FRENCH 101 (B) Spring 2010 Instructor: Office: Hours: Telephone: Email: (Course coordinator: Joan Debrah, Moore 494, 956-4179, joand@hawaii.edu) GRADING: Présence/Préparation/Participation: 10% Devoirs (homework): 20% Contrôles (tests) (4), Quizzes: 40% Examen final: 20% Examens oraux (2) 10% 100% Welcome to your first semester of French! We're very pleased that you are taking French and hope you will enjoy your language study in this class. Read this syllabus carefully and keep it for reference throughout the semester. Please see your instructor and/or the course coordinator if you have any questions about the course, about your placement in this level of French, registration problems, tutoring, homework assignments, a French major or certificate, French club activities, or anything else related to the course. If you don't understand something, please don't hesitate to ask your instructor to repeat or to explain! In this course, you will begin to speak, understand, write, and read French, as you learn basic vocabulary, grammar structures, and pronunciation. You will also gain an awareness of some basic cultural elements of the French-speaking world. Textbook: Horizons, 4 th edition, Manley, Smith, McMinn, & Prévost (required) Both the textbook and workbook are required. The "lab" listening exercises at the back of the workbook will be done using an "MP3CD" purchased for $3.00. Your instructor will collect the payments and get the CD for you from the Language Learning Center in Moore Hall. The same MP3CD also contains the listening material for French 102, 201, and 202. Présence/Préparation/Participation: Attendance is mandatory. After four unexcused absences, one point will be deducted from the 10 point participation grade for each additional unexcused absence. Excused absences are documented absences and include university-sanctioned travel, serious illness requiring a doctor s visit, court appearance, and road closure and/or electrical outages due to a serious storm, etc. as determined by the instructor. Tardies (over 5 minutes) will count as a half or three-quarters absence, as appropriate. Devoirs: Homework is to be done DAILY. Written exercises will be assigned at each class period and are listed on this sylllabus. No late assignments will be accepted (except in the case of excused absences: call or email your instructor or check the syllabus for the assignment, and turn it in no later than the second class period after your return.) The "lab" listening exercises are
also listed in this syllabus. They will be done using the MP3CD and are normally due at the end of each chapter. Careful preparation and frequent review are necessary in language learning. Develop good study habits and see your instructor or a tutor for extra help when you need it don't delay if you need help! Use the CDs that come with the textbook to listen to the dialogues and pronunciation sections (marked with a picture of headphones) in your textbook. Contrôles, Quizzes: Short quizzes will be given periodically during the semester. Chapter tests (contrôles) will be given after chapters préliminaire, 1, 2, and 3. Examen final: A written exam will be given at the end of the semester. The final will cover mainly the last 2 chapter, although material from the entire semester will also appear. Study guides will help you prepare for contrôles and the final exam. Examens oraux: Oral exams will take place outside of class time during the eighth and last weeks of class. These will be similar to short conversations or real-life situations; study guides will help you prepare. Please note that quizzes and exams must be taken on the scheduled dates. There are no makeups for quizzes; the lowest quiz score will be dropped before figuring final grades. For all others - contrôles, final, and orals make-ups will be allowed in case of absence ONLY with a valid excuse and ONLY if you contact your instructor the day of the absence; it is your responsibility to meet with your instructor to set up a time for the make-up, and the make-up must be completed within a week of your returning to class. Special notices: 1) Students with disability-related needs or concerns are invited to contact the Kokua office in the Queen Lilioukalani Student Services building, room 13 (956-7511). 2) Please turn off your cell phone ringers and pagers when in class. 3) There is to be absolutely NO texting during class time. Students seen texting will be counted absent that day and will receive a zero (0) grade for all work (homework, quizzes, tests) that day. 4) Free tutoring will be available each week. The schedule will be announced later. 5) Extra credit will be available for participation in French club activities. Activities include French films, cooking classes, conversation groups, etc. More info later. 6) Compositions and other work done using computer translators, and/or someone else's translations of your English work will not be accepted. If your instructor suspects the use of the above, s/he may give you a zero for that assignment, or ask you to re-do it in his/her presence. Do your own work. 7) This syllabus may be slightly changed if necessary as the semester progresses.
