FREN111 Elementary French II

Department of Language & Literature: French

  1. Course Number and Title

    FREN111 Elementary French II

  2. Number of Credits

    3 credits

  3. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester

    2250

  4. Prerequisites

    FREN110 (C or better) or equivalent

    Corequisites

    None

  5. Other Pertinent Information

    Students spend between six and nine hours per week outside of class in activities such as learning vocabulary, reading, completing written exercises, working on pronunciation, preparing oral presentations, and working with the multimedia files that accompany the text.

  6. Catalog Course Description

    In this interactive course, which continues the work of FREN110, students acquire a working knowledge of French necessary to accomplish basic tasks. This course emphasizes comprehension and practice in pronunciation and conversation, as well as listening, speaking, reading and writing skill in an authentic French cultural context.

  7. Required Course Content and Direction

    1. Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. Students will:
        1. acquire and demonstrate an elementary, but growing, degree of competence in the four language skills: speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing;
        2. recognize and respond appropriately to most common spoken situations;
        3. analyze some basic French texts;
        4. demonstrate basic mastery of written French; and
        5. explain some common aspects of life in French-speaking countries.

      2. Core (if applicable)
        3. Category I
        Cultural Perspectives
         Students will:
        1. compare, contrast, analyze, and/or defend differing world views and practices.

        Category III
        International, Gender, and/or Minority Perspectives
         Students will:
        1. articulate similarities and differences in the various cultures of the world and demonstrate familiarity with the skills necessary to make informed judgments.

    2. Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities:

      Grammatical topics:

      The present tense of modal verbs
      Basic prepositions and prepositions of place
      Giving commands
      Irregular verbs such as aller and avoir
      Stem-changing verbs
      The comparative and the superlative
      Expressing opinions
      Inversion questions
      Ir and re verbs
      Expressing personal relationships and ownership
      Asking for specifics
      Expressing the date and the year
      Pointing out people or things
      Possessive adjectives

      Vocabulary and social contexts:

      Navigating cities and identifying buildings
      Homes, furnishings
      Transportation
      Hobbies and sports
      Family relationships
      Weather and seasons
      Clothing, colors
      Shopping, personal finances

      Cultural contexts:

      Fashion
      Paris and its historical and cultural importance
      Music in France
      The family in France

    3. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. Students
        1. take quizzes and tests;
        2. complete written assignments, such as short compositions and grammatical exercises;
        3. perform listening comprehension exercises;
        4. participate in speaking tasks, which may include oral interviews, conversations and/or presentations that assess proficiency levels.


      2. Core (if applicable)
        1. Cultural Perspectives: Quizzes and tests taken in class include the cultural topics presented in the course. Students compare, contrast, analyze, and/or defend differing worldviews and practices of some French-speaking people.
        2. International, Gender, and/or Minority Perspectives: Quizzes and tests taken in class include the cultural topics presented in the course. Students articulate similarities and differences in the various cultures of the world and demonstrate familiarity with the skills necessary to make informed judgments.

    4. Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:

      Students use the textbook, workbook, and multimedia resources of first-year proficiency-based French program. See course format.

  8. Teaching Methods Employed

    Section VIII is not being used in new and revised syllabi as of 12/10/08.

Review/Approval Date - 3/98; Core Goals/Objectives added 4/04; Revised 4/2011