FRENCH 202
Intermediate II
Fall 2008
Instructor: McRae Amoss
Office Hours:
Office: Grainger 302
M 2:00-2:50
Office telephone: 395-2177
T 10:50-11:30
W 1:00-1:50
F 9:00-9:50
And by appointment
e-mail: amossbm@longwood.edu
Course Description: A course designed to help students develop their skills in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing French and to put these skills to work in a context that recognizes and explores the particularities of French and Francophone culture.
Texts
Muyskens, Judith, et al. Bravo: communication, grammaire, culture et littérature. 5th edition. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 2005.
-------. Bravo: cahier d'exercices et manuel de laboratoire. 5th edition. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 2005.
Course Objectives:
Students will demonstrate an ability to:
1. Understand the French sound system and put their conversational skills to use in everyday situations.
2. Acquire a vocabulary and master the linguistic structures necessary for performing certain tasks in French, such as engaging, continuing, and terminating a conversation; expressing an opinion; expressing probability; describing in the future; making an hypothesis; making suggestions and concessions; complaining and excusing oneself; asking, giving, and refusing permission; comparing; expressing regret; making reproaches; summarizing.
3. Read and understand texts, watch and understand videos, find and gain information from W3 pages that inform them of or represent certain aspects of life in France or other Francophone countries.
4. Write on an intermediate level in a variety of forms, including letters, essays.
Class Schedule (sous réserve de modification de programme):
| Date | Leçon | Devoirs à préparer avant le cours |
| Aug. 25 | Chapitre 6:Leçon 1 | |
| Aug. 27 | Leçon 1 | M: Etudiez p. 218-19; C, pp. 131-32: A;
M: Etudiez pp. 220-23, 225-26; Lisez "L'art de discuter"; C, pp. 134-35: A,B |
| Aug. 29 | Leçon 2 | C, pp. 136-37: C, D; Rédaction 1: un éditorial--Préparation (voir consignes); M: Etudiez pp. 230-32; p. 234-35 |
| Sep. 3 | Leçon 2 | C, pp. 138-39: A,B; M: Etudiez pp. 236-37
|
| Sep. 5 | Intermède culturel | Rédaction 1: Premier brouillon--1 page complète dactylographiée; C, pp. 140-41: C, D; Lisez "L'impressionnisme" (p. 252-53); p. 253-54: A (à remettre) |
| Sep. 8 | Leçon 3 | M: Etudiez pp. 241-43; p. 245; Exercice internet ch. 6 |
| Sep. 10 | Leçon 3 | C, pp. 142-44: A, B, C; M: Etudiez pp. 248 |
| Sep. 12 | Contrôle (ch. 6) | C, p. 145: D; C, pp. 153-55: Dictée et Compréhension |
| Sep. 15 | Chapitre 7:Leçon 1 | Rédaction 1: Version finale; M: Etudiez p. 260; C, pp.
157-58;
M: Etudiez pp. 261-65; 267-69 |
| Sep.17 | Leçon 1 | C, pp. 158-61: A, B, C, D; M: Etudiez pp. 268-69 |
| Sep. 22 | Leçon 2 | C, pp. 161-63: F, G, H; Rédaction 2--lettre de recommendation/demande d'emploi (M, p.271: Préparation--1 page complète: www.anpe.fr ); M: Etudiez pp. 272-75, 277 |
| Sep. 24 | Leçon 2 | M, p. 276: B (traduction); C, pp. 164-67: A, B, C |
| Sep. 26 | Intermède culturel | C, p. 167-68: D; Premier brouillon (M, p. 280); M: Lisez pp. 292-94: "L'Union européenne et l'Europe étudiante"; p. 295: A (à remettre) |
| Sep. 29 | Leçon 3 | Deuxième brouillon (M. p. 289); M: Etudiez pp. 281-83, 284-86 |
| Oct. 1 | Leçon 3 | C, pp. 169-70: A, B, C; Révision finale (M. p. 291: à remettre) |
| Oct. 3 | Contrôle (ch. 7) | C, pp. 170-73: D, E; C, pp. 180-82: Dictée et Compréhension |
| Oct. 6 | Chapitre 8: Leçon 1 | M: Etudiez p. 302; C, pp. 183-85: A, B, C; M: Etudiez pp. 304-08, 310-12 |
| Oct. 8 | Leçon 1 | C, pp. 186-87: A; p. 188-89: C; M, p. 313: D (traduction); M: Etudiez vocab pp. 306-07 (dictée en classe); Lisez p. 308--prendre des notes |
| Oct. 10 | Leçon 2 | C, p. 188: B (à remettre); pp. 189-91: D, E; M: Etudiez pp. 315-17, 320-22 |
| Oct. 15 | Leçon 2 | C, pp. 191-93: A, B, C; M: p. 323: C (par écrit); M: Etudiez pp. 323-24 |
| Oct. 17 | Intermède culturel | C, p. 193: D (à remettre); pp. 193-94: E, F; M: Lisez pp. 339-40 "Les immigrants à l'école du français", p. 340-41: A, B (à remettre) |
| Oct. 20 | Leçon 3 | C, pp. 185-86: D, E; M: Etudiez pp. 327-29, 331-33 |
| Oct. 22 | Leçon 3 | C, pp. 195-98: A, B, C, D |
