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    Course Description: Beginning French 102, fall 2009
    Instructor: Mme. Russell
    Phone: office: 822-1147 / home: 463-0298
    website: http://www.tcc.edu/faculty/webpages/mrussell
    Office 2405 / classroom 2301
     office hours TTh 8:30-9am and by appt.
    instructor’s e-mail: mrussell@tcc.edu
     
    <>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.
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          <>Participation:  Important course objectives are learning to speak French and to understand spoken French.  These skills are 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, your audio lingual assignments and your oral exam. 

          <>Required materials:  Allons-Y!  Bragger and Rice, 6th ed: textbook (packaged with text audio CDs), the lab audio CDs and a French-English dictionary.  This course will cover chapters 1-8 with an emphasis on ch. 5-8.  Students are encouraged to purchase a set of lab audio CDs but may use the CDs in the library.  Students are required to bring the textbook, French notebook and dictionary to each class.  The same 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  You will receive a WF in the course if you withdraw or are withdrawn after Oct 29.
     
    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 receive a warning and will then be marked 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 the 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 call 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.
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    #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 203.
                        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, quizzes and oral participation.
     
    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 102 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
     
    20 août              Course description          Devoir écrit: révision des chapitres 1&2               
                             Révision:  ch. 1&2          Audio exercices:  Text audio CD 1 :10 (ex. #1)
                                                                              Text audio CD 1 :17 (ex. #2)
                                                                        
    25 & 27 août        Révision : ch.3&4           Devoir écrit :  révision des chapitres 3&4
                                                                  Audio exercices :  Text audio CD 1 :23&24(ex. #3&4)
     
    **  Aug 27     last day to add or change a 16 wk. class **
                                                                                                           
    1er sept     (Ch  5) Quel temps fait-il ?    Lisez et écoutez : texte pp 178(text audio 1 :34)
                      les saisons                               Vocabulaire: texte pp 178 & 182-184
                    les mois / les dates                 Lab audio CD 2 :16  Exercice #1
                                                                                                                           
    3 sept         les adverbes du passé              Lisez et écoutez : texte p. 189
                        le passé composé w/ avoir               (text audio CD 1 :36)                
                                                                          Étudiez : texte p. 185-186 & 193-194             
                                                                          Devoir écrit : Ch 5 le passé composé w/ avoir
     
     
    **   Sept 8    last day to drop a 16 wk. class for a tuition refund **
                                                                                                                 
    8 sept        Pariscope / activités à Paris      devoir écrit :  le passé composé w/ avoir(suite)
                                                                           à écrire :  à Paris (au passé composé)     
                                                                           
    10 sept        au cinéma                                     Étudiez : texte pp 195-196              
                     le passé composé w/ Ltre            devoir écrit :  le passé composé w/ être
                                                                           Lab audioCD 2 :17  Exercice #2     
                                                                           à écrire (suite) : à Paris
                                           
    15 sept       les passetemps                            Lisez bien le poème p187
                     Jacques Prévert                         Lisez et écoutez : texte p 198-200
                    le p.c. w/ avoir & être                       (text audio CD 1 :38)
                                                                            Devoir écrit : le p.c. w/ avoir & être
                                                                               Lab audio CD 2 :22  Exercice #5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           17 sept       « Déjeuner du matin »              Écoutez et répondez oralement : p211
                                                                                  ( text audio CD1 :40)          
                                                                          à écrire:  “Déjeuner du matin”
                                                                          devoir écrit : le p.c. w/ avoir & être (suite)
                                                                          Lab audio CD 2 :23&25    Exercice #6 & #2                                                          
    22 sept        Révision du chapitre              Étudiez Ch 5
     
                                                                                                                                           
    24 sept        Examen Ch 5                      (Ch 6)Lisez bien : texte pp217-220 & 227-229
                                                                       Étudiez le vocabulaire (la nourriture)
                                                                       Devoir écrit :  les adverbes                  
                                                            
     
    29 sept      (Ch 6)  la nourriture               Texte p 204
                      les petits commerçants           devoir écrit : le p.c. des verbes pronominaux
                     le p.c. des verbes pronominaux   Lab audio CD 2 :26  Exercice #1
                     
    1er oct         (Ch 6)                                      Texte pp 224-225 & 232-233
                    les expressions de quantité       devoir écrit : Ch 6 les quantités et le partitif
                    le partitif                                        lab audio CD 2 :27  Exercice #2
                                  
