F R E N C H 201
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I
Fall Quarter 2011
Instructor:
Office:
Office phone:
Office hours:
Dr. Joanne Schmidt
DDH/B-117
654-2317
Mondays &
Wednesdays: 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Tuesdays: 1:30- 2:45pm
There will be an Orientation to the
course on Monday, Sept.12 at 12:20pm
in the Language Lab: DDH/E-102
Language Lab Technician: TBA
Language Lab Phone: 654-6028
Email: jschmidt@csub.edu
Dept. Admin. Asst.: Diana Torres
Dept. office : BDC 230A
Dept. phone: 654-2359
Website: http://www.csub.edu/~jschmidt
Components of this course, for practice only,
will also be included in BlackBoard .
This syllabus is for individual studies students only as a guide to weekly assignments and course
requirements. Students must learn to follow this syllabus, as closely as possible, from week to week
as there is no classroom course. Students must complete the course within the quarter (Fall 2011).
No grades of Incomplete are allowed. Students who are unable to complete the course during the
quarter , or who are having difficulty keeping up with the course syllabus and assignments, should let
Dr. Schmidt know in advance, so that students may drop the course in a timely fashion. Only students
who complete French 201 during Fall 2011 may proceed to French 202, which will also be an individual
study course during Winter 2012. French 202 will not be available during Spring 2011.
INDIVIDUAL STUDY- COURSE SYLLABUS
WEEK ONE- September 12-16 :
INTERACTION : Chapter 1- (pp. 2-29) read all grammar content pages, then complete
your workbook assignments for Chapter 1- both written and with the audio CD.
Use practice grammar quizzes in BlackBoard for Chapter 1.
WEEK TWO - September 19-23:
INTERACTION: Complete all assignments for Chapter 1 by September 19. Submit
workbook pages to Dr. Schmidt in BDC 257A in an accordion folder attached to
her office door’s bulletin board. Now begin INTERACTION Chapter 2- (pp. 3564) and read all grammar content pages, then complete your workbook
assignments for Chapter 2- both written and with the audio CD. Use practice
grammar quizzes in BlackBoard for Chapter 2.
WEEK THREE - September 26-30
INTERACTION: Complete all assignments for Chapter 2 by September 26. Submit workbook pages to
Dr. Schmidt in BDC 257A in an accordion folder attached to her office door’s
bulletin board. Now begin INTERACTION Chapter 3- (pp. 71-108) and read all
grammar content pages, then complete your workbook assignments for Chapter 3both written and with the audio CD. Use practice grammar quizzes in BlackBoard
for Chapter 3.
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WEEK FOUR - October 3-7
INTERACTION: Complete all assignments for Chapter 3 by October 3. Submit workbook pages to Dr.
Schmidt in BDC 257A in an accordion folder attached to her office door’s
bulletin board. Now begin INTERACTION Chapter 4- (115-145) and read all
grammar content pages, then complete your workbook assignments for Chapter 4both written and with the audio CD. Use practice grammar quizzes in BlackBoard
for Chapter 4.
WEEK FIVE - October 10-14
Complete all assignments for Chapter 4 by October 10. Submit workbook pages to Dr. Schmidt in BDC
257A in an accordion folder attached to her office door’s bulletin board. Now
begin INTERACTION Chapter 5- (pp. 153-181) and read all grammar content
pages, then complete your workbook assignments for Chapter 5- both written and
with the audio CD. Use practice grammar quizzes in BlackBoard for Chapter 5.
WEEK SIX - October 17-21
Complete all assignments for Chapter 5 by October 17. Submit workbook pages to Dr. Schmidt in BDC
257A in an accordion folder attached to her office door’s bulletin board. Now
retry PRACTICE QUIZZES for Chapters 1 and 2 in BlackBoard as part of review
for Final Exam. These QUIZZES do not count for a grade. There are for
grammatical review only.
WEEK SEVEN - October 24-28
Now complete PRACTICE QUIZZES for Chapters 3, 4 and 5 in BlackBoard as part of review for Final
Exam. These QUIZZES do not count for a grade. There are for grammatical review only.
WEEK EIGHT - October 31- November 4
EXTRA CREDIT may be obtained by submitting 5 separate 1 page reading summaries on the
KIRIKOU text. Dr. Schmidt will provide a separate handout for this. It is strongly suggested that you
begin KIRIKOU no later than WEEK FIVE on the syllabus. Students may read
half of the text (12 pages at a time) during this course in Fall 2011 and the
remaining half of the text during French 202 in Winter 2012.
