FRENCH 101 (0401)
MW:
5:30-6:45 pm
INSTRUCTOR:
Lise Moberg Berrebi
TEXTBOOKS:
Mais Oui (manual
and lab book) by Thompson
Course description
This is a course in
first-year college French. The
objective is to begin development of proficiency in all four language skills:
listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing. You will also learn about the cultures
of France and other French-speaking countries.
The entire class will
meet to do work based on material in the textbook. In addition, you will be assigned certain exercices in the
workbook to supplement your classroom activities.
The C-hour
The C-hour is an
integral part of the 4 credit course. You must register for one of the 101C
section listed in the Schedule of classes.
The C-Hour gives you
extra practice and will help you develop your listening and speaking skills.
The C-Hour is offered as
a self-study, partly online instructional system. You are expected to go to the
IMC (International Media Center) to perform your Tell Me More exercises. You may select to do this during your
scheduled C-Hour or on your own time.
Your online activities
may be performed at home or in the lab.
The material introduced in the C-hour
will appear on course examinations and represent 15 % of the course grade.
The lab
You will also be
assigned audio and video exercises from the workbook for each chapter lesson.
Note that
self-correction will be provided.
Audio and video materials will also appear on your exams.
You will be graded on a
Pass/Fail basis for these assignments. This will represent 10% of your grade.
NOTE:
As stated in the
syllabus, at the end of each chapter, all lab exercises (the written exercises
assigned daily as homework, the audio exercises listed in the syllabus and the
video exercises- most of them already done in class- ) must be turned in on
time.
IMPORTANT
GFR Placement
You will not receive GFR
credit for French 101 if you have attained level 2 or higher in High School.
If you fall into this category,
note that the appropriate course for you is French 103. French 103 has been
specially designed for students who have attained level 2 or higher but feel
that they have a weak background and need a basic review.
GER Placement
GER students who have
attained levels 2 or 3 in High School and have placed themseleves in one course
lower than the appropriate placement level will nevertheless have to complete
the appropriate requirement for that placement level in order to receive GER
credit.
Students enrolled
in 101 who have attained level 2 in h.s. must also take 102.
GRADING POLICY
1. Two exams: 30%
2. Quizzes: 15%
3. C Hour: 15%
4. Lab Work (written, audio and video): 10%
5. Participation: 10 %
6. Final exam: 20%
PLAN DE TRAVAIL
Week 1
Introduction
Lab and online orientation
Bring your book for next class
Homework: in Blackboard, post a short bio
of yourself in your C-hour section.
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Week 2
Class objectives
basic class vocab (p. 10) structure: qui est-ce?
Qu’est-ce que c’est?
C’est
un, ce sont…
Acitivités
F, G and H
Homework:
(All homework due at the end of chapter
with audio and video exercises.)
Lab book p.1 ex. A, p. 2 ex. B and C
Review: greetings and classroom vocab
Expressions pour la classe p. 13.
Activités p. 13 ex. 1, p. 14 K
Numbers 1 to 10. – activités L
et M
Homework: p.3 ex. D
Class objectives:
Students will learn : être p.21
Activites A et B
p.22 structure: identifying onself and
others
p.23 genre et nombre. Ex. P.23 C, p. 24 D
and E
Jeu de roles p. 24
Homework: p. 5 ex. A, B, p. 6 ex. C
Grammar exercises online. Go to: http://www.research.umbc.edu/~devernei and click on C
Hour, then French 101 to access your online grammar exercises.
These exercises are due next class.
Do the given exercises, make a print out
and submit for immediate feedback.
Bring the print out to your teacher the following class to get credit for the work.
Etre,
Class objectives:
Students will learn how to describe people
(physical traits)
Article defini: le, la les. C'est, il est
vocab from p.25
p. 27 and p.28 Accord de l’adjectif.
P. 28 ex. A, B, C, D et E
p. 31, p.32
Activités G, H and I et jeu de
roles.
Homework p. 6 A, p.7 ex. B, p. 8 ex. C. p. 9 ex. D
Grammar exercises on line.
.
Go to: http://www.research.umbc.edu/~devernei and click on C
Hour, then French 101 to access your online grammar exercises.
These exercises are due next class.
Do the given exercises, make a print out
and submit for immediate feedback.
Bring the print out to your teacher the following class to get credit for the work.