Student Learning Outcomes French 101 Students will demonstrate communicative competency in French at a basic level. Speaking: Reproduce simple patterns of speech, respond to simple conversational models, ask simple questions, and deliver simple oral presentations, using familiar vocabulary and with acceptable pronunciation. Listening: Understand main ideas and/or facts from simple statements, questions, and conversations on familiar topics when supported by context. Writing: Write phrases, paragraphs, and short compositions that demonstrate appropriate use of basic grammatical structures on familiar topics, using familiar vocabulary. Reading: Demonstrate the ability to read and understand short readings on familiar topics; infer meaning of some unknown vocabulary, especially cognates; read familiar materials aloud with acceptable pronunciation. Culture: Demonstrate knowledge of some basic cultural elements of the French-speaking communities presented in class, including France, Canada, and Louisiana. FRENCH 101 Spring 2010 Date En Classe Devoirs M 1/11 Introduction au cours Read book p. xv-xx W 1/13 Le monde francophone, p. 4-5 p. 4-7 Ch. Préliminaire, Compétence 1: Les formules de politesse, p. 6-7 F 1/15 Ch. Prélim., Comp 1: Les salutations Workbook (cahier) Familières, p. 8-9; Le vocabulaire de la p. 1-3 G Salle de classe M 1/18 Jour férié L anniversaire de Martin Luther King, Jr. W 1/20 Ch. Prélim., Comp 2: Les chiffres de zéro Cahier p. 3 H 7 E A trente, p. 10-11; Les jours de la semaine, + crossword puzzle p. 12-13 F 1/22 Comp. 3: Un autoportrait, p. 14-15; p. 8-10 C M 1/25 Ch. Prélim., Comp. 3: L heure, p. 16-19 p. 10 D - 12 W 1/27 Ch. Prélim., Comp. 4: En cours, p. 20-21 p. 13-16 Des Expressions utiles et l alphabet, p. 22-23 F 1/29 Ch. Prélim., Comparaisons culturelles, Listening exercises p. 24-25; Révision cahier p. 179-186
M 2/1 CONTROLE, Chapitre Préliminaire Handout Chapitre 1: Les pronoms sujets, le verbe être, p. 40 W 2/3 Ch. 1: La France et ses régions, p. 30-31; Cahier p. 17; Compétence 1: Les gens à l université; Livre p. 35, B & C Les adjectifs, p. 32-35 F 2/5 Ch. 1, Comp. 1: C est et Il/Elle est + les Cahier p. 18-20; Adjectifs, p. 34-35; Stratégie et Lecture, p. 36-37 handout M 2/8 Ch. 1, Comp. 2: Les personnalités, la négation p. 21-22; handout Et d autres adjectifs, p. 38-41 W 2/10 Ch. 1, Comp. 2: Les questions, p. 42-43 p. 23-24 F 2/12 Ch. 1, Comp 3: Les campus et le p. 25-26 Quartier, Le genre, l article indéfini et L expression il y a, p. 44-47 M 2/15 Jour férié La fête des Présidents W 2/17 Ch. 1, Comp 3: C est et Il/Elle est et la place p. 27-28 De l adjectif, p. 48-49 F 2/19 Ch. 1: Révision, Reprise p. 54-55 Feuille de révision L article défini, p. 52 M 2/22 Ch. 1: Lecture, Comparaisons culturelles Cahier p. 187-192 Révision (listening ex Comp. 1-3) W 2/24 CONTROLE, Chapitre 1 Composition (livre (Compétences 