        
    6 oct        un repas français                         Texte pp 234-235 & 238-240                 
                   les nombres et les dates              Corrigez le devoir sur les quantités
                                                                           devoir écrit : Ch 6 une revision du p.c.
                                                                         Lab audio CD 2 :28&29  Exercices 3&4
     
     
    8 oct    au centre commercial                  Texte p 241
                    le verbe devoir                              Devoir écrit: Ch 6 le verbe devoir
                                                                           Lab audio CD 2 :31  Exercice #6
                                                                          à écrire : un repas spécial
     
    13 oct      l’emploi de quel                       Texte pp 243 & 222-223
                   les adj. démonstratifs              Devoir écrit : Ch 6 quel et les adj.démon.
                   Bordeaux                                   Lab audio CD 2 :32-35  Exercice #1
                                                                     
                                                                                   
    15 oct     Révision du chapitre 6            Étudiez Ch 6
                                                                      Lisez p.217 & pp.252-253
                                                           Écoutez l’Activité d’écoute p.251 (text audio 1 :47)
     
                                   
    20 oct      Examen Ch 6                  (Ch 7) Texte pp 261-265(text audio 1-52)
                                                                        Les adjectifs   pp 266-268 & 271-272
                                                            Préparez oralement texte D p.268-269 & K p.273
                                                                        Lab audio 3-2 Exercice #1
     
     *** Oct 29   Last day to withdraw without academic penalty from a 16 wk. class *** f                                                                                                                                                                         
     
    22 oct         les universités aux E-U              Texte pp 275-277(text audio 1-54) & 281
                        les adjectifs                                devoir écrit :  Ch 7 : les adjectifs
                                                                            Lab audio CD 3-2 & 3-3  Exercice #1 & 2
     
                                                                       
    29 oct       la vie universitaire B TCC             Texte p 283
                     le comparatif (adj. & adv.)     devoir écrit  Ch 7: le comparatif des adjs. et adv.
                                                                         Lab audio CD 3 : 4&6   Exercices #3&5
     
                                                                                                                                                                                  
    27 oct         la vie universitaire en France     Texte pp 285, 287-289(text audio 1-56) &
                       le comparatif : bon et bien                  292-293
                       l’inversion                                  devoir écrit   Ch 7 : le comparatif de bon et bien
                                                                           devoir écrit Ch 7 : l’inversion                                              
                                                                            lab audio CD 3-5   Exercice #4  
      
     
    3 nov         la vie universitaire (un synthèse)     Texte p 283 & 291
                       le comparatif des noms               devoir écrit  Ch 7 : le comparatif des noms
                       les verbes en ir                            devoir écrit Ch 7 :  les verbes en ir
                                                                              lab audio CD 3 :9-15  Exercice #1
                                                                                                                                                         
    5 nov          Révision du chapitre 7          Étudiez chapitre 7 
     
     
    10 nov            Examen Ch 7                                  Pratiquez oralement pour l’examen oral
     
     
    12 nov         savoir, pouvoir & connaître          Texte  pp. 314-315, 330-331 & 399
                         Examen oral                                    devoir écrit Ch 8 :  savoir et connaître      
                                                                                   devoir écrit Ch 8 :  pouvoir
                                                                                  (Ch 8) étudiez texte p. 306
     
    17 nov     (Ch 8) le corps / la santé              Text pp 306-309, 312-313
                      l’imparfait                                         & 317-318 (note vocab A)(text audio 2-3)
                                                                             devoir écrit  Ch 8: la santé
                                                                             devoir écrit Ch 8 :  l’imparfait #1
                                                                             lab audio CD 3-10&12  Exercice #1 & #3
     
                                                                                                                                      
    19 nov         l’imparfait cont’d                       Texte pp 241, 323 & 332-333
                          le verbe devoir                devoir écrit  Ch 8 : l’imparfait et le verbe devoir
                                                                                       lab audio CD 3-13&15  Exercice #4 & 6
     
                                                                       
     
    24 nov        depuis + le présent          devoir écrit Ch 8 : depuis + le présent                                                                                            à écrire :  souvenirs d’enfance et du lycée 
     
    **   Nov 26   Thanksgiving holiday   no class   college closed  **          
     
    1er déc        Révision du chapitre 8           Étudiez Ch 8    
     
    3 déc        Examen Ch 8
     
    8 dec (9 am)  corrections et révision de l’examen







                       


     
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