BEGINNING FRENCH II – FRENCH 1020 UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
French First Year II –11883 FREN 1020 – section 001. 4 credits. 9:30 am-10:20 am MTWR Old Main 203 (lab 004 Main)
SARAH GORDON, PH.D.
Associate Professor of French, Associate Department Head
Sarah.gordon@usu.edu
Office: Old Main 341-B MTW 8:30-9:30 and by appt.
Catalog description: Communicative competencies in the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing,
with exposure to cultures and customs. Prerequisite: French 1010, placement test, or equivalent approved by instructor.
Learning Objectives: Language learning is an enriching, never-ending process. Our goal is to increase proficiency levels
in our French. Our objective is to improve communication skills expressing ourselves orally and in writing in French, in
addition to learning factual knowledge, terminology, vocabulary, grammar, and cultural knowledge.
Textbook: Vis-à-vis 5th edition. FREN 1020 covers second half of book with Quia/Centro. Online Workbook/Laboratory
Manual, Quia/Centro code ISBN: 0077358473. http://books.quia.com OUR COURSE CODE IS: NJNE337.
Lab: This course has a significant lab component, allowing students to work at their own pace either in the language lab
004 Old Main or on their own computer. Most but, not all, Thursdays, and some other dates, will be devoted to online lab
and this personalized computer assisted language learning. This requires the purchased textbook Quia code. If you took
1020 last semester at USU your same code will work but it is a different instructor code so you will have to set it up again.
Quia lab is due prior to 11:59pm the Monday following syllabus listing. See site for dates, grades, and assignments. We
do not use Canvas. Late work with valid excuse and minus-10%/week. You get 4 tries and best score is recorded. If you
do not have a microphone use the lab for voice assignments. http://books.quia.com COURSE CODE IS: NJNE337.
Tutors: Free tutors are assigned to our course. You must meet with the tutor once for 20 minutes this semester minimum.
You must sign the “French Tutors” sheet on the bulletin board in the lab and say what you did. You may review grammar
topics, get help with online homework, or just practice French conversation. This is part of your homework grade. You
may visit them as many times as you wish, drop-in or email for appointment. See also: mhhe.com/visavis5
Quizlet.com is a free study tools site and you are required to create sets of flashcards with it, details TBA
Grading:
30%: Homework on QUIA etc. (QUIA due each Monday, lab work completed on Thursdays during scheduled class time)
with 4 tries. Plus other brief homework announced /distributed in class by prof. Plus 3 Quizlet.com assignments (sets of
20 words+ each, created and practiced in two ways. Copy URL and email to prof.)
5%: 1 composition, of a personal anecdote 500-550 words
40%: 4 exams (cover 2 chapters each, 10% each)
10%: Final exam (includes chapter 16 and short composition)
15%: Participation (attendance and voluntary participation. Effort and improvement count!) Note: each 4+ unexcused
absences drops your overall course grade.
A 93-100
C+ 77-79
A- 90-92.9
C 74-76
B+ 98-89
C- 70-73
B 84-86
D+ 67-69
B- 80-83
D 64-66
F 63 or less
Disabilities: Reasonable accommodation will be provided for all persons with disabilities; contact the instructor and
Disability Resource Center (797-2444) during the first week of class.
Plagiarism: includes knowingly "representing…the work of another person as one's own …without full and clear
acknowledgment. It also includes the unacknowledged used of materials prepared by another person…” The penalties for
plagiarism are severe. Tutors may help you with homework but nobody may write for you on written assignments or
take-home final. You may use spell and grammar checkers and dictionaries (such as wordreference.com) but may not use
translation apps/sites/programs.
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Monday/lundi
Tuesday/mardi
Wednesday/mercredi
JANVIER 6
Intro
Se présenter
7
8
review
Ch.9 234-5 , 237
mhhe.com/visavis5 vocab de transport.
Étudiiez VOCAB
page 257!
