French 111
Fundamentals of French
Fall 2005
Required books: Fouletier-Smith. Parallèles, third edition. Prentice Hall, 2004.
Parallèles. Cahier d'activités, third edition.
Recommended:
Morton, Jacqueline. English Grammar for Students of French. Olivia and
Hill Press.
FRE 111 is for those students who have already had French in high school, and who need a
refresher course. It is not open to students who have taken FRE 101 or 102 at Arizona State
University. Since this is a review course, it is assumed that students are already familiar with many
French structures. Little time will be spent on presenting new material. The class will meet in the
classroom three times a week (MWF classes) or twice a week (T/Th or M/W classes) and in the
language lab once a week. In addition students will complete and submit online assignments
through the Blackboard site to complete the additional work required for the course.
First Year (111) OBJECTIVES:
After completing the 111 course, students will be able to use the target language to communicate
minimally with learned material and formulaic utterances, ask and answer basic questions, initiate
and respond to simple statements, and maintain limited face-to-face conversations about familiar
topics. Additionally, students should be able to meet limited practical writing needs by creating
statements or questions that are within the structural (grammar) and lexical (vocabulary) parameters
of the course syllabus.
Communicative Functions covered in the course include: talking about likes and dislikes; describing
friends and family members; providing background information (name, date of birth, address, etc.);
narrating daily and past activities; requesting directions, food, and lodging; discussing health,
physical conditions, and survival needs; expressing opinions; and making travel arrangements.
Grade Assignment: Because French 111 compresses two semesters into one, there is a lot of work
involved. Students must attend class, lab, and do all required work. Grades will be calculated on
the following basis:
Chapter Exams
Final Exam
Final Oral Exam
Compositions
Lab work
Other
36% (5 exams, 1 dropped)
15%
10%
13% (4 @ 3% each + 1% for portfolio)
10%
16%
Plus and Minus Grades are assigned. The scale is: 93 – 100
90 - 92
A
A-
88 – 89
83 – 87
80 – 82
78 - 79
70 - 77
60 - 69
0 – 59
B+
B
BC+
C
D
E
Other is at the discretion of the individual instructor, and consists of homework, quizzes,
attendance, or any combination of these. All students must take the exams, write the
compositions, and do any and all work assigned by the instructor.
Compositions. There will be one composition per chapter written using the Système-D writing
assistance program in the Computer Lab. These will be short compositions--one to two
paragraphs--in which you will communicate information using the vocabulary and grammatical
structures you have learned in that chapter.
Chapter exams will be given approximately every two chapters and will cover the material in those
chapters. There are 5 exams scheduled during the semester; the student may drop the lowest grade.
THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UP EXAMS GIVEN. If you miss an exam, that will be the
grade dropped.
Final exam. The final exam is a common final and is scheduled for Friday, December 8, 7:00 8:50 PM.
A final oral exam will be given at the end of the semester.
Lab work. Students are required to be registered for both the 4-credit class and the 0-credit lab
component. Should students fail to register for the lab component, they will not receive credit
for the course. Lab work will consist of oral exercises in the cahier and on the lab tapes or CDs
that accompany the textbook, pronunciation practice, speaking and listening comprehension
practice through both audio and video tapes as well as supplementary material, and online
activities involving francophone sites on the Internet. This work will constitute the lab
component of your grade for the course. You are responsible for doing the Audio Lab activities
in your Cahier whether or not they have been assigned during your lab time and whether or not
your instructor has assigned them separately for homework. Sessions are scheduled in the
language laboratory every week through the semester and alternate between the Audio-Visual
Lab one week and the Computer Lab the other week. Audio CDs containing the lab activities are
packaged with the textbook.
Policy on absences. Excessive absences (more than three in classes that meet three days a week
or two in classes that meet twice a week) can and will adversely affect your final grade in the
course, since 15% of the grade is based on daily class work, and oral work done in class cannot
be made up. Should illness or some other unavoidable circumstance necessitate your missing
class, you will be allowed to make up written assignments done in class that day only if you
inform your instructor in advance or on the day of your absence. You can always leave a
message for your instructor by calling the Department of Languages and Literatures Office (9656281) between the hours of 7:30 AM and 5 PM.
