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Course Description:
Beginning French
101, fall 2009
Course
Goals:
When you successfully complete this course, you will be more
proficient in your ability to speak, understand, read and write French,
and you
will know more about French culture. Instructor: Mme. Russell Phone: office: 822-1147 / home: 463-0298 website: http://www.tcc.edu/faculty/webpages/mrussell Office 2405 / classroom 2301 / office hours: 12:50-1:30pm TTh or by appt. instructor’s e-mail: mrussell@tcc.edu Participation: An important course objective is to learn to speak French. This skill is best learned by doing, i.e., by practicing orally. Class time is your opportunity to interact orally and to practice repeating essential material. You are therefore encouraged to participate actively in class each day. This will pay off on your oral quizzes, chapter tests and oral exam. Required materials: Allons-Y! Bragger and Rice, 6th ed: textbook (packaged with text audio CDs) and the lab audio CDs. This course will cover chapters 1-4. Students are encouraged to purchase a set of lab audio CDs but may use the CDs in the library Learning Lab. Students are required to bring the textbook to each class. Please note that these materials are used for French 101-203. Attendance: Daily attendance and participation in class are essential to your success in this course. If you miss even one day of class, you will miss explanations, supplementary material and oral practice that cannot be gotten on your own from the textbook materials, and your final grade will be adversely affected. Absence policy: Registering for a class is a commitment to attend class. There are 31 class meetings, beginning Thursday, Aug 20. In accordance with the college’s attendance policy, 20% missed classes (more than 5 absences in this course) may result in a faculty-initiated withdrawal. You will receive a WF in the course if you withdraw or are withdrawn after Oct 29th. Tardy / early departure policy: Roll will be taken a few minutes after class begins. Class begins promptly at the scheduled time, and you are expected to be on time. A student who is repeatedly late to class will be warned and then counted absent at the instructor’s discretion. Homework and quizzes: There will always be a homework assignment which will reinforce and help you practice material covered in class. All assignments will be graded. There will be unannounced quizzes which count as daily grades. Assignments are listed on your course outline and on the instructor’s web page. Any change to an assignment will be announced in class. If you are absent, you should contact the instructor or another student to verify the assignment. Upon your return to class, you will be expected to participate in all activities, including quizzes. If you miss a quiz due to absence, you will receive a zero. Preparation of written assignments: Written work must be done neatly and legibly. No credit will be given for illegible answers. Please note that all handouts are available on the instructor’s web page and that students have the option of completing work on a word processor. Homework corrections must be handed in the next class meeting. Late homework policy: Homework is to be prepared, as assigned, for each class meeting and may not be turned in late unless you were absent the previous class. If you were absent, your work must be turned in no later than one class meeting after your return from the absence. Organization of class notes and handouts: An orderly system for keeping class notes and handouts is essential to doing well in any class. Students are encouraged to keep their notes and handouts for each chapter in order in a notebook or folder and to bring all materials to class each day. Tests: A chapter test or oral test must be taken on the day it is assigned unless illness or other serious mitigating circumstances make it impossible for you to come to class. You must notify the instructor no later than the day of the test and receive permission to take the test at another time. If you do not contact the instructor, you will receive a zero or partial credit at the instructor’s discretion. Exceptions: If there are mitigating circumstances which you feel might warrant your turning in work late, missing a test without proper notification or missing more than five class meetings, it is very important to talk to the instructor. You may be asked to complete and turn in a “Petition for Exception to Course Requirements” with supporting documentation for the instructor’s consideration. Audio-visual activities: #1 Audio CD’s: Listening comprehension and speaking practice are very important. The “text audio” CDs are packaged with your textbook. On the “text audio”CDs are dialogues/narratives in the text read aloud in French. The “lab audio” CDs may be purchased separately or may be used in the library Learning Lab. On the “lab audio”CDs, are listening exercises that go with the lab audio CD handout for each chapter which you will receive in class. . #2 Videos: You will answer comprehension questions based on videos which we will watch and discuss in class. If you are absent, it is your responsibility to get the comprehension questions from the instructor and to watch the video in the library Learning Lab. Grading: 90-100 A **You must earn a grade of C or better 80-89 B in order to take French 102. 