Les articles definis et indéfinis
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Week 4
First quiz
Class objectives:
Students will learn how to read in a
foreign language. P.35-36
Students will learn how to formulate a
question
p. 35, p.36 4 and 5
p.37 ex. A
Homework: p. 10 ex. A
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Correction Quiz 1
Course objectives
Students will review question formulation,
affirmative and negative answers.
How to respond to questions and comments
Activites p. 38 C et E
p. 39. read text, look at table p. 39. Do
p. 40 activites F and G
Class objectives: review of chapter preliminaire and 1.
Video exercises p. 277-283
DUE FOR next class. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS
ACCEPTED:
All assigned homework exercises, all
audio exercises pp. 1-17, video exercises pp. 277-283.
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Class objectives:
Students will learn vocab on Family, possessive and
demonstrative adjectives
vocab family activités pp.49-50,
Activités A and B p. 50
poss. Adjectives. Activite C p.51, D p. 52
Demonstrative adj. Acitivités p. 53
E and F
jeu de role p. 53
Homework: p. 19 A, p. 20 B, p,. 21 C, p. 22
D
Class objectives:
review vocab on family and possessive adjectives,
read about leisure and family in France
How to use quel
read p. 67 (3)
Read text p. 69 (quel age avez-vous?).
activite A p.71
Essayez p. 69.
Students write a skit following that model
Homework: p. 25
ex. A and B and p. 26 C
Class objectives: how to use quel
All homework, audio and video exercises
due next class
Grammar online: quel, les adjectifs démonstratifs
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Week 8
Exam 1
LAB WORK FOR CH2 IS DUE
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Correction exam 1
Class objectives
Students will learn vocab about housing
How to read a classified ad and conduct a phone conversation
vocab from p. 80
2, petites annonces (pp.80-81)
p. 83 pour parler au
téléphone. Reading
p. 83
Activité A p. 85 et B p. 85
Homework: p. 31-32 A and B. p. 32 C
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Week 9
Class Objectives: students will learn
house-related vocab
How to ask information (review of
interrogative, adverbs)
vocab pp.85-86.
activite C p. 86, activite D p. 87
Introduce structure p. 88
p. 89 G and H
Homework: in class manual do E p. 87 and
prepare to present in class next time.
Class Objectives: students will review
interrogative form , how to conduct phone conversation and house-related vocab.
Students will present E p. 87
Jeu de role p. 89. students conduct this conversation over the phone.
Students will perform their skit in class
No new homework
Week 10
Class objectives
Students will learn how to count to 99,
and to “un milliard”
p. 90 1 and 2, Reading p. 91, p. 92 4 and 5
Practice p. 94, p. 95 C and p. 96 D
Homework: p. 33 A
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Class objectives
Students will learn how to describe
people and things (place de l’adjectif, adjectives irreguliers)
How
french and African people live.
p. 96 reading ( 97
tableau), pp.98-99
activites E-H
Homework: p.34 B, p. 35 C. p. 35 D. p.36 E
Quiz next class on ch 3. (up to p.100)
Grammar online: les adjectifs (place)
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Week 11
Quiz # 2
Class objectives:
Students will learn how to ask
directions
To
use ordinal numbers
to use “aller”= preposition
(contraction) and future proche
To
use the imperative
read text p. 104. ordinal numbers (activite
p.103 5)
aller = contractions (E p. 107)
Imperative p.105 (A-C p. 105)
Homework: p. 37 A and B, p. 38 C
Aller, le futur proche,
L'impératif, L'impératif 2
class objectives: Students will learn how to use different prepositions
Students will expand on ch 3 vocab
prepositions ex. P. 108,
integration p. 109 1 and 2. P. 110, 3. p.112 4-5.
Homework: p. 38 ex. D, p. 46 Et vous
Video ch. 3 pp.294-301
Homework: p. 301 K
LAB Ch 3 due for next class.: written,
audio (pp.185-191) and video ch 3
THANSGIVING BREAK
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Week 13
Class objectives: Students will learn
how to tell the time (both systems)Présentez l’heure
to react to news and information
To talk about school subjects
l'heure (structure p. 122)
Note culturelle (systeme 24 heures)
les matières (vocab p.122)
emploi du temps
Stratégie de communication p. 125
Homework: p. 47 A and B and p. 48 C
Grammar online : les dates, l'heure,
L'heure 2
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Class objectives: How to react to news
and info (suite)
French calendar and how to talk about
days and dates.
Révisez les stratégies de
communication
activites p. 127 F and jeu de roles
Le calendrier, activités p. 129