FR 202 Intermediate French II

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA
FR 202 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH
COURSE DESCRIPTION: A continuation of FR 201. Prerequisite: FR 201or equivalent.
Review and expansion of grammar and vocabulary. Speaking, listening, reading, and
writing skills further developed. Prerequisite: two years of high school French or FR 102.
Special fee: $30.00
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Dr. Keith Lindley
Office: 203 Wesleyan Hall
Office Hours: lundi, mercredi de 14h à 15h
mardi, jeudi de 8h à 10h, de 13h à 14h
vendredi de 14h à 13h
Phone: (office) 765-4602
(home) 718-7649 Feel free to contact me at home, if necessary,
anytime up to about 10:00 on a typical weeknight.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Course Description: This course is designed to reinforce and expand upon
knowledge and competency in French acquired in the first three semesters of
study of the language. Emphasis is placed on grammatical structures and their
implementation in writing, conversation and reading, as well as upon
vocabulary expansion.
Textbook and Materials:
Krejsci, Cindy et al. Essential Reprise: A Complete Review of French
Grammar, Communication, and Culture. Chicago: NTC, 1999.
Bauer, Camille. Graded French Reader. 5th edition. Lexington,
Massachusetts: DC Heath, 1999.
A Good French/English Dictionary (Larousse, for example).
Absence Policy: Four absences are allowed during the semester. For each
absence exceeding this number, two points will be subtracted from the
student’s final average up to a total of ten points. Exceptions to this are
doctor-excused absences and other extreme emergencies that may require
documentation, or instances in which the student is away representing the
university in some capacity.
Make-up Policy: No make-up quizzes or tests will be given without a doctor’s
excuse. The test or quiz must be taken on the student’s first day back to class
after the illness. You are encouraged to telephone me at home or e-mail me to
find out what you are responsible for after your absence.
Homework: Homework assignments will be randomly, but frequently, checked
for completion. Your homework grade will be figured by dividing the number of
times you complete your assignment by the total number of times that
homework is checked. For example, if homework is checked 20 times during
the semester and you have completed it only 15 times, then your final
homework grade would be a 75.
Journal: Writing in French on a regular basis constitutes an invaluable method
of putting into practice the new words and rules that you are going to acquire
in this course. To that end, I ask that you keep a journal, in French, of your
daily activities, thoughts, and plans. You should choose a good quality, durable
diary or notebook to keep your writings in. At a minimum, you are REQUIRED to
have a substantial, one paragraph entry per day. If you happen to be feeling
more verbose, I encourage you to write to your heart’s content. The more the
better. You must write in complete, grammatical sentences, and I will expect
you to make every effort to incorporate what we learn in class. My requests to
see your journal will be on short notice, so be diligent!
Laboratory: While the classroom provides you with crucial analytical
knowledge of French as well as with limited listening and speaking
opportunities, your experience in French would be incomplete and artificial
without at least some contact with the language in “real world” contexts. Part
of your homework each week will be to visit the Language Laboratory in
Wesleyan 305 for one hour to listen to or watch some form of French-language
media in order to hear the language in use and to develop a reasonably good
overall knowledge of current events in the French-speaking world. At this point
you will certainly not understand everything you hear, but written cues on
radio websites and visual input on TV will aid in your understanding, and you
will gradually improve your listening skills and expand your vocabulary, often
without realizing just how much.
You may choose the hour you would like to visit the lab when it is open,
and you may choose your preferred radio or television source. You will be
required to sign in and sign out, and to leave the name and type of media you
listened to or watched for the day. We will visit the laboratory together as a
class during the first week, and I will give you a list of news and information
sources in French that might interest you. Your laboratory grade is based on
attendance, so five points will be deducted from that average for each hour
missed. The laboratory attendant observes to ensure that students are on task
during their time in the lab.
