FRE : 103 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I

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1 KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Le professeur: Dr. Mary Theis Le numéro de telephone: Courriel (courier électronique): Bureau: 11B de Francesco Heures de bureau: MWF a.m., & MTWH 2:30-3 p.m. Appointments in case of class conflicts when necessary. Site sur le Web: FRE 103 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I Catalog description: French III Students who have satisfactorily completed six hours of elementary French, or who have had at least two years of French in high school continue the development of the basic skills in aural comprehension, speaking, and writing. Emphasis is placed on independent reading. Offered in two semesters of three hours each. Disability Disclosure Statement Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact the instructor privately to discuss the specifics as soon as possible. Contact Disability Resources and Services to coordinate reasonable accommodations with documented disabilities. Course Objectives This intermediate course, the first of two intermediate courses for communication in French, further lays the foundation for all five of the departmental mission-based goals of COMMUNICATIONS, CULTURES, CONNECTIONS, COMPARISONS, and COMMUNITIES. To achieve their related ACTFL Standardsbased outcomes for those continuing their study of a second language, students perform the communicative activities found in chapters nine through twelve and select sections of subsequent chapters as well as the accompanying sections of the workbook. Students develop an understanding of the underlying structural features for those activities, master the relevant vocabulary, and progress to the intermediate mid to high-level of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing French. Students demonstrate in writing (in the cultural sections of the chapter exams and in the final exam) a greater awareness of how French culture as well as the target language differs from their native cultures and languages. They also read short passages and complete exercises that continue their exposure to the cultures of the francophone world. Forms of Assessment Assessment is made on the basis of a subset of the following: chapter exams, final oral and written exams, quizzes on communicative activities incorporating structural elements, several brief compositions, participation in the completion of in-class exercises, vocabulary quizzes, paired dialogue work, and a 5-minute individual office presentation (not read) about what you did last summer demonstrating mastery of both the complementary past tenses (the imparfait & the passé composé) and about what you plan to do during the break (simple future). Rubrics appear here after Instructional Resources and on my faculty web site. You will need a poster, other visual illustrations or PowerPoint to illustrate what is being communicated. Required Texts: Entre Amis, 5 th edition by Michael D. Oates and Larbi Oukada (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006) with the accompanying CD and workbook, Entre Amis Cahier d Activités by Larbi Oukada et al. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006). An excellent handbook for French verbs.

2 Words of caution: DO NOT BUY A USED BOOK THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN A CD, DO NOT PURCHASE A PREVIOUS EDITION OF THIS TEXT AND DO NOT PURCHASE A USED WORKBOOK. The required practice will be missed, and you will be missing pages that must be turned in. The workbook is for one-time only use. Finally if you are ordering your textbooks on line, by the time the books are received, students too often have seriously compromised any possibility of a desirable grade in this course. Workbook sections coordinated with communication goals in the text automatically must be done at home as the material is introduced. Waiting to do this until the night before a cahier check is equivalent to cramming and is not as effective in preparing for exams. Please BRING your assignments to class. Do not them unless this has been arranged for ahead of time with me. Assignments often become zeros in the black holes of cyberspace. Please respect the right of your classmates not to be distracted by phone calls to you during class. Cell phones and other electronic devices should be left in the car or at least turned off if you must bring them with you to class. No electronic devices are permitted during exams. Le sommaire du cours pour l automne 2008 Semaine Warm-up and review: ASKING QUESTIONS. avoir expressions (present and past tense) pp prendre with food [partitive]/suivre with classes Review of the PC. Team quiz for going and coming verbs & individual diagnostic quiz. DEVOIRS: QUIZ ON THE PC. PREPARE FOR DICTATION/VOCAB QUIZ DAY 5 Semaine Quiz on the pc. A propos. Conjugation of re verbs. Vendre. 9-3 Qu est-ce qu on vend. Quiz on re verbs. Ex. #2 SKETCHS Acheter. DEVOIRS: Composition 1 using the PC. Semaine Bc 2 & Bc 3 Si on a mal à Depuis Qui/Que 9-10 Cahier check. Vocab quiz Lecture I et Lecture II Semaine EXAMEN CH. 9 Coup d envoi Ch. 10 DEVOIRS Bc 1 & 2 Vouloir. Pouvoir. Connaître. Exercises pp Faisons les exercises pp Qu est-ce que vous savez à propos du Président de la France? Quelles villes françaises connaissez-vous? Qui est-ce que vous connaissez dans cette salle de classe? Les pronoms objets directs. Révision et suite. Exercises 5-8. L impératif. Révision et suite. Semaine Vocab quiz. Les pronoms à l impératif. Les nombres ordinaux. Bc 4. Comment? Conduire Verb quiz. Ex Cahier check. Lecture 1. Semaine EXAMEN CH. 10 Ch. 11 Coup d envoi Quand vous étiez jeune. Ne que Semaine Setting the scene Contrasting the imparfait and the pc Making comparisons.

