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French Language and Culture 4A - FREN3103
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Languages and Linguistics
 
 
Course Outline: School of Languages and Linguistic Course Outlines
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: FREN3102 or FREN1012 or FREN3004
 
 
Excluded: FREN1021, FREN2013
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Consolidation of all skills and initiation to the study of some forms of spoken and written discourse of vocational interest, mainly interview, oral report and short essay. Systematic study of syntax and contemporary French culture.


Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students should be able to:
  • Initiate and sustain spontaneous conversations on a reasonably wide range of topics, including some of personal and vocational interest
  • Use spontaneously and with accuracy a good range of linguistic structures, including all the main tenses and moods (e.g. Present, past tense, future, subjunctive, and conditional)
  • Demonstrate theoretical knowledge of these structures (e.g. at a grammar test)
  • Explain and synthetise the content of documents from authentic sources (French radio, television, internet, newspapers, and books) through oral and written communication
  • Present and develop a point of view, a narrative or some factual information through oral and written communication
  • Describe and discuss some current events and issues in francophone societies, related to topics such as food, communication, media, talk show, and multiculturalism
  • Compare these behaviours with their counterparts in their culture.

Assessment

  • Online work - 20%
  • Three assignments (Oral presentation, reading comprehension, written composition) - 30%
  • Grammar test - 10%
  • Listening comprehension portfolio - 10%
  • Culture test - 10%
  • Language tests - 10%

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