1-2-3) p. 57) type & doublespace un autoportrait F 2/26 Ch. 1, Comp. 4: L université et les cours, p. 29-32 p. 50-51; Ch. 2, Les verbes en er, p. 76 Handout M 3/1 Ch. 2: Nice, p. 66-67; Comp. 1: p. 33-36 Les passe-temps; l infinitif, p. 68-71; quelques verbes à changements orthographiques, p. 80-81; jouer à/de, p. 70 W 3/3 Ch. 2, Comp 2: Le week-end, p. 74-75; p. 37-40 le verbe aller (aller p. 152), la prép. à F 3/5 Ch. 2, Comp 3: La journée, p. 82-83; p. 41-42 Les mots interrogatifs et les questions par Inversion, p. 84-87
(L examen oral mi-semestriel will take place outside of class during this week) M 3/8 Ch. 2, Comp 3: Les mots interrogatifs et les p. 43-44 questions par inversion, p. 84-87 (con t) W 3/10 Ch. 2, Comp. 4: Au café, p. 88-89 p. 45-48 Les chiffres et l argent, p. 90-9 F 3/12 Ch. 2, Reprise, p. 92-93; Révision Feuille de Révision M 3/15 Ch. 2, Révision; Lecture, Comparaisons Cahier p. 195-202 Culturelles, p. 94-97 (listening exercises) W 3/17 Contrôle, Chapitre 2 Composition (livre p. 95); (+ Ch. 1, Compétence 4) Type & double-space Au café F 3/19 Ch. 3: En Amérique: Le Canada, p. 106-107 p. 49; p. 51 E & F, Comp. 1: Le logement & les chiffres, p. 108-110; Livre p. 117 D Comp. 2: Le verbe avoir, p. 114 Les vacances du Printemps le 22 26 mars M 3/29 Ch. 3, Comp. 1: Les nombres ordinaux, p.110; p. 50; p. 52; p. 53 A; Comp. 2: Les effets personnels, p. 114-115 p. 54 D Stratégies et Lecture, p. 112-113 W 3/31 Ch. 3, Comp. 2: Quelques prépositions, les p. 53 B; p. 55-5 contractions avec de, p. 114, 118 F 4/2 Jour férié Vendredi Saint M 4/5 Ch. 3, Comp. 3: Les couleurs, p. 120; p. 58 D 60 F; Les adjectifs possessifs, p. 122-125 Handout W 4/7 Ch. 3, Comp. 3: Les meubles, p. 120-121; p. 57-58 C, p. 60 le verbe faire (p. 196) F 4/9 Ch. 3, Comp. 4: Des renseignements; Les p. 61-64 adjectifs Quel et ce, p. 126-129
M 4/12 Ch. 3, Reprise, p. 130-131; Révision Feuille de Révision W 4/14 Ch. 3: Lecture, Comparaisons culturelles, Cahier p. 203-210 p. 132-135; Révision (listening exercises) F 4/16 CONTROLE, Chapitre 3 Composition (livre p. 135); type & doublespace Une lettre M 4/19 Ch. 4: En Amérique: La Louisiane, p. 142-143 p. 65-68 Comp. 1: Ma famille; Les expressions avec avoir, p. 144-147 W 4/21 Ch. 4, Comp. 2: Le temps libre; Le pronom y, p. 69-71 E; handout p. 150-152 F 4/23 Ch. 4, Comp. 2: Le pronom sujet on et p. 71 F - 72 l impératif, p. 154-155 M 4/26 Ch. 4, Comp. 3: Le week-end prochain, Le futur p. 73-76 Immédiat, Les dates, p. 156-161 W 4/28 Ch. 4, Comp. 4: Les moyens de transport; Les p. 77-80 Verbes prendre et venir, p. 162-165 F 4/30 Ch. 4: Reprise, p. 166-167; Révision Feuille de Révision M 5/3 Révision des Chapitres 3 & 4 Cahier p. 211-218 (listening exercises) W 5/5 Examens oraux finals EXAMEN FINAL Wednesday, May 12, from 2:15-4:15, in a location to be announced
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