Course: French 1113-1 Beginning French 1
Instructor: Cecile Drevet
Home phone: 214-7276, e-mail: cmdrevet@sgc.edu
Fall 2000 Mon., Wed. 4:30-5:45pm

Course description from official bulletin:
French 1113-1 is designed to develop the students skills in the fundamentals of the French Language.

Purpose of course:
Beginning French is a complete, first-year college level course that teaches the four language skills: understanding, speaking, reading and writing. The goal of this course is to build the student’s ability to function in French at a basic level.

Mission statement:
The student will be acquainted with the main aspects of French and Francophone culture and civilization. He will be more aware of the global community of nations and their relationships to each other. The student will also see how he is part of a divine plan to love and serve one another despite cultural and linguistic differences.

Course objectives:
At the end of the semester the student should be able:

1. To greet people, ask directions, cope with everyday needs, give basic information about himself, talk about his interests, his family and his studies.

2. To understand and help French-speaking visitors in this country.

3. To know basic grammar and the core vocabulary of French.

4. To read French texts (easy or moderate level of difficulty).

Golding P., Jeantet R., C’est ca! Essentials of French, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1994 ISBN: 0-07-023695-X

Golding P., Jeantet R., C’est ca! Essentials of French, (Workbook/lab manual) McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1995 ISBN: 0-07-023696-8

 Course requirements:

1. Class attendance: Attendance will be checked each class. Absences are really not encouraged! A warning will be sent to the student if the absences total more than the number of class meetings per week, indeed, the student may be dropped from the class for excessive absence. Absences caused by participation in University-sponsored activities, by illness or certain other unavoidable emergencies may be excused.
2. Exams: The exams (written and oral) must be completed in order to pass the course. Exams begin promptly. Normally, no absences are allowed on tests days. If a student has to miss a test because of a confirmed illness, a death in the family, or a similar emergency, he should contact the instructor immediately. He is urged to make up all homework immediately.
3. Written work must be turned in at the beginning of the class period on the day assigned. Late work will be penalized.
4. All daily assignments from the workbook/lab manual must be turned in on the first day back to class after an absence. Tests missed must be done within two days of the return to class. The dictee and the vocabulary test cannot be made up.
5. Each student will use resources on Internet, in the OBU library (or even by going to French Clubs meetings at OBU) and any resources available to write cultural reports. NOTE: Plagiarism is a serious breach of academic integrity and will not be tolerated. Acts violating expected integrity include: the use of another’s published work wholly or in part without recognition or proper documentation; the use of another student’s work as his one’s own; the purchase, use or provision of an already prepared paper. Students found to have committed plagiarism will receive an F for the examination, written work or quiz in question.

6. Cultural report: The purpose of the report is to broaden students’ insights into various aspects of French culture. The student will present an oral report of approx. 5-10 minutes in class. Class members need to take note on the information presented since it will be included on tests. The report will be handed in at the beginning of class.

Grading system:
20% Two hour-long exams (2: 10% each)
20% Oral exams (2: 10% each)
20% Final exam
20% Cultural reports

10% Dictees, vocabulary tests, group activities, compositions, etc.
10% Workbook/lab manual.

 Mercredi 30 aout Ch. Prel. pp.1-11 C1-2-3, 4a; voc.T12-13

 Lundi 4 septembre FETE DU TRAVAIL!

Mercredi 6 septembre Ch. 1 pp.14-23 C4b; C5(top), C15a

Travail Culturel

Lundi 11 septembre pp.24-27 T24c-25a; C16a-b

Mercredi 13 septembre pp.28-33 T30b; C18a, 19b

Lundi 18 septembre Ch. 2 pp.35-43 C33a, 34a

Mercredi 20 septembre pp.43-49 C35b, C37a, b

Lundi 25 septembre pp.50-58 T51a, C36b, 38b

Mercredi 27 septembre Ch. 3 pp.64-73 T61, lecture, 62b

Lundi 2 octobre pp.74-81 Comp#1(T62 p/ecrit)

Mercredi 4 octobre Revisions! C55b, 59b

Lundi 9 octobre EXAMEN!(Ch. Prel., 1-2-3)

Mercredi 11 octobre Ch. 4 pp.87-92 C60c; C74b

Lundi 16 octobre pp.93-98 C72c; C73a

Mercredi 18 octobre pp.99-102 T98b; T100b

Lundi 23 octobre pp.103-104, 107 T102b; C75 4a

Mercredi 25 octobre Ch. 5 pp.113-119 C92b-c;

Lundi 30 octobre pp.120-126 C91a; T119b

Mercredi 1 novembre pp.127-128, 132 T122b; C95b

Lundi 6 novembre pp.129-131, 135 C98a (top); C99c

Mercredi 8 novembre Ch. 6 pp.138-144 T131c

Lundi 13 novembre pp.145-152 Travail Culturel

Mercredi 15 novembre pp.153-158 T152c; C115a

Lundi 20 novembre Revisions! C117b; T155b

Mercredi 22 novembre EXAMEN! (Ch. 4-5-6)

Lundi 27 novembre Ch 7 pp.163-169 Comp#2(T161p/ecrit)

Mercredi 29 novembre pp.174, 177-179 C1274; C130a

Lundi 4 decembre pp.171-176 C133a; T173b, 175b

Mercredi 6 decembre Revisions generales!

Lundi 11 decembre ou

Mercredi 13 decembre EXAMEN FINAL!