EXAMEN 2 - Austin Community College

Austin Community College
Fall 2010
FREN 1512 (French II)
Lec. 002 -- 07510
MW 7:05 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. (NRG 4250)









Course Description: Continuation of FREN 1511 with more advanced
conversation, basic writing, listening and reading comprehension,
vocabulary building, grammar, and culture. Prerequisites: Students must
have completed a first semester college French course of at least four
semester hours with a grade of C or better, or have equivalent credit by
examination, to enroll in FREN 1512.

Course prerequisite
As stated in the ACC Catalog, to be enrolled in the course, you must have
credit for a four or five credit hour college or university course
equivalent to, or at a higher level than, ACC French 1511 with a grade of
A, B, or C.

High school, community / continuing education credit, conversation course
credit, and previous knowledge are not acceptable substitutes for the
required prerequisite. You must present proof of this credit (in the form
of a copy of the appropriate transcript or grade report or an ACC printout)
to your instructor by Tuesday, September 7, or you will be withdrawn from
this course and may risk losing any refund.

Please note:
1. If this is the only course for which you are registered and you are
withdrawing, this may constitute a withdrawal from the institution.
(See Catalog.)
2. Any student wishing to challenge this course by examination must
withdraw by Tuesday, September 7. (See Catalog.)

Required Materials:
Horizons, fourth edition, Manley et al, Heinle Cengage Learning, 2009
Textbook with accompanying Text Audio CDs
ACC Custom Version: Workbook/Lab Manual/Answer Key
Lab Audio CDs

-- We will cover the Chapitres 6-10 in French 2.

Note: On-line Supporting Materials: For each chapter, there are the
following free supplemental and review activities. You do not have to log
in to access these.
Concentration
Flashcards
Crossword Puzzle
Cultural Activity
Glossary
Tutorial Quiz
Final Exam
Music Playlist
Typing French Accents Bar


To access these, go to: http://academic.cengage.com/french/horizons, then,
next to the correct edition, click on Student: Companion Site. Be sure to
select a chapter at the top before you select an activity.

Optional Materials:
French/English dictionary
501 French Verbs, Baron's.
English Grammar for Students of French, Olivia and Hill Press.
Correct Your French Blunders, McGraw-Hill.

Audio Programs:
There are four CDs found inserted near the back of the Textbook. They
accompany the Textbook ("Text Audio CDs"). Items in the Textbook that have
a headphone symbol next to them are recorded on these CDs. The vocabulary
lists at the end of each chapter are also recorded here.
In addition, there is a set of CDs to use with the Lab Manual ("Lab
Audio CDs"). You may purchase these CDs. However, if you prefer, these CDs
are also available for one-day checkout at the LRC (library).
Note: There is a very limited number of CDs available for checkout,
so plan ahead. The CDs already being checked out does not excuse you from
doing the homework.

Overview - course materials:
You will use the TEXTBOOK in class. It is also where you study the
new material and you need to read over and study the necessary pages here
before seeing them in class.
The content of the WORKBOOK matches the Textbook. In the first part,
the Cahier d'activités écrites (Workbook) (pp. 1-176), you will practice
writing the new structures. In the second part, the Cahier d'activités
orales (Lab Manual) (pp. 179-266), you will practice listening
comprehension and pronunciation. You will need the LAB AUDIO CDs to do this
part.
The ANSWER KEY follows the Lab Manual. It is also divided into two
parts. In the first part (pp. 1-26), you will find the answers to the
activities in the first part of the workbook. In the second part (pp. 27-
41), you will find the answers to the second part.

ALL THE MATERIALS YOU WILL NEED FOR THIS COURSE ARE ON RESERVE IN THE
LIBRARIES AT THE NRG, RGC, RVS, SAC AND PIN CAMPUSES.

