact that all these programmesrepresent effective ways of creating a single European higher education area, an important tool for implementing the principles of the Bologna process. Regarding the task of improving the competitiveness of universities that implement international joint programmes, the article also identifies the significant benefits for students acquiring specific intercultural, communicative, as well as interdisciplinary professional competencies and, respectively, advantages in employment, both in their own country and abroad.

Compact 2DOF liner based on a long elastic open-neck acoustic resonator for low frequency absorption

Passive acoustic liners, used in aeronautic engine nacelles to reduce radiated fan noise, have a quarter-wavelength behavior. The simplest systems are SDOF-type (single degree of freedom), consisting of a perforated sheet backed with a honeycomb, whose absorption ability is limited to frequencies near the Helmholtz frequency. Thus, to widen the absorption frequency range, manufacturers use a 2DOF (double degree of freedom) system, with an internal layer over another honeycomb (stack of two resonators). However, one constraint is the limited thickness of the overall system, which reduces the space allotted to each honeycomb. A possible approach, based on a previous concept called LEONAR (long elastic open-neck acoustic resonator), could be to link each perforated layer to hollow tubes inserted in each honeycomb layer, in order to shift resonance frequencies to lower frequencies by extending the air column lengths. The presence of an empty chamber on both sides of the internal perforated layer also allows the tube length to be increased through tubes crossing both cavities, preserving the liner thickness. The main aim of this article is to mathematically describe the principle of a 2DOF LEONAR and to show the relevance of the mathematical model through FEM simulations and experiments performed in an impedance tube. Moreover, its behavior is analyzed through a parametric study, in order to explore its potential for an aeronautic application. A remarkable feature of 2DOF LEONAR-type materials with insertion of bottom tubes in the higher cavity is the possibility of maintaining the low frequency band provided by the original LEONAR concept, while adding a second absorption peak at a higher frequency, by the second layer and the accompanying tubes. There is a fundamental difference from classical SDOF/2DOF resonators, for which the thicknesses are obviously different.