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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
FREN 3 | Title:
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH-1 |
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| Full Title:
Intermediate French-Part 1 |
| Last Reviewed:4/13/2020 |
| 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 Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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Speaking, reading and writing in French with discussions and essays to develop linguistic skill and cultural knowledge. Review of first-year linguistic and cultural content.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
FREN 2 or three years of high school French.
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Speaking, reading and writing in French with discussions and essays to develop linguistic skill and cultural knowledge. Review of first-year linguistic and cultural content.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:FREN 2 or three years of high school French.
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
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| 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: |
| | 3B | Humanities | Fall 1981 | |
| | 6A | Language Other Than English | | |
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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. Compose a French essay of 500 words on topics of general interest over a wide range of personal and societal topics.
2. Converse and speak extemporaneously on a wide range of personal topics with few errors of grammar.
3. Comprehend French spoken naturally on a wide range of common topics.
4. Comprehend the general meaning of short fiction and non-fiction written in French without a dictionary.
5. Comprehend in great detail the meaning of short fiction and non-fiction written in French with the help of a dictionary.
6. Discuss and answer questions orally and in writing about short fiction and non-fiction.
7. Produce and employ with relative ease most regular and irregular verb conjugations, subject and object pronouns, present, past, future and conditional verbs.
8. Produce and employ with relative ease most everyday French vocabulary, most common idioms, and some theme-specific vocabulary (classroom jargon, for example).
9. Produce correct pronunciation of familiar French words as well as most unfamiliar ones.
Topics and Scope
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1. French vocabulary
2. Idiomatic expressions in French
3. Short fictional and non-fictional selections
4. Complex sentences in French
5. Regular and irregular verbs in past, present and future tenses
6. French poems and songs
7. Global issues of the French-speaking world
8. Critical thinking skills such as simple argumentation and persuasion
Assignments:
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1. Read and study one or two lessons from the textbook (averaging 15 pages per week).
2. Read short fiction or articles of cultural interest (averaging 7 pages per week).
3. Memorize vocabulary and verb conjugations (averaging 75 words per week).
4. Complete exercises in textbook and workbook (averaging 10 exercises per week).
5. Review for quizzes and tests (averaging one hour per week).
6. Language laboratory (averaging 100 minutes per week).
7. Spoken and written answers to questions on readings ( 15 minutes per week).
8. 300-500 word essays in French (30 minutes per week).
9. Listening comprehension exercises.
10. Chapter tests and final exam that covers reading, writing and speaking in French.
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, workbook exercises, essays | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
20 - 30% |
| Class performances, Performance exams | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
30 - 40% |
| Multiple choice, true/false, matching items, completion, dictation and translation, essay exams | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
10 - 20% |
| Completion of language lab hours | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Bravo!, by Muyskens, etc., 3rd ed., 2002
Bravo! Cahier D'Exercices Et Manuel De Laboratoire, by Muyskens, etc., 3rd ed., 2002
Explorations: La Litterature Du Monde Francais, Schunk, etc. 3rd ed., 2002
(Classics in the field.)
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