3 Semaine Quiz on the imparfait. Le superlatif. CAHIER CHECK DEVOIRS: Short composition for peer editing. Semaine Intégration Réalités culturelles. Vocab quiz. Peer editing. Composition using the imparfait EXAMEN CH. 11 Coup d envoi Ch. 12 (au téléphone) Semaine Making a Request. Savoir Making a Restaurant or Hotel Reservation. MUSEUM VIDEO Semaine Quiz on vocab and savoir. Les verbes réguliers en ir (iss) Tout. Making a Transportation reservation. Semaine Quiz on ir verbs. Le futur et le futur avec si et quand. Exercises 18, 20, and 21. DEVOIRS: Ex. 19 ten sentences for peer editing Intégration Ex. B & D in class. Négociations p. 342 & Lecture I A DEVOIRS: Composition on the future: see rubric. ORAL EXAM A2 & A3 (avec un partenaire dans mon bureau) p Sign-up. Semaine Réalités culturelles. Lectures II A, B, C. CAHIER CHECK EXAMEN CH. 12 EN pp Handout for oral and written final. Review for oral. Semaine Mettre pp Les verbes pronominaux (suite) au passé composé Dire p Les pronoms objets indirects. Semaine Croire. Voir pp QUEL et LEQUEL Review of qui, que. DONT 12-3 Quiz on indirect object pronouns and en. REVIEW FOR THE WRITTEN FINAL. Semaine 16 Written final In addition to the taped pair activity (whose rubric is below), individual oral exams are completed in my office at a time and date mutually agreed upon but given priority according to a lottery the first day of class. The written final will be in our classroom according to the university schedule for all finals. Please be aware that these are not optional exams. Failure to take them results often in failure in the course. Study tips 1. Answer in a sufficiently loud voice and listen well so that you can maximize the value of class time for yourself and others. Corrections in class do NOT affect your grade. Volunteering answers significantly improves your class participation grade. 2. Memorize some of the vocabulary (with their genders in case of nouns) at the end of each chapter every day with the help of flash cards. Correct spelling of these words includes their accents. (Accents do not indicate the stress in the word; they indicate a change in pronunciation and/or meaning). This builds up momentum for superior test taking. 3. Complete journal entries for each class consisting of at least the question(s) required for that day s communicative task and three possible answers. This note taking will really help you study for chapter tests and enable you to

