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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
FREN 50A | Title:
BEG CONVERSATION-I |
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| Full Title:
Conversation for Beginners-Part 1 |
| Last Reviewed:11/25/2019 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 17.5 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 1.00 | | Contact DHR | 17.50 |
| | Contact Total | 4.00 | | Contact Total | 70.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 175.00 | |
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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Catalog Description:
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A beginning conversational French course designed to improve those listening and speaking skills needed at school, on the job, and in the community. Students participate in a variety of pronunciation, listening and conversational activities. An introduction to the core grammatical structures and vocabulary required for communication. Not recommended for heritage speakers or students with two years of high school French or one year of college French with "A" or "B" grade within the past three years.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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A beginning conversational French course designed to improve those listening and speaking skills needed at school, on the job, and in the community. Students participate in a variety of pronunciation, listening and conversational activities. An introduction to the core grammatical structures and vocabulary required for communication. Not recommended for heritage speakers or students with two years of high school French or one year of college French with "A" or "B" grade within the past three years.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
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, the student will be able to:
1. Use a variety of common French verbs, adjectives, and nouns in basic conversation.
2. Use verbs in the present tense.
3. Generate questions and phrases that are comprehensible to a native speaker of French.
4. Correctly respond to instructions when given in French.
5. Demonstrate emergence of accurate French phonetics and pronunciation.
6. Define new vocabulary using context clues.
7. Scan a simple, printed text for specific information and main idea.
8. Identify main ideas and key words in familiar spoken statements.
9. Appropriately discriminate between a formal and an informal context and express appropriate courtesy.
10. Formulate statements in the present tense that describe preferences, future plans, daily activities, family and surroundings.
Topics and Scope
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1. Greetings and expressions of courtesy
2. The alphabet
3. Numbers 0-100
4. Class subjects and university-related vocabulary
5. The family
6. Food
7. Days of the week
8. Question formation
9. Nouns and adjectives
10. Regular "er" verbs
11. Time
12. Future with "aller"
13. Irregular verbs such as faire, vouloir, savoir, etre, avoir
14. Basic foreign language learning skills and reading and writing strategies
15. Introduction to French-speaking culture and customs
Assignments:
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1. Readings from the textbook
2. Recall and reproduction of introduced vocabulary and verb conjugations
3. Written exercises from the textbook vocabulary manual or handouts
4. Language lab coursework and/or Web-related tasks
5. Individual, pair and small group work that applies acquired language to specific contexts and tasks and which is designed to prepare the students for real world situations
6. Viewing of text-based video and completion of accompanying comprehension exercises
7. Class performance and presentations
8. Quizzes and exams
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
10 - 30% |
| Written homework, web-based reports | |
| 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 - 60% |
| Class performances, Group and individual performance exams | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
20 - 50% |
| Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion, Short Answer | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
0 - 0% |
| None | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Promenades. Mitschke. Vista Higher Learning: 2010
Instructor prepared materials
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