Authentic resources will be used as a means to examine culture and as springboards for discussion and for instruction in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in an array of contexts and situations. Materials will typically be posted on Canvas and/or linked to syllabus a week before we will discuss / study them in class.
Diversity (age, race, ethnicity, faith, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, and perspectives) is welcomed in this course. If you have a preferred pronoun of which you would like me and the students in the course to be aware, please notify us on the first day of class.
Please reach out to me first and directly during my office hours with suggestions and/or concerns. If you are registered with the Disability Resource Center, please plan on meeting with me in person during my office hours no later than by the end of the first week of classes to discuss how I might best be able to accommodate your need/s.
Cheating and/or plagiarism will not be tolerated. The use of translation software or artificial intelligence to complete your homework and/or quizzes is forbidden. As per California Education Code Section 78907, neither electronic listening nor recording devices can be used without my consent.
Examples of sources to be included
Grade Breakdown
Leading a Class Discussion: 10%
Active In-Class Participation: 20%
Quizzes: 30%
Written Homework: 30%
Oral Exam: 10%
Schedule
2 April
Tester son niveau: TV5MONDE; ESL; Transparent Language; University of Wisconsin; TCF
4 April
Discuter de l'actualité (activités disponibles sur Canvas)
9 April
Les pronoms relatifs (activités disponibles sur Canvas)
Quiz #1
11 April
Sous le sable (film disponsible sur Kanopy)
Devoir 1 sur les pronoms à rendre
16 April
« Sous le sable », sur Arte : François Ozon filme un long face-à-face entre un visage et une ombre
Entretien: François Ozon (Télérama)
18 April
Les cafés en France (discussion menée par Melodie)
Verbes + pronoms relatifs (activités disponibles sur Canvas)
Les propositions relatives (activités disponibles sur Canvas)
23 April
Les propositions relatives (activités disponibles sur Canvas)
Quiz #2
25 April
Livres d'occasion: quel est le meilleur prix à payer? (discussion menée par Yiming)
Devoir 2 sur les propositions relatives à rendre
30 April
Cheveux en batailles (5 questions à préparer)
Pour Fatou N’diaye, la discrimination capillaire envers les femmes noires est un problème bien réel
Il faut reconnaître et sanctionner la discrimination capillaire!
2 May
L'humour français (discussion menée par Anaïs)
7 May
Le futur & le futur antérieur (activités disponibles sur Canvas)
#3
9 May
Les jeux olympiques (2024) (discussion menée par Sarah)
14 May
La laïcité (discussion menée par Peyton)
Quiz #3
16 May
La femme et le TGV (film disponsible sur Kanopy)
21 May
L'éco-blanchiment (discussion menée par Siena)
Devoir 4 sur La femme et le TGV ou l’Académie française à rendre
23 May
28 May = Monday schedule, no class
30 May
Feu! Chatterton: Sur quel pied le danser?
Devoir 5 sur Feu! Chatterton (I - VI) à rendre
4 June
Quiz #5
6 June
No class. In-Class Participation Log & Leading a Class Discussion Self-Reflection due (via Canvas).
On or before 13 June
Oral Exam