4 reach our minimal goal of intermediate performance in French, which is necessary for successful completion of FRE 103 and Complete the workbook sections as the corresponding section is taught in class and before the workbook is corrected. Turn in the last page of the workbook on time so that you can correct your mistakes (without penalty) BEFORE you have to write a similar composition on the graded chapter test. 5. Ask questions if you did not understand a section (after checking the key) so that everyone hears the answers. You may not be alone. 6. Listen regularly to the CD that comes with the text. Your pronunciation improves as you associate French sounds with French letter combinations. 7. Get a study buddy right away even if you know that you are good with languages or form a study group that meets at the library at 11 on Tuesdays or Thursdays when no one has classes. 8. Do not miss class and do not coast if you already had some high school French. Often those who coast end up at the bottom of the hill. 9. Something important happens everyday as you can see from the outline for the course above. Continuity is maintained by not missing a single class and letting me know when you do not understand. 10. Individualized help is free and available in my office. I cannot help you if you do not help me know what you need. If you know, however, that you may want a tutor later on during this class, get one right away and develop a good relationship with that person. Do not wait until you are lost or way behind. Expectations and Attendance Policy For continuity and success in this course, students are expected to attend every class. New material is taught every day. More than three unexcused absences usually result in the loss of a letter grade. Absences are excused for serious illnesses, deaths in the family, university scheduled breaks and events (with the consent of the instructor), and cancellations due to severe weather. Being more than ten minutes late for class is counted as an absence although students may remain in class. Should it become necessary to leave class early, it is considered good form and a sign of respect to inform the instructor ahead of time. Also sending an to indicate that you have dropped the course officially (by seeing the registrar) or are intending to do so is greatly appreciated: it helps me serve better the students who remain because I do care how each of you is progressing. The registrar will not inform me when you drop, and I do not inform the registrar. That is your business. Simply telling me does not constitute officially dropping the course, however. Please come to see me during my office hours if you need help. If there is a conflict between these hours and your class schedule, we can find a time outside of these hours. See me after class or send me an . Students are required to participate in class discussions, take notes, write several brief compositions, complete workbook activities, take very brief quizzes on structural points and vocabulary in each chapter, and cooperate in peer editing, work in small groups to create their own dialogs (practice for the final oral pair work in my office), take the four chapter tests on the days that they are scheduled unless they have an excused absence), and take the oral and written final. See my website for the key to workbook exercises.

5 Components of the course grade: 20 % Homework and participation: This component includes class participation in small group (Entre amis activities in the text) and whole group work (oral responses, exercises in the text and on the board), peer editing, compositions for mastery of le passé composé, l imparfait, and le futur, quizzes (announced and surprise interros) 10% (the lowest grade will be dropped at the discretion of the professor). For full credit, workbook exercises (10%) must be done on time and outside of class. Those done on time with extra care get 100%; those that are quickly done on time or done in class will get 80%. Workbook pages handed in the day after the exam will receive 70% if complete. Credit for workbooks turned in later than this generally will not be given; the amount of credit to be determined by the instructor. If you do the math, you can see that to receive an A in the course, you must complete this work on time. 50 % Four exams (The lowest grade may be dropped at the discretion of the instructor if all four exams have been taken with care.) 10% Final oral (5% Recorded pair work on assigned date; 5% oral final). 20% Final written exam taken on the regularly scheduled day for the final. 100% Key to lottery for oral presentations: Group I (Students 1-5), Group II (Students 6-10), Group III (Students 11-15), Group IV (Students 16-20) Group V (Students 21+) The password for the website is given during the first week of class. If you have joined us later than this, see me. For those of you with difficult-to-read handwriting, I do not give multiple-choice tests or electronically read tests, so it is your responsibility to print or write legibly. If I have to guess what you are writing, I will assume that you are. Finally, if you do me, please respect the time that it takes for me to answer the volume of such from my students: identify who you are and which class you are in. I cannot always guess this from your address or the message you leave, and it is more likely that I can help you if I know who you are. This should begin with Dear Dr. Theis, so that I know you meant to send the to me. A coupon TO BE HANDED OUT IN CLASS entitles you to make up one of the four major exams. Quizzes generally may not be made up. If this coupon is used, you will not be entitled to 5% extra credit on the final exam. Documented illnesses, deaths in the family, car accidents, excluded.