70-79 C 60-69 D Your final grade will be determined as follows: 70% Test average (4 chapter tests + one oral test) The oral test is an evaluation of your responses to oral questions that are pre-assigned and that we have practiced in class. 30% Daily work average Daily work includes homework, audio-visual activities and quizzes. Special Needs: Students with special needs are encouraged to speak to the instructor at the beginning of the course so that any necessary accommodations can be made. Academic Misconduct: Evidence of cheating will result in a zero for the work and referral to the Dean of the Academic Division. Catalog/Handbook: Each student is responsible for being aware of the policies, procedures and student responsibilities contained within the current edition of the TCC College Catalog and Student Handbook. French
101 Course Outline
Fall, 2009 Mme. Russell(Office 822-1147)(Home 463-0298) Instructor’s website: http://www.tcc.edu/faculty/webpages/mrussell instructor’s e-mail: mrussell@tcc.edu Class date Class Emphases Assignment due next class Aug 20 course description & syllabus Text pp 2-3(text audio 1-3), 13-16 je m’appelle / Qui est-ce? Lab audio CD 1 :2&3 Exercices # 1 & 2 l’article indéfini / les accents au café Aug 25 au café Text pp 11-13(text audio 1-3) &16-19 les verbes en er Worksheet Ch 1 : er verbs les adverbes Lab audio CD 1-4: Exercice #3 ** Aug 27 last day to add or change a 16 wk. course ** Aug 27 salutations / présentations Text pp 22-27 (text audio I-5) l’article défini Finish/polish er verb worksheet Lab audio CD 1-5 Exercice #1 Sept 1 le verbe être Text pp 29-34 (text audio 1-7) les adjectifs de nationalité Worksheet Ch 1 : être, nationalités et occupations Lab audio CD 1-10 Exercice #3 Sept 3 les noms de profession Text pp 36-37 Finish/polish être worksheet ** Sept 8 last day to drop for a tuition refund ** Sept 8 Travail oral Texte pp 41-43 la France et les pays francophones Text audio 1-9: Activité d’écoute p 41 Lab audio CD 1:12-15 Exercice #1 Sept 10 Ch 1 review Study chapter 1 Sept 15 Examen Ch 1 Lab audio CD 1: 16 Ch 2 Exercice #1 Sept 17 (Ch 2) vocabulaire / l’alphabet Text pp 47-55 le verbe avoir Worksheet Ch 2 : avoir & possessions il y a / voici / voila Lab audio CD1-18: Ch 2 Exercice #2 Sept 22 Possession w/ de Text pp 56-57, 71 & 74 les adjectifs possessifs Worksheet Ch 2 : possessives les nombres 1-20 Sept 24 les questions Text pp 59-64 (text audio 1-12) Worksheet Ch 2 : questions Sept 29 la famille Text pp 66-73 (text audio 1-14) le verbe faire Worksheet Ch 2: faire Lab audio 1-19-20 Exercices #3 & 4 Bring family pictures Oct 1 les nombres - 69 Text read pp 78-79 & 81-83 Text audio 1-16: Activité d’écoute, text p81 Lab audio CD 1: 21&22 Exercices #5&6 Oct 6 travail oral Study Ch 2 la Bretagne Lab audio CD 1:23 Exercice #1 Oct 8 Examen Ch 2 Text read pp 5-9 Lab audio CD 1-24: Ch 3 Exercice #1 Oct 13 (Ch 3) Text pp 93-100 vocabulaire de la ville Worksheet Ch 3 : aller et la préposition à le verbe aller à + l’article défini ***March 9-14 Spring break No classes !!*** Oct 15 le futur immédiat Text pp 101-107 (text audio 1-19) les adverbes Worksheet Ch 3 : le futur immédiat et les prépositions de lieu les prépositions de lieu de + l’article défini Lab audioCD 1-25 Ch 3 Exercice #2 Oct 20 Travail oral Finish grammar worksheets Oct 22 le verbe prendre Text pp 109-116 (text audio 1-21) l’imperatif Worksheet Ch 3: l’impératif, prendre et les renseignements les renseignements Lab audio CD 1 :34&38-42 Ex. 5,7&1 Oct 27 l’heure Text pp 118-119, 125-127 (text audio 1-23) la Lab audio CD 1:29-32 &35 Exercices #3&6 ** Oct 29 last day to withdraw without academic penalty ** Oct 29 Chapter 3 review Study Ch 3 Nov 3 Examen Ch 3 Practice questions for examen oral Nov 5 Travail oral Practice orally for l’examen oral Nov 10 l’examen oral Lisez pp 131-133 les transports Lab audio CD 2-2 Ch 4 Exercice #1 Nov 12 (Ch 4) Text p 131-138 (text audio 1-26) les moyens de transport Worksheet Ch 4 : en ville & vouloir le verbe vouloir Lab audio CD 2 :8 Exercice #5 les jours de la semaine Nov 17 le métro Text pp 140-148 (text audio 1-28) les expressions + un infinitif Practice using the métro map (le plan du métro) adverbes (présent & futur) Worksheet Ch 4 : la semaine de Madeleine l’argent (francs & euros) Lab audio CD 2 : 6-7 Exercice #4 Nov 19 les verbes pronominaux Text pp 150-156 (text audio 1-30) Worksheet Ch 4: les verbes pronominaux (au présent) Lab audio CD 2 : 9 Exercice #6 Nov 24 les verbes pronominaux Text pp 156-157 (au futur immédiat) Worksheet Ch 4 : les verbes pronom. au futur im. le Sénégal Lab audio CD 2 :10-14 Exercice #1 ** Nov 26 Thanksgiving holiday no class college closed Dec 1 Chapter 4 review Study Ch 4 Dec 3 Examen Ch 4 Dec 8(10am) Test review
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