Grading System:
o
o
o
o
Homework
Laboratory Attendance
Journal
Quizzes
15%
10%
15%
20%
o Mid-Term Test
o Final Exam
20%
20%
Emploi du temps:
mercredi le 14 janvier - Réviser
vendredi le 16 janvier - Réviser
(lundi le 19 janvier - Jour Férié)
mercredi le 21 janvier Ch. 9 Future and Conditional
vendredi le 23 janvier
lundi le 26 janvier
mercredi le 28 janvier
vendredi le 30 janvier Ch. 10 Pluperfect, Future Perfect, and Past Conditional
lundi le 2 février
mercredi le 4 février
vendredi le 6 février Ch. 11 Passé Simple
lundi le 9 février Ch. 12 Present Participles; Uses of the Infinitive
mercredi le 11 février
vendredi le 13 février
lundi le 16 février Ch. 13 Nouns: gender, number, and articles
mercredi le 18 février
(vendredi le 20 février - Jour Férié)
lundi le 23 février
mercredi le 25 février Ch. 14 Stressed pronouns; subject-verb agreement
vendredi le 27 février
lundi le premier mars MID-TERM EXAM
mercredi le 3 mars Ch. 15 Possessive and demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
vendredi le 5 mars
lundi le 8 mars
mercredi le 10 mars Ch. 16 Interrogative adjectives and pronouns
vendredi le 12 mars
lundi le 15 mars
mercredi le 17 mars Ch. 18 Object Pronouns
vendredi le 19 mars
(lundi le 22 mars - Jour Férié)
(mercredi le 24 mars - Jour Férié)
(vendredi le 26 mars - Jour Férié)
lundi le 29 mars
mercredi le 31 mars
vendredi le 2 avril Ch. 23 Relative clauses
lundi le 5 avril
mercredi le 7 avril
(vendredi le 9 avril - Jour Férié)
lundi le 12 avril
mercredi le 14 avril Ch. 24 The Present Subjunctive
vendredi le 16 avril
lundi le 19 avril
mercredi le 21 avril Ch. 26 The Subjunctive (cont.)
vendredi le 23 avril
lundi le 26 avril
mercredi le 28 avril
vendredi le 30 avril
lundi le 3 mai
mercredi le 5 mai
Examen Final: Tuesday May 11 from 8:00 to 8:50 am
Objectives: To enable students
a. to develop and acquire intermediate proficiency in listening comprehension;
b. to develop and acquire intermediate proficiency in speaking;
c. to develop a basic situational vocabulary;
d. to develop an understanding of the cultural settings for the language and
how these may
differ from American culture.
e. to develop basic skills in orthography;
f. to develop a basic understanding of the fundamentals of grammar through
descriptive
linguistics.
g. to develop intermediate skills in reading;
h. to develop intermediate skills in writing;
i. to have a rich acquisition and learning environment.
Procedures: They are intended to assist students in achieving the above
mentioned objectives by
a. providing frequent experiences for listening comprehension practice at
normal speed by a variety of voices;
b. providing frequent opportunities to speak the language;
c. providing lessons that deal with real life situations where the linguistic
setting and content precede any grammatical objectives;
d. providing the opportunity to reflect on the cultural setting of the language
and the differences which may exist in American culture;
e. providing opportunities wherein orthographic skill is required;
f. providing explanations and exercises dealing with grammatical material,
especially as it relates to the language situation being studied building on the
skills developed at the elementary level;
g. providing regular opportunities for reading;
h. providing regular opportunities for writing texts
Evaluations: These are intended to evaluate the progress of the student
toward the desired objectives and the effectiveness of the procedures or
methods by
a. having daily activities which give feedback on the progress of learning and
acquisition of oral-aural skills or toward proficiency in the use of those skills
with major emphasis in evaluating oral abilities;
b. having regular opportunities for reading and translating in class;
c. having frequent quizzes which include an opportunity for the student to
demonstrate progress in the objectives "a" through "h".
Notice Concerning Disabilities
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It is the policy of the University of North Alabama to afford equal opportunity in education to
qualified students. If you have a disability that may prevent you from meeting the course
requirements, contact the instructor within the first three class sessions to file a Student
Disability Statement and to develop an accommodation plan. Course requirements will not be
waived but accommodations will be made to allow you to meet the requirements, provided
that you are timely in working with the instructor to develop an accommodation plan.