BIENVENUE AU FRANCAIS 102-27
ELEMENTARY FRENCH II TELECOURSE
Instructor: Mme Josette Melman, M. Ed. Senior Adjunct, Professor
Voice-Mail: (609) 894-9311, x 6506
Home: (609) 267-9247
E-mail jbroquet@earthlink.net
Required Materials- French in Action text, Workbook part 1, Study Guide, (available in Pemberton College Store), accompanying videos, lesson audio-cassettes available from library, mise en oeuvre packet (available from Distance Learning Office), and two blank audio cassettes.
General Course Information- This course is designed to fulfill the requirements for a college-level course in French. Through diligent viewing of the thirteen episodes, practicing the “mise en oeuvre”, completing oral and written exercises, and successfully completing lesson tests, you can achieve the following course goals:
Understand basic elements of the French language
Express basic ideas in speech and writing
The Study Guide lists the specific learning objectives for each lesson and an overview of the lesson’s subject material, and provides thorough explanations of the lesson activities. Additionally, it gives a self-test at the end of each lesson.
Specific Activities for each lesson- Be sure to do the following for each lesson:
· Complete the practice self-test in the study guide.
· Record the questions and answers of the mise en oeuvre and submit the cassette at the Test Center when you take the written lesson test.
A
total of twelve oral & written tests will be given, one for each lesson
(14-26). I will grade each test on a
scale of A through F. (As the lessons
become more difficult, allow one week to study each chapter.)
You are tested on your ability to handle the French language as it is presented
to you in each lesson.
”Vrai” “ou” “faux” (true or false) or “oui” ou “non” (yes or no) are not
considered good answers and will be penalized.
Please,
answer in full sentences, justifying your position in each question.
You will also be asked to write an essay in French, double spaced, on a subject indicated on a separate sheet of your syllabus entitled Devoirs. Please, turn it in at the test center, together with your cassette, it will be returned to you. Do your best to do this work by yourself, using your acquired vocabulary. Failure to turn in this work is the loss of one letter grade.
You will take the written part of the test in the Test Center. (If you live too far from the College, contact the Distance Learning Office to make other arrangements).
You will be asked to respond to some comprehension questions of the mise en oeuvre. Additional test items will be similar to the self-test which is provided at the end of each lesson in the workbook. Study particularly well the vocabulary in bold face in the gray inserts of your textbook, and the various points of grammar in the workbook. You will turn in the oral part of the test on a cassette with your name and mailing address clearly marked. Do not turn the tape off after each question and answer. Listen to be sure your recording is clear. Do not place the cassette in a plastic container and be sure to set the tape at the beginning of your recording.
Your grade is the average of the tapes and tests scores that you receive during the semester (if all your essays have been turned in.)
Value of grades
A 90-100
B+ 86-89
B 82-85
C+ 78-81
C 74-77
D 70-73
F Below 70
The first half of the tests, Lesson 14 through Lesson 19, must be completed by the end of the eighth week of the semester. After that time, the test grade will be dropped one letter grade by week. Tests 20 though 26 should be completed by the end of the semester. Tests are available throughout the entire semester at both the Pemberton and Mount Laurel Test Centers. It is preferable to take the tests one at a time, but you may group them and take two or three at a time. In the event that you are unable to come to take your tests, please contact me to make alternate arrangements.
After I have reviewed your cassette and the written test, I will record comments with suggestions along with your grades on the cassette, set the cassette at the beginning of my recording, and mail the cassette to you. When you receive the tapes, listen to the comments and incorporate the suggestions in your future work. Do not erase the tapes until the end of the semester. It is to your advantage to record one oral lesson at a time and profit from the instructor’s comments: you avoid repeating the same mispronunciations.
Because of the turnaround time required for grading and mailing the cassette, you may wish to use the second blank tape so that you can continue testing without any delay.
Certainly. You must do so within two weeks following the receipt of the cassette with your grade. The two grades will be averaged for the test grade.
Learning a language is best done in small doses; half an hour study once a day is much better than two hours crammed before the test. Plan your day so that you can listen to the audio-cassette both with and without your text/workbook. You can be doing other things such as driving. Remember: a tape a day brings French your way! Use your tapes! Use all four senses: listen, speak, read, and write. Be an active learner, and you will be duly rewarded with good control of the French language and good grades.