Mondays - Thursdays, 3:10 - 4:00 p.m.
     


 

 

 

Grade Breakdown

Conversation (40%)

  • Active in-class participation (15 %)
  • Leading of class discussion (10%)
  • Final Oral Exam (15%)

Grammar (60%)

  • Final Examination (20%)
  • Midterm Examinations (30%)
  • Pop quizzes (10%)

Extra Credit (up to +5%)

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Cheating, plagiarism, and the use of cellphones in class will not be tolerated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syllabus

Prompted by exercises supplied by your instructor, as well as by current events in the Francophone world, we will both review French grammar and converse in French.

By the end of the course, successful students should expect to be able both to use advanced grammatical structures accurately and orally communicate in French effectively in both the interpersonal and presentational modes.

 

WORKING SCHEDULE

(will be fleshed out based on results of 22 September diagnostic test and needs of class)

22 September: Diagnostic Test for Course-Planning Purposes

23 September: Picture-Series Practice

24 September: Pluperfect Exercises & Picture-Series Practice & Videoclip (Pittsburgh: pour quoi faire?)

28 September: Pluperfect Exercises (continued) & Videoclip (L'arrestation de Roman Polanski) & Article ("Polanski: le procureur de Los Angeles va demander son extradition")

29 September: Pluperfect Exercises (continued) & Picture Series (continued)

30 September: Class canceled

1 October: Agreement of Past Participles & Videoclip (Michelle Obama au Danemark)

5 October: Midterm 1

6 October: Si clauses & Videoclip (Le Syndrome du Titanic)

7 October: Conversation Practice & Article (Un ado sur deux utilise son portable en cours)

8 October: Subjunctive & Videoclip (Frédéric Mitterrand s'explique)

12 October: Subjunctive & Videoclip (Polémique en Belgique après l'élection de Miss SDF) & Article (Miss SDF)

13 October: Prepositions & Videoclip (Polémique autour de l'arrivée de Jean Sarkozy à l'EPAD) & Article (Nicolas Sarkozy critique la réussite par la filiation et la naissance)

14 October: Class canceled

15 October: Student Presentations

19 October: Prepositions & Videoclip (Les gestes simples pour limiter les risques de transmission de la grippe)

20 October: Prepositions & Videoclip (Ema) & Revision (Key Points)

21 October: Revision: Key Points & Relative Pronouns and Relative Clauses

22 October: Relative Pronouns and Relative Clauses

26 October: Class canceled

27 October: Relative Pronouns (online exercises)

28 October: Relative Pronouns (online exercises)

29 October: Relative Pronouns (online exercises)

2 November: Relative Pronouns and Relative Clauses & Videoclip (Le port du voile en Suède)

3 November: Midterm 2

4 November: Conversation Practice & Indirect Discourse

5 November: Conversation Practice & Indirect Discourse & Videoclip (Merci Professeur!)

9 November: Viewing and discussion of Les Amants criminels

10 November: Viewing and discussion of Les Amants criminels

12 November: Finish discussion of Les Amants criminels & discuss Ozon interview regarding the film.

16 November: Passive Voice and Videoclip (Femmes du monde)

17 November:Passive Voice and Article ("Incident rugbystico-diplomatique à propos de l'hymne sud-africain")

18 November: Class canceled

19 November: Passive Voice and Videoclip (Le Beaujolais nouveau)

23 November: Passive Voice (online exercises)

24 November: Class canceled

30 November:

1 December:

2 December: Class canceled

3 December:

11 December: Final Exam (1:10 - 4:00 p.m.)

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instructor

Office Hours

 

 

Across the Cal Poly campus this academic year, some class days will be canceled because of mandatory furloughs (unpaid time off). Canceled class days for this class will be 9/30, 10/14, 10/26, 11/18, 11/24, and 12/2; they are indicated on the syllabus. These are not holidays but examples of how massive budget cuts in California have consequences for you as Cal Poly students and for me as a Cal Poly faculty member. More information can be found here.