| ADVISING-RELATED | FRANCE 24 | RADIO FRANCE | TV5 MONDE | THE WORLD SPEAKS FRENCH |
Grade Breakdown
Active Oral Participation (10%)
In addition to regular attendance, you are expected actively to participate in each class.
Final Examination (20%)
This will be cumulative: a combination of material you will have seen on midterms and of new material.
Midterms (40%)
These will each cover two chapters. Portions of the midterms will be duplicated on the final examination. Ask me about anything you may not understand. By thoroughly reviewing your midterms, you should be able to improve your final examination score.
Oral Examination (10%)
These ten-minute examinations will be scheduled for 16-17 March. I am happy to meet with you throughout the quarter to help you practice.
TV5MONDE / Podcast Project (10%)
You will select either a TV5MONDE program to view or a Radio France podcast to which to listen on a weekly basis. At the beginning of every week, you will submit a report in French of a paragraph or two. At the end of the quarter, you will compile your reports—plus corrections—and turn them in for a final grade.
Workbook Assignments (10%)
Self-graded assignments for each chapter will be due the day after we complete that chapter in class. Please use a pen/pencil of a different color to self-grade your assignments. The answer key can be found here.
Syllabus |
Prompted by exercises in the required texts, as well as by authentic online documents and video clips from TV5MONDE, you will develop your ability to speak, write, read, and comprehend French in realistic contexts. By the end of the course, successful students should be able to interact in French at the intermediate level and better understand Francophone cultures. Required Texts St. Onge, Susan & Ronald. Interaction: Cahier d’activités orales et écrites (7th edition) St. Onge, Susan & Ronald. Interaction: Révision de grammaire française (7th edition) Answer Key (password-protected) Chapter 5 Audio and Video Scripts (password-protected) |
Schedule (subject to change)
La presse et le message
5 January: Chapter 5 (p. 154-5); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (La télé publique sans pub)
6 January: Chapter 5 (pp. 156-9); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (Une guerre à huis clos?)
7 January: Chapter 5 (pp. 162-3; 168); Article du Nouvel Observateur ("Décès du garçon qui s'était pendu avec une cravate")
8 January: Chapter 5 (pp. 173-5); Clip vidéo de Télématin
12 January: Chapter 5 (pp. 179-80); Clip vidéo de Questions pour un champion; TV5MONDE/Podcast report #1 due
13 January: Chapter 5 (pp. 169-70, 181); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE ("Le meilleur boulot du monde")
Le mot et l'image
14 January: Chapter 6 (pp. 190-4); Self-graded Chapter 5 Workbook Assignments due; Clip vidéo du Festival de Cannes
15 January: Chapter 6 (pp. 194-7); Clip vidéo ("La protection des mineurs à la télévision")
20 January: Chapter 6 (pp. 198-202); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE ("Investiture de Barack Obama"); TV5MONDE/Podcast report #2 due
21 January: Chapter 6 (pp. 203-207); Clip vidéo ("Ces ados qui nous échappent")
22 January: Pronoms interrogatifs (exercices supplémentaires)
26 January: Chapter 6 (pp. 212, 214, 215); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE ("Le développement durable"); TV5MONDE/Podcast report #3 due
27 January: Midterm; Self-graded Chapter 6 Workbook Assignments due
Les transports et la technologie
28 January: Chapter 7 (pp. 226-30); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE sur le mouvement de grève prévu pour demain en France
29 January: Chapter 7 (pp. 231-6); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE sur la mobilisation massive contre le gouvernement en France
2 February: Chapter 7 (pp. 237-42); TV5MONDE/Podcast report #4 due
3 February: Chapter 7 (pp. 243-8); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (recette: carangue papillote dans sa feuille de bananier)
4 February: Chapter 7 (pp. 250-6); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (Des racines & des ailes)
5 February: Chapter 7 (pp. 258-61); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (D'art d'art)
A la fac
9 February: Chapter 8 (pp. 266-72); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (Merci professeur!); Self-graded Chapter 7 Workbook Assignments due; TV5MONDE/Podcast report #5 due
10 February: Chapter 8 (pp. 273-7); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (Base militaire de Valcartier)
11 February: Chapter 8 (pp. 278-82); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (Femmes du monde: Dercy)
12 February: Chapter 8 (pp. 283-7); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE ("La débacle des sentiments")
13 February: Chapter 8 (pp. 288-94)
17 February: Chapter 8 (pp. 295-302); TV5MONDE/Podcast report #6 due
18 February: Midterm
La francophonie
19 February: Chapter 9 (pp. 310-5); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (Facebook); Self-graded Chapter 8 Workbook Assignments due
23 February: Chapter 9 (pp. 316-19); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (Un livre, un jour); TV5MONDE/Podcast report #7 due
24 February: Chapter 9 (pp. 319-324); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (sur mardi gras)
25 February: Chapter 9 (pp. 325-8, 331); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (sur l'accident d'avion à Amsterdam)
26 February: Chapter 9 (pp. 332-4); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (sur la situation de crise en Martinique et en Guadeloupe)
2 March : Chapter 9 (pp. 334-7); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (sur la vente aux enchères de deux statutettes chinoises); TV5MONDE/Podcast report #8 due
Découvrir et se découvrir
3 March: Chapter 10 (pp. 350-6); Self-graded Chapter 9 Workbook Assignments due
4 March: Chapter 10 (pp. 357-60); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (Rumeurs)
5 March: Chapter 10 (pp. 361-5)
9 March: Chapter 10 (pp. 369-74); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (Barbie fête ses 50 ans);TV5MONDE/Podcast report #9 due
10 March: Chapter 10 (pp. 374-9); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (sur le seul portrait de William Shakespeare réalisé de son vivant)
11 March: Chapter 10 (pp. 380-3); Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (Exposition photographique à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
12 March: Revision; Clip vidéo TV5MONDE (campagne publicitaire de TV5MONDE--citation d'Amadou Hampâté); Self-graded Chapter 10 Workbook Assignments due; TV5MONDE/Podcast project due
16-17 March: Oral Examination (by appointment, 10-4 p.m.)
20 March: Final Examination (4:10-7:00 p.m.)
Final Exam (Winter 2009) Answer Key
Midterm 1 (Winter 2009) Answer Key
Midterm 2 (Winter 2009) Answer Key