Mondays - Thursdays, 3:10 - 4:00 p.m. & 4:10 - 5:00 p.m.
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Grade Breakdown
Active Oral Participation (10%). Regular attendance is expected. Absences will negatively affect your grade.
Final Exam (30%). This will consist of sections testing the last chapter "La presse et le message" (50%), sections having already appeared on midterms (30%), and an oral interview (20%).
Midterms (40%)
Completion of all eSAM assignments (20%). These need to be completed in their entirety by the midnight deadline. Grades in italics indicated that not all work has been submitted. Assignments submitted after the deadline will not earn credit.
Extra credit can also be earned for this course (up to 7%).
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Due to cultural differences between the United States and the countries to be studied, you might find some of the authentic materials used in this course provocative. Alternative assignments can be requested for compelling reasons. Cheating and/or plagiarism will not be tolerated.
Syllabus |
While studying culture, literature and language, students will review basic structures in French with a variety of contextualized activities and ample communicative practice. By the end of the course, successful students should have a greater understanding of certain aspects of French and Francophone cultures and have developed their communicative competence in French at the intermediate level. They will have acquired knowledge of: French consumer habits; eating habits; living situations in France and the Francophone world; lifestyles of young people in France today and in the past; the rise of the media in France; computerization and the importance of the press in contemporary France. They should also be able to: state preferences; give orders and directions; express intentions; describe daily routines; describe states and conditions; ask and answer questions; describe people and places; make comparisons; narrate in the past; recount past events; and inquire about past events. In keeping with Cal Poly's learning objectives, successful students should also better be able to: think critically and creatively; communicate effectively; work productively as individuals and in groups; use their knowledge and skills to make a positive contribution to society; and make reasoned decisions based on an understanding of ethics, a respect for diversity, and an awareness of issues related to sustainability. Required Text St. Onge, Susan. et al. Interaction: Langue et Culture (8th edition) Interaction 8th Edition eStudent Activities Manual (eSAM) |
Schedule
Le commerce et la consommation
19 septembre: Introduction
20 septembre: 2 - 6; Carrefour; FNAC; Quick; Viande chevaline; L'euro est inadapté pour la France
21 septembre: 6 - 9; Les marchés de Dakar
22 septembre: 10 -14
26 septembre: No class (complete 15 - 16 for tomorrow's class)
27 septembre: 16 - 19; Publicités « Orangina »
28 septembre: 20 - 23
29 septembre: 24 - 28; Le bouillon d'awara
3 octobre: 29 - 31; Une maîtrise des aspects environnementaux (Monoprix)
4 octobre: 32 - 36; Complete practice quiz & practice exam (password-protected); Association Végétarienne de France; Poilâne, boulangerie en ligne
Modes de vie
5 octobre: 38 - 42; Devoirs à rendre; Regards sur la banlieue; La banlieue lyonnaise
6 octobre: 42 - 48
10 octobre: 49 - 53; Le Paris du baron Haussmann photographié par Charles Manville
11 octobre: 54 - 57
12 octobre: 58 - 62; Quelles revenus pour accéder à une HLM?
13 octobre: No class (complete 65; 72a - 72d for Monday's class--film and activities can also be accessed through "Course Materials" in Blackboard)
17 octobre: 63 - 64; 66 - 67
18 octobre: 68 - 72; Maison domotique
19 octobre: Midterm (password-protected answer key)
La vie des jeunes
20 octobre: 74 - 77; Devoirs à rendre; Sport en direct
24 octobre: 78 - 81; Les jeunes Français sont pessimistes
25 octobre: 82 - 86; Les gestes français
26 octobre: 87 - 89; L'impressionisme et les peintres impressionistes
27 octobre: 90 - 95; Mobylette -- Achat et Vente de Mobylette neuf et d'occasion
31 octobre: 96 - 101; Génération zapping; Halloween, l'horreur en musique et au cinéma
1 novembre: 101 - 105
2 novembre: 106 - 111; Comment trouver le type de loisirs adapté à votre tranche d'âge?
3 novembre: 112 - 116; Complete practice test (password-protected)
Les télécommunications
7 novembre: 118 - 125; Devoirs à rendre; Facebook: tyrannie et vacuité du premier des réseaux sociaux (scroll down to program from 6 May 2011)
8 novembre: 126 - 134
9 novembre: 134 - 140; Etre verbs (mnemonic devices; la maison d'être)
10 novembre: 141 - 145; Les Guignols de l'info
14 novembre: 146 - 151; Fort Boyard
15 novembre: 152 - 156; Orange mobile; Fournisseurs accès Internet; SAV des émissions
16 novembre: 156a - 156d
17 novembre: Midterm
La presse et le message
21 novembre: 158 - 162; La nouvelle BD française s'exporte à l'étranger; Lucky Luke; RFI - Radio France Internationale, apprendre, enseigner la langue française; Devoirs à rendre
22 novembre: 162 - 167
28 novembre: 168 - 172; Presse française
29 novembre: 173 - 180; Magret mène l'enquête
30 novembre: 181 - 185; Chronologie de l'Histoire de France
1 décembre: 186 - 192; Devoirs à rendre
5 décembre: Examen final et oral (16h10 - 19h00)--either date; all extra credit assignments are due
9 décembre: Examen final et oral (13h10 - 16h00)--either date; all extra credit assignments are due
Creating a Heinle Learning Center Account
Sample Extra Credit Work: Rebecca Pollock, Sienna Robertson, Carlos Villacis