6 Instructional Resources American Association of Teachers of French National Commission on Cultural Competence. Acquiring Cross-Cultural Competence: Four Stages for Students of French. Ed. Alan J. Singerman. Lincolnwood, Illinois: National Textbook Company, Besco, Anne. Cette semaine sur le net. Boston: Thomson Heinle, Besnard, Christine and Marie-France Silver. Apprivoiser l écrit: techniques de l écrit et stratégie d auto-perfectionment. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press, Brook, Amanda W. and S. Prosper Sanou. Qu en pensez-vous? Écriture critique et sociale. Orlando, Florida: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Calvez, Daniel J. French Reference Grammar: A Complete Handbook of the French Language. Lincolnwood, Illinois: National Textbook Company, Coffmann Crocker, Mary E. Schaum s Outline of French Grammar. Fourth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, _ Schaum s Outline of French Vocabulary. Second Edition. New York: McGraw- Hill,1998. Dejy-Blakeley and Sylvie Rosienski-Pellerin. Voyage au bout de l écrit. De l exploitation à la production de texts. Toronto: Éditions du GREF, Centre Universitaire Glendon, Université York, Fletcher, Jean, Hervé de Fontenay, and Loretta Hyrat. Des Mot Pour L Écrire. Second Edition. Montreal: Chenelière/McGraw-Hill, Fouquet, Emmanuel et al., eds. Le Dictionnaire Hachette Encyclopédique Illustré. Paris: Hachette Livre, Gaillard, Bénédicte et Jean-Pierre Colignon. Toute l Orthographe. Paris: Albin Michel/Magnard et Dicos d or, Gac-Artigas, Priscilla and Gustavo Gac Artigas. Sans Détour. A Complete Reference Manual for French Grammar. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Hamadou, Joann. Liens: Par écrit. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, Larger, Nicole and Reine Mimran. Vocabulaire expliqué du français. Paris: Clé International, Le Robert & Collins. Senior. Seventh Edition. Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers, Lively, Madeleine, Mary K. William and Jane Harper. Liens: En paroles. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, Maley, Catherine A. Dans le Vent. Orlando, Florida: Holt Rinehart & Winston, Malher, Marguerite. Grammaire expliquée du français contemporain. Nouvelle edition revue et corrigée. Toronto: Canadian Scholar s Press, Merimier, Guy et al. Analyse de Texte. Théorie et Pratique. New York: Peter Lang, Morton, Jacqueline. English Grammar for Students of French. Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Olivia and Hill Press, n.d. New, Elizabeth and Virginia M. Scott. Traitement de texts: Une introduction à l espression écrite. Uper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Perramond, Dany B. Composition et Grammaire de Texte. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press, Inc., Renaud Dietiker, Simone. En bonne forme. Lexington, Kentucky: D.C. Heath, Rochat, Denise. Contrastes: Grammaire du français courant. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc., Ruetten, Mary K. Developing Composition Skills: Rhetoric and Grammar. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, Seutine, Christine et Jacqueline Zorlu. Annales Bac 2004 Corrigés Français 1res, series L, ES, S. Paris: Éditions Vuibert, St. Onge, Susan and Ronald St. Onge. Interaction: Révision de grammaire française. Septième edition. Boston: Thomson Higher Education, Van Pattem, Bill. From Input to Output: A Teacher s Guide to Second Language Acquisition. Boston: McGraw-Hill, SOFTWARE Sans Faute: Interactive Writing Environment for French. Boston: McGraw-Hill, Lingua, Système D CD-ROM Le Robert & Nathan. Conjugaison for Windows #DAY 8382.

7 EVALUATION OF THE COMPOSITIONS (Each correctly formed & used verb = 8%.) APPROACHES the target: < 80% MEETS the target: 80 % EXCEEDS the target: 90 % + RUBRIC FOR COMPOSITION IN THE PC 1. includes 20 different verbs accurately formed in the pc (40) 2. appropriate use of the pc for these verbs (40) 3. coherent and summary of an event (10) 4. grammatical lexical accuracy (10) RUBRIC FOR COMPOSITION IN THE IMPARFAIT 1. includes 20 different verbs accurately formed in the imparfait (40) 2. appropriate use of the imparfait (40) 3. coherent description of scene & state of mind during an event (10) 4. grammatical lexical accuracy (10) RUBRIC FOR COMPOSITION ON THE FUTURE 1. includes 20 different verbs accurately formed in the future (40) 2. appropriate use of the future (40) 3. coherent narration about what you will do during the break (10) 4. grammatical and lexical accuracy (10) RUBRIC FOR ORAL PAIRED ACTIVITY: 1. complete the assigned communicative task (40) 2. attention to grammatical accuracy (30) 3. attention to accurate pronunciation (20) 4. interesting and creative content (10) RUBRIC FOR THE FINAL ORAL EXAM IN MY OFFICE 1. The content is adequate (5 minutes long), coherent, and comprehensible to listeners accustomed to nonnative discourse (30). 2. The narrative includes correct formation and usage of the two past tenses (40). 3. The narrative includes correct formation and usage of the simple future (10). 4. The narration is free from other grammatical errors (10). 5. Pronunciation does not affect comprehension (10).