WEEK NINE - November 7- November 11
Review for FINAL EXAM. Pick up FINAL EXAM on Wednesday, November 9 by 5pm from Dr.
Schmidt’s office (BDC 257A) bulletin board. Each FINAL EXAM will be available in a manila
envelope with the student’s name and course number on the outside of it.
WEEK TEN - November 14- November 16
Hand in your completed FINAL EXAM to Dr. Schmidt on Wednesday, November 16 at 5pm. This is
an ABSOLUTE DEADLINE. NO EXCEPTIONS. Place your completed FINAL EXAM in the same
manila envelope that has your name and course number on it, a leave it in the accordion folder that is
attached to Dr. Schmidt’s office (BDC 257A) bulletin board.
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FINAL EXAM:
TEXTBOOKS:
Take Home Exam
Interaction by S and R St. Onge (Seventh Edition)
Interaction Workbook & Labwork Manual (exercices écrits et oraux)
Kirikou -
Written workbook and lab exercises for Chapters 1-5 will be completed and submitted for Dr.
Schmidt’s evaluation, on a weekly basis, for a grade according to the deadlines on the syllabus by
the week. Failure to drop off written assignments weekly at Dr. Schmidt’s office in BDC 257A, in
the accordion folder attached to her office’s bulletin board, will result in a drop of 10 points for
each assignment that is late. Please follow syllabus for written workbook and lab exercises due
dates.
Two to three hours of language lab are required each week. Students usually complete this
requirement at home, but they may also work in the language lab.
The Language lab is located in DDH/E-102. The list of available hours of operation for the
Language lab for Fall 2011 are TBA.
A student's grade will depend on the following factors:
INTERACTION Workbook:
(“Exercice écrit” & “exercice oral” per
chapter: Chapters 1-5 )
50%
Final exam
50%
PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES AND BEEPERS IF WORKING IN THE
LANGUAGE LAB. THANK YOU. MERCI.
GRADING PROCEDURE: The grading system in all French courses is identical to the one
described on page 80 of the 2009-2011 CSUB General Catalog. Students will be given letter
grades on their written exercises (exercices écrits) and audio exercises (exercices oraux) per
chapter in the INTERACTION Workbook, and on their final exam.
The letter grades given will be as follows: A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F
INTEGRITY OF SCHOLARSHIP AND GRADES/ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
The CSUB rules regarding the integrity of scholarship will be strictly enforced. For your information,
the rules, as they appear on page 80-81 of the 2009-2011 Catalog are as follows:
The principles of truth and honesty are recognized as fundamental to a community of teachers and
scholars. The University expects that both faculty and students will honor these principles and in so
doing protect the validity of University grades. This means that all academic work will be done by the
student to whom it is assigned, without unauthorized aid of any kind. Instructors, for their part, will
exercise care in the planning and supervision of academic work so that honest effort will be positively
encouraged.
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Plagiarism, the practice of taking ideas and writings from another and offering them as one's own, is a
form of cheating and is unacceptable. It may consist of handing in someone else's work, copying a
composition, using ideas, paragraphs, sentences, or phrases written by another or using ideas, data, and
statistics compiled by another. This includes rearrangement of phrases from the original into a new
pattern. When using ideas, interpretations, or material written or compiled by another, acknowledgment
of indebtedness to the original author or source must be made by the use of quotation marks, footnotes
or similar references.
A student may not submit a paper (or two papers which are substantially the same) for credit in two
different courses unless a prior agreement to accept such work has been made between the instructors
involved.
If any instance of academic dishonesty is discovered by an instructor, it is the instructor's responsibility
to give a failing grade to the student for the course. In every case, the instructor
should notify in writing the Dean of Students and the dean of the school in which the student is enrolled
of the circumstances of the case. In all cases of academic dishonesty, the first offense will result in the
student's receiving an "F" in the course and the second offense will result in termination of the student's
enrollment at the University.
A student may appeal any sanction employed by the instructor and the University based upon an
allegation of academic dishonesty by initiating grievance procedures within no more than fifteen (15)
school days (academic year) after notification of the grade is mailed or personally given to the student.
Procedures are available in the School deans' offices.
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