13
Ch.9 238, 239-240 points
cardinaux, indications, verbe
conduire. +290 ch 11
En voiture/code de la route/les
cartes
14
Ch.9 241-3
depuis/pendant
MLK DAY USU NO CLASSES
27
Clips video Tour de France
15
21
Ch.9 adverbes, jeu de
role/conduire
Ch. 9 review
Quizlet.com 1 20 word set due
Ch.9 pronoms
affirmatifs/négatifs
249-51
23
QUIA AU LABO
28
252-6
16
22
Ch. 9 252-7
EXAMEN I: CH 9
9
Ch.9
En avion! jeu de rôle!
Ch.9 adverbes 246-9
20
Thursday/jeudi
29
30
Ch.10 Étudiiez
vocab de téchnologie
etc. 260, 286-7! 2603, 283
OUI en classe, Petit
Nicolas dessin animé
et texte.264-5 dire lire
écrire mettre
FÉVRIER 3
4
5
6
Petit Nicolas written questions
due
Ch.10
Ch.10
QUIA AU LABO
DUE bring 270 E. 1-3
to class!
Pronoms d’objet
direct 270-3
Ch.10: 266-70
L’IMPARFAIT
IMPARFAIT
10
Ch.10
L’accord du participle passé,
verbes –oir 276-80. 284 Edith
Piaf. Clips ßVidéo
17
PRESIDENTS’ DAY USU NO
CLASSES
24
Ch.11
Savoir vs. connaître 304-7,
vocab. 317
11
12
13
Ch, 1
ch.11
QUIA AU LABO
Petite Ville vs. Paris.
Vidéos visite de Paris
292-3, 303 nombres
ordinaux. Fable
photocopie Rat de Ville
Rat de Campagne
Passé composé vs.
l’imparfait 294-98.
345 Prévert poème
18
19
FILM PARIS JE FILM PARIS JE
T’AIME (édité) TA T’AIME TA
20
QUIA AU LABO
25
26
27
review ch 10-11
EXAMEN 2: CH
10-11
QUIA AU LABO
Pronoms objet indirect
299-301, y/en 307-311
2
Film questions DUE!
MARS 3
Ch.12
320-24 arts et littérature
4
5
6
MUSEUM FIELD
TRIP: meet at Eccles
ch 12
QUIA AU LABO
pronms 321-33
10 SPRING BR
11 SPRING BREAK
12 SPRING BREAK
13 SPRING BREAK
17
18
19
20
ch. 12 review,
ch. 13
QUIA AU LABO
vocab 349, adverbes
354-55
QUIA AU LABO
Quizlet 2 – 1 20 word set due
Verbes+infinitive 336-345
chez le
médecin/parties du
corps
24
25
26
ch.13
reflexifs/pronomiaux/activités
du quotidian 357-63
ch. 13
ch. 13
verbes pronomiaux
366-70
review, lecture,
vocab. 375
AVRIL 1
2
3
Au travail 378-80.
Vocab 406-7
À la banque € $ 380383
QUIA AU LABO
Ch. 14
Ouvrir, vocab
7
8
9
10
ch.14
ch. 14/15 pronoms
relatifs/futur
ch.15
QUIA AU LABO
31
EXAMEN 3: ch. 12-13
le futur simple 384-89
COMPOSITION DUE
14
ch.15 Conditionnel 418-19
chanson si j’étais président…
21
Ch.16 subjonctif
Ch.16
l’environnement/vocab/donner
des conseils/subjonctif
Quizlet 3 – 1 20 word set due
27 QUIA AU LABO
charades! 410-12
pronoms
interrogatifs 413-17
loisirs courir, rire
15
16
17
ch.15
EXAMEN 4: ch 1415
QUIA AU LABO
23
24
424-35
22
Ch. 16
subjonctif
review and take-home
final sent out
LAST CLASS
EMAIL FINAL DUE
to prof prior to 4/29
11:59pm
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