FALL 08
Jackie Berry
COURSE SYLLABUS—ELEMENTARY FRENCH (3 hrs.) MFL-117-A
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Jackie Berry
jackie@mineralarea.edu
358-3939
Melissa Stephens
by appointment
Rapports (fifth edition)
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. To provide the students with basic vocabulary and grammatical structures so that they
will be able to speak, listen, read, and write on an elementary French level.
2. To increase the students’ appreciation of French culture.
3. To improve the students’ interpersonal communication skills in both English and French.
4. To instill in the students an appreciation of and enthusiasm for the study of foreign
languages and cultures in general.
COURSE CONTENT: Chapters 1-4 in text plus a special unit on culture.
ATTENDANCE:
1. Class attendance is not only mandatory, but necessary for the learning of a foreign
language. Each absence over two will lower your final grade 3%. Five absences will
lower the final semester grade one letter. Six absences will result in the final semester
grade being lowered two letters; seven, three letters. Students arriving after attendance
has been taken will be counted as tardy. Excessive tardiness WILL be counted as
absences.
2. If an exam is missed, it must be made up in the Learning Center BEFORE THE NEXT
CLASS!!! Failure to do so will result in a zero for that exam. (For extenuating
circumstances, please talk with the instructor.)
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COURSE GRADE: Grades are determined as a percentage based on the student’s
accumulated point total of all tests. No late work will be accepted. The following grading scale
will be implemented:
90 – 100% = A
80 – 89% = B
70 – 79% = C
60 – 69% = D
Below 60% = F
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: Cheating/plagiarism will be scored as 0 and averaged into the
final grade. The Dean will be notified as well.
CELL PHONES are NOT ALLOWED in the classrooms, nor in the computer lab. Because cell
phones can be very disruptive to the class, a student using a cell phone (in any manner) during
class will be counted absent.
**Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability
under the American’s with Disabilities Act should contact me privately to discuss specific
needs.
FALL 08
Jackie Berry