French 111Fundamentals of FrenchFall 2005
Required books: Fouletier-Smith. Parallèles, third edition. Prentice Hall, 2004.
Parallèles. Cahier d'activités, third edition.
Recommended: Morton, Jacqueline. English Grammar for Students of French. Olivia and Hill Press.
FRE 111 is for those students who have already had French in high school, and who need a refresher course. It is not open to students who have taken FRE 101 or 102 at ArizonaStateUniversity. Since this is a review course, it is assumed that students are already familiar with many French structures. Little time will be spent on presenting new material. The class will meet in the classroom three times a week (MWF classes) or twice a week (T/Th or M/W classes) and in the language lab once a week. In addition students will complete and submit online assignments through the Blackboard site to complete the additional work required for the course.
First Year (111) OBJECTIVES:
After completing the 111 course, students will be able to use the target language to communicate minimally with learned material and formulaic utterances, ask and answer basic questions, initiate and respond to simple statements, and maintain limited face-to-face conversations about familiar topics. Additionally, students should be able to meet limited practical writing needs by creating statements or questions that are within the structural (grammar) and lexical (vocabulary) parameters of the course syllabus.
Communicative Functions covered in the course include: talking about likes and dislikes; describing friends and family members; providing background information (name, date of birth, address, etc.); narrating daily and past activities; requesting directions, food, and lodging; discussing health, physical conditions, and survival needs; expressing opinions; and making travel arrangements.
Grade Assignment: Because French 111 compresses two semesters into one, there is a lot of work involved. Students must attend class, lab, and do all required work. Grades will be calculated on the following basis:
Chapter Exams 36% (5 exams, 1 dropped)
Final Exam 15%
Final Oral Exam 10%
Compositions 13% (4 @ 3% each + 1% for portfolio)
Lab work 10%
Other 16%
Plus and Minus Grades are assigned. The scale is: 93 – 100A
90 - 92A-
88 – 89B+
83 – 87B
80 – 82B-
78 - 79C+
70 - 77C
60 - 69D
0 – 59E
Other is at the discretion of the individual instructor, and consists of homework, quizzes, attendance, or any combination of these. All students must take the exams, write the compositions, and do any and all work assigned by the instructor.
Compositions. There will be one composition per chapter written using the Système-D writing assistance program in the Computer Lab. These will be short compositions--one to two paragraphs--in which you will communicate information using the vocabulary and grammatical structures you have learned in that chapter.
Chapter exams will be given approximately every two chapters and will cover the material in those chapters. There are 5 exams scheduled during the semester; the student may drop the lowest grade. THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UP EXAMS GIVEN. If you miss an exam, that will be the grade dropped.
Final exam. The final exam is a common final and is scheduled for Friday, December 8, 7:00 - 8:50 PM.
A final oral exam will be given at the end of the semester.
Lab work. Students are required to be registered for both the 4-credit class and the 0-credit lab component. Should students fail to register for the lab component, they will not receive credit for the course. Lab work will consist of oral exercises in the cahier and on the lab tapes or CDs that accompany the textbook, pronunciation practice, speaking and listening comprehension practice through both audio and video tapes as well as supplementary material, and online activities involving francophone sites on the Internet. This work will constitute the lab component of your grade for the course. You are responsible for doing the Audio Lab activities in your Cahier whether or not they have been assigned during your lab time and whether or not your instructor has assigned them separately for homework. Sessions are scheduled in the language laboratory every week through the semester and alternate between the Audio-Visual Lab one week and the Computer Lab the other week. Audio CDs containing the lab activities are packaged with the textbook.
Policy on absences. Excessive absences (more than three in classes that meet three days a week or two in classes that meet twice a week) can and will adversely affect your final grade in the course, since 15% of the grade is based on daily class work, and oral work done in class cannot be made up. Should illness or some other unavoidable circumstance necessitate your missing class, you will be allowed to make up written assignments done in class that day only if you inform your instructor in advance or on the day of your absence. You can always leave a message for your instructor by calling the Department of Languages and Literatures Office (965-6281) between the hours of 7:30 AM and 5 PM.
Student Code of Conduct: Students are expected to know and adhere to the Arizona Board of Regents Student Code of Conduct. This Code can be found at .
EMPLOI DU TEMPS
la semaine du 21 août
l Introduction au cours; Chapitre 2: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2 En direct, p. 75
m Chapitre 2: Etapes 3 & 4; Phonétique (pp. 87-88)
v Chapitre 2: En direct, p. 86; Cultures en parallèles, Découvertes (pp. 89-95)
du 28 août
l Chapitre 3: Cultures en parallèles (p. 100); Etapes 1 & 2
m Chapitre 3: Etapes 3 & 4
v Chapitre 3: Phonétique (p. 125); Cultures en parallèles (pp. 126-28); Découvertes (pp. 128- 31)
du 4 septembre
l Congé – Jour du travail
m Premier examen – Chapitres 2 & 3
v Chapitre 4: Etapes 1 & 2
du 11 septembre
l Chapitre 4: Etapes 3 & 4
m Chapitre 4: Phonétique (pp. 165-66); En direct (p. 164); Cultures en parallèles (p.167-68);
Découvertes (pp. 168-71)
v Cultures en parallèles; Chapitre 5: Etapes 1 & 2
du 18 septembre
l Chapitre 5: Etapes 3 & 4
m Chapitre 5: Phonétique (pp. 202-03); En direct; Cultures en parallèles
Découvertes (p. 205-09 )
v Examen 2 – Chapitres 4 & 5
du 25 septembre
l Chapitre 6: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2
m Chapitre 6: Etapes 2, 3 & 4
v Chapitre 6: Etape 4; Phonétique; Prononciation 6; En direct; Cultures en parallèles
Découvertes (p. 245-49)
du 2 octobre
l Chapitre 7: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2
m Chapitre 7: Etapes 3 & 4
v Chap. 7: Phonétique (p. 278-80); En direct; Cultures en parallèles;
Découvertes (pp.282-87)
du 9 octobre
l Examen 3 – Chapitres 6 & 7
m Chapitre 8: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2
v Chapitre 8: Etapes 3 & 4
du 16 octobre
l Chapitre 8: Phonétique; En direct; Cultures en parallèles; Découvertes (pp. 320-23)
m Chapitre 9: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2
v Chapitre 9: Etapes 3 & 4
du 23 octobre
l Chapitre 9: Phonétique; En direct; Cultures en parallèles; Découvertes (pp. 358-61)
m Examen 4 – Chapitres 8 & 9
v Chapitre 10: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2
Course Withdrawal Deadline
du 30 octobre
l Chapitre 10: Etapes 3 & 4
m Chapitre 10: Phonètique; En direct; Cultures en parallèles; Découvertes (pp. 399-401)
v Chapitre 11: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1& 2
du 6 novembre
l Chapitre 11: Etapes 3 & 4
m Chapitre 11: Phonétique; En direct; Cultures en parallèles; Découvertes (pp. 435-39)
v Congé – Jour du l’Armistice
du 13 novembre
l Examen 5 – Chapitres 10 & 11
m Chapitre 12: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2
v Chapitre 12: Etapes 3 & 4
du 20 novembre
l Chapitre 12: Phonétique; En direct; Découvertes (pp. 469-73)
m Chapitre 13: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2
v Congé—L’action de grâce
du 27 novembre
l Chapitre 13: Etapes 3 & 4
m Chapitre 13: Phonétique; En direct; Cultures en parallèles; Découvertes (pp. 507-09)
v Révision
du 4 décembre
l Examen final oral
EXAMEN FINAL ECRIT -- le vendredi 8 décembre de 19H à 20H50.