TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
9:35am-10:25am
10:00am-11:15am
MWF
Tu
Math & Science Center - N306
Callaway Center C202
Keneman, Margaret. HAL. 41501 TBA.

January 13, 2010- April 26, 2010

Catalog Description: Every semester. Prerequisites: French 102 or three years of high school French. Emphasis is on developing proficiency in oral and written communication. The course centers around the viewing of a feature film about a young French television journalist investigating her family's hidden past. Students learn and review French in the functional context of the movie.

Semester Details:

Content: In the context of a new feature-length film, Le Chemin du retour, and its fully-integrated accompanying grammar text Bien vu, bien dit, students get an in-depth review of the basic patterns and structures of French.  They follow the travels of a young French television journalist investigating her grandfather's hidden past.  During this journey to different parts of the French-speaking world, students have the opportunity to reactivate their previous knowledge of the language and to expand upon that base so that they can communicate with confidence.

Texts: William, Grace, Roche: Bien vu, bien dit, Student text and workbook/laboratory manual.  Software: Système-D (French Writing Program).

Assessment: 50% of the final grade is based on written unit tests; 20% on compositions; 20% on oral presentations; 10% on daily classwork including homework and laboratory assignments.

Prerequisites:  French 102 or equivalent.  Students with three years of high school French should enroll in French 201

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