F R E N C H 102
INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH II
Spring Quarter 2011
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Instructor: Dr. Joanne Schmidt Language Lab: DDH E-102
Office: BDC 257A Language Lab Phone: 654-6028
Office Phone: 654-2317 Admin. Assistant: Diana Torres
Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays Dept. Office: BDC 230A
2:00pm-4:30pm, Dept. Phone: 654-2359
and by appointment Classroom: DDH/TBA
Website: http://www.csub.edu/~jschmidt Class meetings: MWF 10:55am-
E-mail: 12:15pm
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Course description: French 102. Introduction to French II (5 units)
This course is an introduction to the nature of the discipline and the
fundamentals of French language and culture. It emphasizes the
development of the basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading,
and writing. A continuation of French 101. Oral drills, reading of
selected texts, written exercises. Two hours of independent laboratory
practice per week.
French 102 is a course in the General Education Program that fulfills the
Area C 2 requirement. All assignments in this course are described using
the Goals 1. Comprehension or Listening; 2. Speaking; 3. Reading;
4. Writing; 5. Cultural Awareness:both Objectives in Area C 2.
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P R O G R A M M E
March 28 Introduction; Leçon 12; CR** May 2 Leçon 18; CR
30 Leçon 12; SAM,(L12)due 4 Leçon 18; SAM, (L18) due
pp. 125-132*See Note below pp. 183-190
April 1 Leçon 13: CR 6 Leçon 19; CR
4 Leçon 13; SAM, (L13) due 9 Leçon 19; SAM, (L19) due
pp. 137-145 pp.205-219;
6 Quiz 1; Film *** 11 Quiz 4; Film
8 Leçon 14; CR 13 Leçon 20; Oral Presen-
11 Leçon 14; SAM, (L14) due tation II; CR
pp. 147-153 16 Leçon 20; SAM,(L20) due
13 Leçon 15; CR 18 Leçon 21;CR
15 Leçon 15; SAM, (L15) due 20 Leçon 21; SAM,(L21) due
pp. 155-162 pp.223-230
18 Quiz 2; Film 23 Quiz 5; Film
20 Leçon 16; CR 25 Leçon 22;CR
22 Leçon 16; SAM, (L16) due 27 Leçon 22; SAM,(L22) due
pp. 167-174 pp. 235-242
25 Leçon 17; Oral Presentation I June 1 Quiz 6; Film
27 Leçon 17; SAM, (L17) due;CR 3 Révision; Film
pp. 175-182 6 Révision; Film
29 Quiz 3; Film
FINAL EXAM: To Be Announced When Schedule Is Available
TEXTBOOKS: Contacts (Eighth Edition) by Valette and Valette (includes
cultural readings or “notes culturelles”)
Contacts – Student Activities Manual by Valette and Valette
Contacts – (1) In-text Audio CDs and (2) SAM Lab Audio CDs
Textbooks must be brought to class for each class day.
* Notes:
1) STUDENT ACTIVITIES MANUAL (SAM): Workbook both (“Le français écrit”),
and, with audio CDs (“Le français parlé”) assignment pages begin on page 125 and
end on page 242 in Student Activities Manual. (Grades for late SAM assignments will be
lowered by 10 points. Students must follow syllabus deadlines for SAM Workbook
assignments). This work is graded for 25% of final grade. (Total = 117 pages in all)
There are 2 types of exercises due for each of the 10 lessons in CONTACTS: written SAM
workbook exercises (without using CDs) and SAM audio workbook exercises (using SAM
CDs). Both of these types of exercises for Lessons 12-22 will be collected before or after
each class according to the due dates on the syllabus. SAM labwork CDs are required
each week. The equivalent of two or three hours of language lab are required each week.
You may complete your SAM labwork at home if you do not wish to work in the
language lab on campus. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR WORKBOOK
WRITTEN EXERCISES AND WORKBOOK WRITTEN AUDIO-BASED
EXERCISES WITH SOME BLANK ANSWER LINES OR BOXES, ETC. ON
EXERCISES THAT YOU FAILED TO COMPLETE. POINTS WILL BE TAKEN
OFF FOR ANY ANSWERS THAT ARE LEFT BLANK.
(Fulfills Area C 2, Goals: 1. Comprehension or Listening, 2. Speaking (pronunciation
practice) with SAM, CDs, 3. Reading and 4. Writing. All 4 skills are developed
through the use of the SAM workbook and CDs throughout the quarter.)