| Oct. 24 | Contrôle (ch. 8) | C, pp. 206-08: Dictée et Compréhension |
| Oct. 27 | Chapitre 9: Leçon 1 | M: Etudiez pp. 348-49; C, pp. 209-11: A, B, C; M: Etudiez pp. 350-53, 354-56 |
| Oct. 29 | Leçon 1 | M, p. 358: B (par écrit); Exercice internet ch. 9; C, pp. 212-14: A, B; M: Etudiez pp. 358-59 |
| Oct. 31 | Leçon 2 | C, pp. 214-17: C, D, E; M: Etudiez pp. 362-65; 366-68 |
| Nov. 3 | Leçon 2 | M: Etudiez pp. 366-68; C, pp. 217-20: A, B, C; M: Lisez p. 369: "Les Français et la technologie" |
| Nov. 5 | Intermède culturel | C, p. 220: D; M: Lisez "L'Amitié" pp. 383-85; p. 385: A (à remettre) |
| Nov. 7 | Leçon 3 | M: Etudiez pp. 373-75, 377-78 |
| Nov. 10 | Leçon 3 | C, pp. 221-23: A, B, C; M: Lisez p. 380: "Se renseigner" |
| Nov. 12 | Contrôle (ch. 9) | C, pp. 231-34: Dictée et Compréhension |
| Nov. 14 | Chapitre 10: Leçon 1 | M: Etudiez pp. 392-98; Lien culturel: "Ne dites pas merci!" |
| Nov. 17 | Leçon 1 | C, pp. 235-38: A, B, C, D; M: Etudiez pp. 399-400;
Visionnez un film français (M, p. 402: Préparation) |
| Nov. 19 | Intermède culturel | C, pp. 238-39: E, F; M, p. 411: Premier Brouillon; M: Lisez pp. 423-24: Agnès Varda, cinéaste"; p. 425: A, B, C (à remettre) |
| Nov. 21 | Leçon 2 | Deuxième brouillon (M, p. 398--2 pages complètes à remettre); M: Etudiez pp. 403-08 |
| Nov. 24 | Leçon 2 | C, pp. 240-42: A, B, C, D; M: Etudiez p. 408; Lisez p. 410: "Les Français et les sports" |
| Dec. 1 | Leçon 3 | C, pp. 243-45: E, F, G; M: Etudiez pp. 412-15, 417 |
| Dec. 3 | Leçon 3 | C, pp. 24647: A, B, C; M: Etudiez pp. 417-18;
Lisez p. 416: "Le septième art"; Révision finale (M. p. 422--2 pages à remettre |
| Dec. 5 | C, pp. 248-49: D, E | |
| Révision |
Final Exam: FREN 202.01: Monday, December 10, 3:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Course Requirements and Grading:
Newspaper article worksheets (10%)
Labwork, Homework, Worksheets, Quizzes (15%)
Compositions (10%)
Presence and participation (10%)
Chapter tests (35%)
Final exam (20%)
Tutoring: The Academic Support Center provides tutoring sessions for French language courses that can be helpful to all students. To request tutoring you should go to the Learning Center. Students who score below 70 on a chapter test may be required to attend tutoring sessions.
Attendance Policy: The attendance policy for this course is the same as the college policy in the college catalogue and the student handbook.
Honor Code: Students are expected to live by the Longwood College Honor Code. All work done for the class must be pledged.
Cultural Events: Students should seek out and attend cultural events that explore aspects of French and Francophone culture. Students may be required to attend a certain number. The instructor will try to announce events in class, but if you find out about something please let the class know.
Workbook
Students are responsible for completing the written exercises in the
workbook as they are assigned. The instructor may grade assignments
each day. During the quizzes and exams, the instructor will check
workbooks for completeness. These exercises will count as homework.
Quizzes and Exams
Quizzes and Exams will be based on work done in class and for homework.
They must be taken at the scheduled time except in the case of an excused
absence from class (illness, participation in a college-sponsored activity,
or recognizable emergency).
Labwork, Video, and Activités internet
Students will go to the Language Lab (Grainger 307) on their own to
complete the oral comprehension exercises for each chapter, or they may download
the audio material from the web site. They will turn in the dictée
and exercices de compréhension for each chapter on the day
of the quiz or test on that chapter. Students will complete the activités
internet found at the BRAVO
web site .
Newspaper article worksheets
Each week, students will read a newspaper article that interests them from a
French newspaper online and fill out a worksheet on the article.
Worksheets will be turned in each Wednesday. Here are the web sites
of three national French newspapers:
Libération, Le
Figaro and Le Monde . If you need to,
you may print out a copy of the Newspaper
article worksheet .