French 2010 (Intermediate French I) Course Description
section 01 2:00 - 2:50 MTWR in Technology Building #107
Dr. Elise C. Leahy, Jr. office: 108G General Classroom Building
office phone: 865-8287 email: leahy@suu.edu (I prefer email to voicemail.)
Weekly Office Hours:
Monday 11:30-12:30, 3-4
Tuesday 1-2, Wednesday 11:30-12
Thursday 10:30-11:30, 3-4
Other times and Fridays by appointment.
Please note: If my office hours do not work for your schedule, please contact me and make an appointment to meet with me at a time that is mutually convenient for you and me. Communication with your professor is vital to success in this course.
SUU’s Essential Learning Outcomes that apply to French 2010.
Communication: Students develop and express ideas and will be able to do so in a variety of ways, namely in writing, by speaking, visually, kinesthetically, through design or aurally.
Intercultural Knowledge and Competence: Students demonstrate that they possess a set of cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills and characteristics that support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts.
Teamwork: Students demonstrate productive interaction with others (in or out of class) to complete assignments, tasks or projects.
Learning Outcomes, specified for FREN 2010. By the end of FREN 2010,
Communication: Students will improve their capacity to develop and express ideas and will be able to do so in a variety of ways, namely in writing and speaking, in French.
Intercultural Knowledge and Competence: Students will know more about France and French-speaking cultures through exposure to various media and ideas; additionally, they will have become more conscious of their own cultures, having adopted the habit of reflecting upon and making comparisons between the culture they know and those they study.
Teamwork / verbal communication: Students will be better able to participate as a full conversational partner in French, initiating exchanges as well as responding.
In addition and more specifically,
Students will have improved reading and listening comprehension of French; they will have acquired new vocabulary; they will have gained knowledge of and honed their skills with regards to the following communicative functions in French: describing, comparing, talking about the future and the past; reacting and making recommendations, hypothesizing and asking questions.
Required Texts/materials:
We are using Open Educational Resources for this course. This means you won’t buy a text book, but should plan to have access to the internet to study and do homework.
We will use various materials on a website from UT Austin. Students should begin to familiarize themselves with these sites within the first two days of class.
Links to ALL French resources at this site:
http://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/french
The Two Sites of importance to us:
1. Second year French (Enhancing French Skills):
http://sites.la.utexas.edu/enhancing-french-skills/
2. List of Grammar Resources (called Tex’s French Grammar):
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/
In addition, I recommend these two dictionaries:
www.wordreference.com – English-French dictionary
www.lexilogos.com – French -French dictionary
7 Habits of Highly Effective Language Learners:
Attend class regularly.
Stay engaged throughout each class period. Try to speak, think and write in French to the extent possible.
Take notes.
Seek exposure to French (from listening to your prof to reading your book in class if you finish an exercise before your classmates to listening to French music and surfing the web in French).
Study & memorize on a daily basis, above and beyond assigned exercises. Review old material.
Make yourself talk in French a lot. Don’t be shy; you learn to communicate by communicating.
See your professor or a tutor if you have any questions.
Course Requirements and grade break down
4 Written Exams 30%
4 Quizzes 10%
2 oral exams / 2 recordings 15%
4 short compositions 15%
Instagram 5%
Participation 12.5%
Homework 12.5%
Details concerning Course Requirements:
Written Exams / Contrôles (4): On the grammar, vocabulary, videos, culture and any other topics covered in class and for homework. They will include exercises that demonstrate students’ memorization of forms and also their ability to write and understand written French. See Calendar for dates; there is one exam at the end of each Unit. (30%)
Quizzes / Interros (4): On the grammar, vocabulary, videos, culture and any other topics covered in class and for homework. They will include exercises that demonstrate students’ memorization of forms and also their ability to write and understand written French. See Calendar for dates; there is a quiz approximately mid-unit. (10%)
Daily homework Homework is often corrected in class but other times handed in for other feedback. Homework mis assigned almost daily as memorization and practice are vital to success in learning a language. See rubrics below for grading policies for homework and class activities. (12.5%)
Class participation This part of the grade includes attendance and participation in all in-class activities, discussions, exercises, etc. (12.5%)
Compositions (4) Due the class day after each unit exam, students will write a short composition on the topic of the unit. See Rubric below for grading policy and calendar for dates. (15%)
French class Instagram account For full credit, student post or comment on a post 3 times weekly throughout the semester. Find and follow me on Instagram as @suuprofdefrancais. Weeks go from Friday to Thursday; the first week being thus Sept. 1-7. (5%)
Oral Exams (2), short audio (or video) recordings (2) This part of the grade comprises two oral exams done in pairs, and two audio (or video) recordings produced by the student and handed into my email address leahy@suu.edu or through Canvas. See topics and dates for audio on the Calendrier. Oral exams will be an extension of in-class activities; general topics will be announced ahead of time so students can prepare; however, the best preparation is to practice speaking on a regular basis in class and at tables. See the Calendrier for dates. (15%)
French Table (30 minutes): French Tables are ½ hour casual meetings in the student center living room. Only French is spoken at the Tables. For full credit, attend 3 before fall break, and 3 after fall break. There are no tables during finals week; they run from weeks 2-15 of the semester. As FREN 2010 students, you should attend Tables 2. EXTRA CREDIT: Attending extra tables is one of the few opportunities for extra credit in this class. (5%)
Grading scale.
A = 100-93 B = 87-83 C = 77-73 D = 67-63
A- = 92-90 B- = 82-80 C- = 72-70 D- = 62-60
B+ = 89-88 C+ = 79-78 D+ = 69-68 F= 59 and below
Learning Techniques:
Successful foreign language learning requires daily attendance and consistent study. Here are some suggestions you may find helpful:
Memorize, review and recycle vocabulary, conjugations and structures. Memorization of material, such as verb forms and vocabulary, is vital to success in French 2020. Plan to spend time every day reviewing and memorizing material
Studying in short blocks of time is more efficient than trying to memorize a huge amount of material in one sitting.
Speak exclusively in French while in class. Talk to yourself in French. Surf the web in French. Any and all exposure is good input and exposure. Come to the French table!
Use resources available to you: my office hours, tutors in the writing lab, native speakers, the French Table. Dictionaries and the internet can help with oral and written work.
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