2) Students are required to read through all of the pages in the textbook of each Leçon
(Lesson) covered in French 102 as they would in any university class at CSUB to prepare
for class. Also, all students will be matched up with 1 in-class cooperative learning
partner by Dr. Schmidt to complete the communicative activities throughout the
textbook lessons during the entire quarter. Students are expected to be cooperative with
each other and to keep on task with their partners as they work through the
communicative activities in oral French. Rude, disruptive or disrespectful behavior will
not be tolerated in French 102. TEXTBOOKS MUST BE BROUGHT TO CLASS.
Cooperative learning partners will work together throughout the entire quarter to
complete the communicative activities and exercises in each lesson in Contacts to help
students maximize their chances to speak French and listen to French with a peer.
Dr. Schmidt will visit each pair of cooperative learning partners to give direction and
correction, as needed.
(Fulfills Area C 2 Goals: 1. Comprehension or Listening, and 2. Speaking. Classroom
cooperative learning activities and exercises with partners.)
3) On April 9, a take home assignment is required in addition to the SAM
assignment, which students are to hand in on April 11. Dr. Schmidt will be
out of town at a meeting.
4) Oral presentation 1: “Ma Maison Idéale”
A five-minute interview with Dr. Schmidt, IN FRENCH. Topic: “Ma Maison Idéale” A text of 10-15 sentences must be prepared in advance to be read at the interview. Students must type and double space the text of their oral presentation in advance and hand it in to Dr. Schmidt after reading it. Please base what you write and say on the vocabulary and grammar in Leçons (Lessons) 12-16. Also, please write directly in French rather than translate from English into French. Dr. Schmidt will explain and clarify this writing strategy.
Oral presentation 2: “Un Dîner Chez Moi Avec Un(e) Étudiant(e) Français(e)”
A five-minute interview with Dr. Schmidt, IN FRENCH. Topic: “Un Dîner
Chez Moi Avec Un(e) Étudiant(e) Français(e)” A text of 10-15 sentences must be prepared in advance to be read at the interview.
Students must type and double space the text of their oral presentation in advance and hand it in to Dr. Schmidt after reading it. Please base what you write and say on the vocabulary and grammar in Leçons (Lessons) 17-20. Also, please write directly in French rather than translate from English into French. Dr. Schmidt will explain and clarify this writing strategy.
Both oral presentations, which require writing in French in advance of the one-on-one
interview with Dr. Schmidt in class, will be double counted as oral presentations and
compositions for 5% of the student’s participation grade.
(Fulfills Area C 2 Goals: 2. Speaking, and 4. Writing. Oral Presentations/Compositions.)
**Notes:
1) CR (Cultural Readings or “Notes Culturelles”) A separate handout is attached to the
last page of this syllabus with the cultural notes’ reading list. Each lesson in Contacts
includes a cultural reading in French. Students are asked to read the cultural
readings as part of each lesson’s required reading for class. In class, students and
their cooperative learnings partners will read the cultural readings aloud by taking
turns for pronunciation practice. Dr. Schmidt will visit each pair of partners andgive
correction, as needed. Students will discuss a cultural note question with their
partners, as asked by Dr. Schmidt, before being asked to write a 5-6 sentence
answer. The short answers will be collected, corrected, and graded as part of 5%
of the participation grade for the quarter. Two excerpts from Vie Pratique will also
be required for discussion and writing practice in class.
(Fulfills Area C 2. Goal 5: Cultural Awareness: Objective 1. Study relevant aspects of speakers
of the target language, especially literature, history, and the arts; Objective 2. Instill a sense of
cultural sensitivity toward a people. Also, Goals 2. Speaking, and 4. Writing. )
***Notes: 1) Films: French in Action films will be shown and viewed by French 102 students after
each quiz as part of the class immersion in French experience. Each film
is in French only and is part of a soap opera type format where many of the
same characters appear from lesson to lesson. When words and grammatical
structures appear in print on the screen, Dr. Schmidt will direct students to
repeat them after her for pronunciation practice. Each film’s plot will be
reviewed through oral questions asked by Dr. Schmidt. Students may include
their responses from the viewing of these films on the “Notes Culturelles” question
section of each of the 6 quizzes as well as on the final exam cultural note questions.
(NO SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH)
2) Films: A French City Speaks: Nogent-Le-Rotrou, Eure et Loir, France French 102
students will watch short segments of this series to learn about the culture,
government, literature, educational system, social life, immigration, geography, and
economy of this small city that is east of the city of Chartres, where the great Gothic
cathedral is. Brief responses of 5-6 sentences will be assigned, to be written at home,
to react to each of the segments seen in class for an additional 5 % of the participa-
tion grade. (WITH SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH)
(Fulfills Area C 2. Goal 5: Cultural Awareness: Objective 1. Study relevant aspects of speakers
of the target language, especially literature, history, and the arts; Objective 2. Instill a sense of
cultural sensitivity toward a people. Also, Goals 2. Speaking, and 4. Writing.)
