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Class meets:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 2.00PM until 3.15PM
in Turlington 2305.
Course Objectives:
-to increase students lexical knowledge of French.
-to apply this lexical knowledge to formal and informal communication in French
through discussions, comments, debates, presentations.
-to develop oral skills through the same means.
-to increase student's knowledge of current French society through the news, the
press, films, music, etc.
Description of Course:
FRE 3410 Advanced Conversation in French is a two-hour credit course devoted to
conversation in French.
FRE 3410 applies grammar and newly acquired vocabulary to conversational and communicative contexts.
Video and audio material for the class are available in the Language Learning Center.
The Language Learning Center is located in Turlington 1341. (392-2112). Open M-F. 8-6 (Friday 8-5 only)
FRE 3410 is entirely devoted to conversation and listening comprehension. Activities will include discussion of articles,
news programs, songs and films.
Oral presentations will be scheduled at the beginning of the term where each student will present a topic of his/her choice.
Class preparation before class meets is compulsory. Each student is asked to prepare a special notebook with entries on each preparation for class discussion and lists of new vocabulary. These notebooks will be collected
several times during the semester by the instructor.
FRE 3410 requires active participation in French.
A typical week will unfold the following way:
-Monday: Revue de Presse - Students will be required
to read and/or watch the news during the week and on monday they will discuss
them together and with
the instructor. The sources being any French-speaking
material (TV at the language lab, press on the web, etc.). Discussions can take
the form of class discussion, group discussion, debate, etc.
-Tuesday: There will be some student presentations and then the class
will discuss different material such as songs, cartoons, poems, etc.
-Wednesday: There will be some student presentations and then the class
will discuss a news article provided in advance (on this site) focusing on a
prominent current event.
-Thursday: A film previously viewed by the students
(most of the time in the language lab) will be discussed in class.
Prerequisites and Placement:
FRE 2201 or Placement Exam (see Undergraduate Catalogue for SAT II, AP or IB scores.)
If you have any questions about your placement in this course, please see with
your instructor who will advise at his best.
Native Speakers in French are obviously not allowed in the class.
Evaluation:
-Presentation: 20%
-Attendance and Participation: 20%
-Preparations/Journal: 20%
-Quizzes: 20%
-Final Oral Interview: 20%
Presentation
Each student will do one presentation during the semester.
The topic must be related to the French (or French speaking) culture and must
be discussed with the instructor beforehand.
Presentations should last about 10 minutes and no reading is allowed (only one
flash card is allowed for vocabulary or outline notes).
Visual support is allowed or even encouraged if the topic requires it.
The use of PowerPoint is restricted to visual support (i.e. it's OK to use
PowerPoint to show pictures, graphs, etc. It's not OK to do a PowerPoint
presentation).
It is also a good idea to provide your classmates with an outline and/or a list
of useful vocabulary.
Presentations are graded as follows:
-Discussion of topic with instructor: 10%
-Content and Research: 20%
-Conveying the point and Fluency: 30%
-Pronunciation: 25%
-Use of Vocabulary and Grammar: 15%
Participation
Because this class is a conversation class, participation is of
the utmost importance. Students are required to actively participate in all the
class activities.
Attendance and Tardiness
Attendance is of the
utmost importance. Every absence will result in a zero in participation for that
day, unless excused. That is, if a student is not in class he/she cannot
participate.
The instructor can excuse some absences if the proper documents are
provided to him. The instructor reserves the right to excuse an absence or not.
Keep in mind that any unexcused absence also results in a lower grade in
participation.
Excessive or repetitive tardiness can also lower the participation grade.
Also try to be on time because very often the instructor makes important and
useful announcements at the beginning of the class that you do not want to miss.
Preparations/Journal
The students are required to do a journal for the class.
The journal must include all the preparations and research for the class (topics
that will be discussed, vocabulary lists, notes taken while watching the movies,
etc) as well as the notes taken during the class (discussions, vocabulary,
presentations, etc.)
If for any reason there is no assignment for a day, students are required to
write a page long 'free entry' for that day about whatever topic
they want.
Also, remember to prepare lists of vocabulary for all material (especially
written) you use in the class.
Quizzes
Vocabulary quizzes will be given regularly.
The vocabulary that is going to be tested will be taken from any of the material
discussed in class.
Final Oral Interview
The last day of the semester all the students will have a final
oral interview with the instructor who will ask them questions about a couple of
topics discussed during the semester.
Appropriate classroom decorum:
Each student in the class is expected to participate in a responsible and mature manner that enhances the educational process. Any conduct that, in the
judgment of the instructor, disrupts the learning process will lead to disciplinary action.
Our statement regarding academic dishonesty:
Academic Honesty: The University of Florida statement regarding academic honesty reads: “On my honor, I have neither given or received unauthorized aid on my work.” Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, the giving or taking of any information or material of academic work considered in the determination of the course grade. “Giving information includes but is not limited to allowing other students to use or copy class work or answers to exam questions either while the exam is being given or after having taken the exam. Further, the taking of information includes, but is not limited to, copying from the answers provided in the book or ancillary materials, copying from another student’s paper during an examination, working with someone else or using information already written in books or lab manual assignments, asking anyone, students or not to review and/or correct assignments. Students found in violation of this policy will be referred to the appropriate program administration for appropriate action according to the student judicial process.
Students with Special Needs:
Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation. It is the student’s responsibility to take the appropriate steps in informing the instructor of any special needs and for arranging any accommodations with ample time to administer them.
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