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French Courses:

FRE101 - Elementary French 1
Credits: 3 Catalog Description: This is an introductory course designed to develop French language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). Emphasis is placed on developing the ability to use and understand French in context. Instructional strategies include lecture/discussion, group and individual work, oral exercises, video, reading and writing assignments. Additional laboratory supported practice will be required. Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to hold basic conversations, read simple passages, and write brief dialogues and paragraphs at the novice level. Students registering for FRE 101 are assumed to know little or no French. Placement in language courses will be determined by the instructor. Three class hours Prerequisite: None Lecture: 3 hrs. Student Performance Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to perform the following activities at the novice level in the target language: Speaking: 1. Employ effective everyday speaking skills such as asking and answering questions, carrying on basic conversations and making brief oral presentations. At least two of these will be formally evaluated through interviews, task cards, laboratory activities, oral exams and/or presentations. 2. Demonstrate proficiency through the completion of a 1 1/2 minute oral presentation that will be formally evaluated using a standardized grading rubric. Listening: 3. Demonstrate listening comprehension skills such as identifying objects, times, dates and people and answering comprehension questions. At least two of these will be formally evaluated through quiz or exam questions, textbook activities or laboratory exercises. Reading: 4. Demonstrate reading comprehension abilities by answering questions about short passages such as advertisements, short dialogs, paragraphs, letters and news articles. At least two of these will be formally evaluated through quiz or exam questions, workbook assignments or laboratory activities. Writing: 5. Demonstrate written proficiency by writing journals, dialogs and/or paragraphs using vocabulary studied in class. At least two of these will be formally evaluated and at least one of which will be an essay or dialog of at least 100 words that will be formally evaluated using a grading rubric. The above areas will be evaluated through the activities mentioned and a minimum of 5 quizzes and/or homework assignments and a minimum of one major closed-book exam. In addition students will: 6. Discuss and describe key aspects of French or francophone culture and traditions through the completion of a project based on course topics including an informative essay in the target language of at least 100 words that will be evaluated through a standardized grading rubric. 7. Demonstrate the ability to use appropriate language technology by completing laboratory-supported exercises at least four of which will be formally evaluated. * This course objective has been identified as a student learning outcome that must be formally assessed as part of the College's Comprehensive Assessment Plan. All faculty teaching this course must collect the required data (see Assessing Student Learning Outcomes form) and submit the required analysis and documentation at the conclusion of the semester to the Office of Assessment and Special Projects. Content Outline: I. SKILLS Greetings/leave taking, stating factual information, making inquiries; identifying objects, persons, places; reporting information, getting to know one another, requesting repetition, making inquires, expressing needs and feelings, agreement/disagreement, gratitude, want/desire, making requests, apologizing, planning simple social activities.* II. VOCABULARY TOPICS Personal identification, likes and dislikes, education, and studies, numbers, family life, food and restaurant, free time, sports, travel, weather, days, dates, and daily routine.* III. GRAMMAR TOPICS Gender, word order, agreement, questions, present tense of regular verbs, introduction of irregular verbs, stem changing verbs, possession, time, negative expressions, near future, pronunciation, spelling and diacritics.* IV. CULTURAL TOPICS Geography of the French-speaking world, holidays and celebrations, music, art, history and current events. V. PROFICIENCY LEVELS A. LISTENING Comprehends simple statements and questions, understands the main idea of longer passages. May require various repetitions and slow, clear pronunciation. B. SPEAKING Participates in simple conversations, makes brief presentations. Frequent errors may occur but do not generally interfere with the main idea. C. READING Understands simple readings that cover topics dealt with in class. Makes use of cognates and visual clues to gain meaning from unfamiliar material. D. WRITING Composes well-organized, simple paragraphs and dialogs dealing with topics covered in class. Errors in spelling and grammar may occur but do not generally interfere with meaning. *Topics covered will vary slightly depending on the text adopted by the French faculty. Grading: Grades will be determined through a combination of the following assessment strategies: Attendance Class Participation Homework Quizzes & Exams (Min. of 30% of total grade) Cultural Projects Oral Evaluations (Min. 10% of total grade.) Laboratory Supported Exercises Effective Term: Fall 2009

FRE101 - Elementary French 1

Credits: 3

Catalog Description: This is an introductory course designed to develop French language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). Emphasis is placed on developing the ability to use and understand French in context. Instructional strategies include lecture/discussion, group and individual work, oral exercises, video, reading and writing assignments. Additional laboratory supported practice will be required. Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to hold basic conversations, read simple passages, and write brief dialogues and paragraphs at the novice level. Students registering for FRE 101 are assumed to know little or no French. Placement in language courses will be determined by the instructor. Three class hours Prerequisite: None

Lecture: 3 hrs.