Instructional Methodology: Our primary objective is to learn to
communicate in French. We will study vocabulary words and grammar rules
with this end in mind. We will practice developing reading, writing,
speaking, and listening skills. The majority of class time will be spent
practicing speaking and listening and you will participate in partner and
group work. Active participation will not only improve your speaking
skills, it will also directly affect your grade. Although the class will
be conducted mostly in French, I will be glad to provide you with further
explanations in English during my office hours.

You will need to practice and learn much of the material outside of class,
particularly spelling, vocabulary and grammar. The Workbook will be very
helpful to you. The Lab Manual will help you with pronunciation and
listening comprehension. You should be prepared to spend a minimum of two
hours outside of class for each hour in class; that is, at least 10 hours
per week studying, memorizing, and doing homework to prepare for class. It
is best to study a little each day. If you feel you need extra help, you
can find a French tutor at the Learning Labs. This service is free to ACC
students.

Course Rationale: In addition to offering the fundamentals of the French
language, this course is intended to fulfill one semester of the foreign
language requirement as needed for Associate Degree plans and transfer
credit to four-year institutions. The number of courses required varies
from discipline and institution.

Common Course Objectives: The main objective of the course is to help
students develop skills in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, and
writing in the French language at a basic level. Your ability to understand
and communicate will develop along with your knowledge of the vocabulary
and grammatical structures of the language.

At the end of FREN 1512, you should be able to do the following:

Listening:
. use listening strategies such as listening for specific information,
anticipating, and predicting.
. understand the main idea and some detail when listening to a passage
based largely on known material.
. recognize the main idea and some detail of a simple authentic text or
one not primarily based on known material.
. comprehend simple questions on familiar topics.
. follow directions to get somewhere.

Speaking:
. tell what you do and like to do when on vacation.
. issue and accept or decline invitations and make plans to go out.
. answer questions on known topics with comprehensible grammar and
pronunciation.
. state several things you will do or that you would do given specific
circumstances.
. describe your daily routine.
. talk about how things used to be when you were younger.
. perform these specific functions: make travel arrangements, get a
hotel room, order a meal, buy food at a market, visit the doctor and
describe your symptoms.

Reading:
. use reading strategies such as reading for the main idea, recognizing
cognates and false cognates, and using word families, verb tense
recognition and previous knowledge to make intelligent guesses.
. understand both the main idea and some detail when reading a text
based largely on known material and cognates.
. recognize the main idea and some detail of a simple authentic text or
one not primarily based on known material.

Writing:
. list items and activities related to a topic being studied (travel,
daily routine, etc.).
. take dictation of known material.
. ask and answer simple questions on known topics with reasonably
accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation.
. write a narration in the past with partial grammatical accuracy.
. write a letter in which you talk about yourself and ask about the
other person with reasonably accurate spelling, grammar and
punctuation.

Cultural awareness:
. list five famous sites in Paris.
. name at least three of the French overseas departments or territories
and tell something about Guadeloupe and Martinique.
. name at least two of the traditional regions in France and talk
briefly about cultural diversity in France.
. name at least two African countries in which French is spoken and tell
something about them.
. tell how a traditional French meal is served.
. locate Normandy on a map of France and tell something about it.
. name at least three French-speaking regions in Europe and tell
something about them.


Grading: The grade will be calculated in the following way:

Exams (3) 30%
Comprehensive Final Exam 18%
Quizzes (drop 1) 10%
Homework (drop 1) 10%
Compositions (3) 15%
Oral Component: 12%
2 Dialogues
1 Interview
Active class participation 5%

Exams: The 3 exams (10% each) throughout the semester will focus on the
vocabulary, grammar, and culture in the chapters most recently studied;
however, at the same time, the cumulative nature of language learning
should also be kept in mind. The tests will be divided up as follows: 1
(chapter 6), 2 (chapter 7), and 3 (chapters 8 and 9). All of the exams
will have both a listening and a written part. The exam dates are on the
schedule (programme). There will be no make-ups. Very rarely, due to an
extreme emergency, a score of zero can be removed from the three-test
average. The student must have an official excuse with documentation
explaining the absence, which will be reviewed and either approved o