French 152b Course Outline Winter 2007

FRE 152b LANGUE ET GRAMMAIRE FRANÇAISES II
Course Outline Winter 2007
Section 1
Section 2
GENERAL INFORMATION
Instructor
Office
Office Hours
Campus Mail
Telephone
Telephone at Home
e-mail
Website
Monday / Wednesday 13:30
Tuesday / Thursday 16:00
in J-119
in N-1
Bertrand Boutin
N-107
Anytime or by Appointment
Box 93
819 822-9600 ext. 2419
819 837-0135
[email protected]
www.bertrandboutin.ca
DESCRIPTION IN THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Suite du cours French 151ab. (Révision et approfondissement de la grammaire de base.
Entraînement à l’expression écrite (compositions). Études de textes courts : lecture,
extension du vocabulaire, compréhension écrite et orale.) Ce cours s’adresse aux étudiants
qui n’ont pas fait leurs études préuniversitaires dans des écoles françaises.
Prerequisite: French 151 or Français 151 or permission of the Department
Antirequisite: previous Français 102 and Français 104 and Français 152
TEXTS USED
Visions d’aujourd’hui et de demain, Danielle Rhéaume, Productions Tristany, 2001.
ISBN 2-9807015-1-3 (required)
Ma Grammaire française, Jean Couillard, Jean Couillard, éditeur, 5e édition, 1999.
ISBN 2-922514-01-3 (recommended)
Exercices for French 151-152 et notes de cours www.bertrandboutin.ca
Students are expected to have a French-English dictionary and an all French dictionary.
Course materials (exercises, information for coming tests or exams, etc.) are posted
regularly on WebCT.
COURSE CONTENTS
Révision des conjugaisons, concordance des temps à l’indicatif et au subjonctif, analyse
grammaticale, homophones, verbes pronominaux, pronoms relatifs, vocabulaire, etc.
UNIVERSITY REGULATIONS
Please read the University Regulations regarding Academic Integrity, Academic Reviews
and Appeals, Ombudsman, Selection of Courses, Confidentiality of Student Information,
Discipline, Policy on Harassment, Students’ Responsibilities, Professors’ Responsibilities,
Driving Regulations and Parking, etc. (Academic Calendar 2006/2007, p. 21 to 36)
GRADING SYSTEM
Jan. 15-April 5
Jan. 17-18
Jan. 24-25
Jan. 31-Feb. 01
Feb. 7-8
Feb. 14-15
March 07-08
March 14-15
March 21-22
April 11-27
oral presentations (a schedule will be posted on WebCT)
homework 1: Text Comprehension
homework 2: Essay #1
homework 3: Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises
test 1 in class (grammar and vocabulary, no books)
homework 4: Text Comprehension #2
homework 5: Essay #2
homework 6: Grammar and Vocabulary
test 2 in class (grammar and vocabulary, no books)
3-hour final exam (covers all semester, no books)
10.0 %
5.0 %
10.0 %
7.5 %
10.0 %
5.0 %
10.0 %
7.5 %
10.0 %
25.0 %
(grammar, essay, text comprehension)
There is no supplemental exam for this course.
ORAL PRESENTATION
You can choose any subject: presentation of a film you’ve seen, a book you’ve read, a
newspaper or magazine article you’ve liked or not liked, a trip you’ve made, a television
program you like or dislike, a person you admire, a topical subject which interests you, etc.
Recommendations: speak loud and distinctly, look at the other students and seek their
participation, avoid reading. You can also use the computer projector.
Duration: 5 to 10 minutes
WINTER SEMESTER 2007 DATES
Jan. 08 (Monday)
Jan. 18 (Thursday)
Feb. 26 to March 4
March 6 (Tuesday)
April 05 (Thursday)
April 06 (Friday) to 09 (Monday)
April 10 (Tuesday)
April 11 (Wed) to April 27 (Friday)
May 2 (Wed)
day & evening classes begin
last day to add, drop or change sections
Reading Week (no class)
last day to Withdraw with Permission…
day & evening classes end
Easter holiday
Make-up day for Friday classes
exams period
deadline for instructors to submit marks
HOW TO LOG IN TO BISHOPS WEBCT
Using Netscape or Internet Explorer, Go to the web site www.ubishops.ca/ .
Go to ITS and click on WebCT. (You should see your professor’s course, eg. FRE152B01 or
FRE152B02, as a course available to you and you can select it.) Enter your user name (= your
student number) and your password (= PIN number for DAG access).
Only students who are registered in a particular course (which the professor has also actuated for
WebCT) will have access to this material. If you have difficulties accessing a WebCT course, please
see the lab consultant. If the consultant is unable to help you, please visit the Multimedia Centre and
ask for help.