Student Performance Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to perform the following activities at the novice level in the target language:

Speaking:
1. Employ effective everyday speaking skills such as asking and answering questions, carrying on basic conversations and making brief oral presentations. At least two of these will be formally evaluated through interviews, task cards, laboratory activities, oral exams and/or presentations.
*2. Demonstrate proficiency through the completion of a 1 1/2 minute oral presentation that will be formally evaluated using a standardized grading rubric.

Listening:
3. Demonstrate listening comprehension skills such as identifying objects, times, dates and people and answering comprehension questions. At least two of these will be formally evaluated through quiz or exam questions, textbook activities or laboratory exercises.

Reading:
4. Demonstrate reading comprehension abilities by answering questions about short passages such as advertisements, short dialogs, paragraphs, letters and news articles. At least two of these will be formally evaluated through quiz or exam questions, workbook assignments or laboratory activities.

Writing:
5. Demonstrate written proficiency by writing journals, dialogs and/or paragraphs using vocabulary studied in class. At least two of these will be formally evaluated and at least one of which will be an essay or dialog of at least 100 words that will be formally evaluated using a grading rubric.

The above areas will be evaluated through the activities mentioned and a minimum of 5 quizzes and/or homework assignments and a minimum of one major closed-book exam.

In addition students will:

*6. Discuss and describe key aspects of French or francophone culture and traditions through the completion of a project based on course topics including an informative essay in the target language of at least 100 words that will be evaluated through a standardized grading rubric.

7. Demonstrate the ability to use appropriate language technology by completing laboratory-supported exercises at least four of which will be formally evaluated.

* This course objective has been identified as a student learning outcome that must be formally assessed as part of the College's Comprehensive Assessment Plan. All faculty teaching this course must collect the required data (see Assessing Student Learning Outcomes form) and submit the required analysis and documentation at the conclusion of the semester to the Office of Assessment and Special Projects.

Content Outline:
I. SKILLS
Greetings/leave taking, stating factual information, making inquiries; identifying objects, persons, places; reporting information, getting to know one another, requesting repetition, making inquires, expressing needs and feelings, agreement/disagreement, gratitude, want/desire, making requests, apologizing, planning simple social activities.*

II. VOCABULARY TOPICS
Personal identification, likes and dislikes, education, and studies, numbers, family life, food and restaurant, free time, sports, travel, weather, days, dates, and daily routine.*

III. GRAMMAR TOPICS
Gender, word order, agreement, questions, present tense of regular verbs, introduction of irregular verbs, stem changing verbs, possession, time, negative expressions, near future, pronunciation, spelling and diacritics.*

IV. CULTURAL TOPICS
Geography of the French-speaking world, holidays and celebrations, music, art, history and current events.

V. PROFICIENCY LEVELS

A. LISTENING
Comprehends simple statements and questions, understands the main idea of longer passages. May require various repetitions and slow, clear pronunciation.

B. SPEAKING
Participates in simple conversations, makes brief presentations. Frequent errors may occur but do not generally interfere with the main idea.

C. READING
Understands simple readings that cover topics dealt with in class. Makes use of cognates and visual clues to gain meaning from unfamiliar material.

D. WRITING
Composes well-organized, simple paragraphs and dialogs dealing with topics covered in class. Errors in spelling and grammar may occur but do not generally interfere with meaning.

*Topics covered will vary slightly depending on the text adopted by the French faculty.

Grading:
Grades will be determined through a combination of the following assessment strategies:

Attendance
Class Participation
Homework
Quizzes & Exams (Min. of 30% of total grade)
Cultural Projects
Oral Evaluations (Min. 10% of total grade.)
Laboratory Supported Exercises

Effective Term: Fall 2009