Class attendance is mandatory. If a student must miss one class only during the quarter, please inform Dr. Schmidt of that date, in advance, so that there will be no points taken off the student’s participation grade. In the case of illness, students must provide a doctor’s letter for an absence that is medical, or an employer’s letter for an absence that is work-related.
A student's grade will depend on the following factors:
Quizzes 25%
(include oral questions, dictation (dictée),
grammar questions, brief compositions, and
writing on the cultural notes and/or films)
Classroom participation 25%
(includes oral presentations/compositions (5%),
cultural notes (5%), films (5%), attendance (10%)
SAM Written workbook exercises, & labwork exercises 25%
Final exam (comprehensive) 25%
(includes oral questions, dictation (dictée),
grammar questions, brief compositions, and
writing on the cultural notes and/or films)
Modern Languages & Literatures Department’s Learning Objectives for French 102:
Goal 1. To teach students the four basic skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing the
foreign languages offered, with strong emphasis on learning the fundamentals of grammatical
structure;
Goal 2. To foster an interest in, and an understanding of other cultures and civilizations;
Goal 3. To enhance understanding and control of English through a comparison with the structures of
other languages.
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The Language lab is located in DDH/E-102. Because of CSUB budget cuts, the operating hours of the Language Lab are very limited. A schedule of the available hours will be distributed in class.
PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES AND HANDHELD DEVICES WHILE ATTENDING CLASS AND IF WORKING IN THE LANGUAGE LAB. NO TEXT MESSAGING IS ALLOWED DURING CLASS OR WHILE WORKING IN THE LANGUAGE LAB. CELLPHONES MUST BE STORED IN PURSES, BACKPACKS, OR ON THE FLOOR UNDER A STUDENT’S DESK DURING CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION THANK YOU. MERCI BIEN.
BASIC CLASSROOM MANNERS AND ETIQUETTE ARE EXPECTED OF FRENCH 102 STUDENTS. WHEN COMING TO CLASS LATE, PLEASE BE AS UNOBSTRUSIVE AS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION, STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO NOTIFY DR. SCHMIDT, IF THEY EXPECT TO LEAVE CLASS EARLY. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR FOR A STUDENT TO LEAVE THE CLASSROOM WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION. THANK YOU. MERCI MILLE FOIS.
NO STUDENT MAY CHANGE THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HIS OR HER QUIZZES, ORAL PRESENTATIONS, COMPOSITIONS OR FINAL EXAM WITHOUT AN URGENT EXCUSE (medical, work-related, childcare, etc.). NO MAKE-UPS FOR QUIZZES, ORAL PRESENTATIONS OR FINAL EXAMS ARE ALLOWED. A student's mid-term grade will be determined on the basis of quizzes, participation, writing on cultural readings and films, and the first oral presentation/composition.
ONE ABSENCE DURING THE 10-WEEK QUARTER IS ALLOWED WITH PRIOR NOTIFICATION. EACH ABSENCE EXCEEDING THE ONE ALLOWED WILL EQUAL -5 POINTS FROM A STUDENT'S FINAL GRADE FOR THE ENTIRE QUARTER PER ABSENCE.
MORE THAN THREE (3) LATES TO CLASS WILL RESULT IN A DROP IN THE FINAL COURSE GRADE OF FIVE (5) POINTS.
GRADING PROCEDURE: The grading system in all French courses is identical to the one described on page 70 of the 2009-2011 CSUB General Catalog. Students will be given letter grades on all their tests - both written and oral; on their written assignments, such as compositions; oral presentation; written work on cultural readings and films; and on their final exam.
The letter grades given will be as follows: A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F
PLAGARISM , INTEGRITY OF SCHOLARSHIP AND GRADES/ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
The CSUB rules regarding the integrity of scholarship will be strictly enforced. For your information, the rules, as they appear on page 80 of the 2009-2011 Catalog are as follows:
The principles of truth and honesty are recognized as fundamental to a community of teachers and scholars. The University expects that both faculty and students will honor these principles and in so doing protect the validity of University grades. This means that all academic work will be done by the student to whom it is assigned, without unauthorized aid of any kind. Instructors, for their part, will exercise care in the planning and supervision of academic work so that honest effort will be positively encouraged.
Plagiarism, the practice of taking ideas and writings from another and offering them as one's own, is a form of cheating and is unacceptable. It may consist of handing in someone else's work, copying a composition, using ideas, paragraphs, sentences, or phrases written by another or using ideas, data, and statistics compiled by another. This includes rearrangement of phrases from the original into a new pattern. When using ideas, interpretations, or material written or compiled by another, acknowledgement of indebtedness to the original author or source must be made by the use of quotation marks, footnotes or similar references.