Student Code of Conduct: Students are expected to know and adhere to the Arizona Board of
Regents Student Code of Conduct. This Code can be found at www.asu.edu/studentlife/judicial .
EMPLOI DU TEMPS
la semaine du 21 août
l Introduction au cours; Chapitre 2: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2 En direct, p. 75
m Chapitre 2: Etapes 3 & 4; Phonétique (pp. 87-88)
v Chapitre 2: En direct, p. 86; Cultures en parallèles, Découvertes (pp. 89-95)
du 28 août
l Chapitre 3: Cultures en parallèles (p. 100); Etapes 1 & 2
m Chapitre 3: Etapes 3 & 4
v Chapitre 3: Phonétique (p. 125); Cultures en parallèles (pp. 126-28); Découvertes (pp.
128- 31)
du 4 septembre
l Congé – Jour du travail
m Premier examen – Chapitres 2 & 3
v Chapitre 4: Etapes 1 & 2
du 11 septembre
l Chapitre 4: Etapes 3 & 4
m Chapitre 4: Phonétique (pp. 165-66); En direct (p. 164); Cultures en parallèles (p.167-68);
Découvertes (pp. 168-71)
v Cultures en parallèles; Chapitre 5: Etapes 1 & 2
du 18 septembre
l Chapitre 5: Etapes 3 & 4
m Chapitre 5: Phonétique (pp. 202-03); En direct; Cultures en parallèles
Découvertes (p. 205-09 )
v Examen 2 – Chapitres 4 & 5
du 25 septembre
l Chapitre 6: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2
m Chapitre 6: Etapes 2, 3 & 4
v Chapitre 6: Etape 4; Phonétique; Prononciation 6; En direct; Cultures en parallèles
Découvertes (p. 245-49)
du 2 octobre
l Chapitre 7: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2
m Chapitre 7: Etapes 3 & 4
v Chap. 7: Phonétique (p. 278-80); En direct; Cultures en parallèles;
Découvertes (pp.282-87)
du 9 octobre
l Examen 3 – Chapitres 6 & 7
m Chapitre 8: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2
v Chapitre 8: Etapes 3 & 4
du 16 octobre
l Chapitre 8: Phonétique; En direct; Cultures en parallèles; Découvertes (pp. 320-23)
m Chapitre 9: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2
v Chapitre 9: Etapes 3 & 4
du 23 octobre
l Chapitre 9: Phonétique; En direct; Cultures en parallèles; Découvertes (pp. 358-61)
m Examen 4 – Chapitres 8 & 9
v Chapitre 10: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2
Course Withdrawal Deadline
du 30 octobre
l Chapitre 10: Etapes 3 & 4
m Chapitre 10: Phonètique; En direct; Cultures en parallèles; Découvertes (pp. 399-401)
v Chapitre 11: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1& 2
du 6 novembre
l Chapitre 11: Etapes 3 & 4
m Chapitre 11: Phonétique; En direct; Cultures en parallèles; Découvertes (pp. 435-39)
v Congé – Jour du l’Armistice
du 13 novembre
l Examen 5 – Chapitres 10 & 11
m Chapitre 12: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2
v Chapitre 12: Etapes 3 & 4
du 20 novembre
l Chapitre 12: Phonétique; En direct; Découvertes (pp. 469-73)
m Chapitre 13: Cultures en parallèles; Etapes 1 & 2
v Congé—L’action de grâce
du 27 novembre
l Chapitre 13: Etapes 3 & 4
m Chapitre 13: Phonétique; En direct; Cultures en parallèles; Découvertes (pp. 507-09)
v Révision
du 4 décembre
l Examen final oral
EXAMEN FINAL ECRIT -- le vendredi 8 décembre de 19H à 20H50.