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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
FREN 1 | Title:
ELEMENTARY FRENCH-1 |
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| Full Title:
Elementary French-Part 1 |
| Last Reviewed:11/25/2019 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 4.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 4.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 70.00 |
| Minimum | 4.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 1.00 | | Contact DHR | 17.50 |
| | Contact Total | 5.00 | | Contact Total | 87.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 140.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 227.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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Beginning elementary listening, speaking, reading and writing in French. Introduction to France and French-speaking cultures worldwide.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Beginning elementary listening, speaking, reading and writing in French. Introduction to France and French-speaking cultures worldwide.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | Fall 1981
| Inactive: | |
| Area: | E
| Humanities
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | C2 | Humanities | Fall 1981 | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 6A | Language Other Than English | Fall 1981 | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Use common French vocabulary related to the most common everyday topics.
2. Present and develop ability to ask and to answer simple questions on everyday topics.
3. Read for general meaning simplified passages on a range of cultural topics and select specific information from authentic French texts.
4. Write with minimal errors of spelling what they are able to say in French.
5. Correctly pronounce French words that follow the regular phonological patterns and many common ones that do not.
6. Understand and use subject pronouns, present tense of -er verbs and the verbs etre, avoir, faire, aller, prendre, verbs like ouvrir, regular -ir and -re verbs, negation, articles, yes-no basic information questions, forms, regular adjectives, adverbs of frequency.
Topics and Scope
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1. French everday vocabulary
a. Greetings and salutations
b. Dates and times
c. Counting
d. Place descriptions
e. Everyday actions and leisure-time activities
f. Family members
g. Weather
h. Meals and dining
2. French formulas in ordinary conversation.
3. Questions in French.
4. Reading and interpreting common publications written in French.
5. Spelling and the sound word correspondence in French.
6. Grammatical terminology and parts of speech.
7. The basics of French sentence construction.
8. French verb conjugation.
9. Common French cultural practices and beliefs.
10. France and other French-speaking countries around the world.
Assignments:
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1. Read and study lesson(s) from the textbook (averaging 15 pages per week).
2. Memorize vocabulary and verb conjugations (averaging 75 words per week).
3. Exercises in textbook and workbook (averaging 10 exercises per week).
4. Language laboratory activities and written reports (averaging 100 minutes per week)
5. Web or CD-rom exercises (averaging 20 minutes per week).
6. Weekly quizzes and tests.
7. Writing compositions.
8. Group and paired drills and structured conversation.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
20 - 30% |
| Written homework, Reading reports, Exercise workbook, Compositions | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
10 - 20% |
| Group activities, projects | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
20 - 30% |
| In-class oral participation | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
30 - 40% |
| Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion, Dictation and translation | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
5 - 10% |
| Completion of language lab hours. | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Voila, by Keilenman, Kaplan, Tournier (textbook, workbook/lab manual plus CD-ROM), 5th ed., Heinle & Heinle, 2005.
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