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Campus: Kensington Campus
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Career: Undergraduate
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Units of Credit: 6
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Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
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Enrolment Requirements:
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Prerequisite: FREN3102 or equivalent or permission from the Head of Program
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Excluded: FREN3110, FREN3120
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Description
Theoretical and practical study of the patterns of contemporary French. Special focus on the features of spontaneous speech in interaction. Students will practise interactive skills and expository discourse in French. This course is particularly useful for students intending to teach French as a foreign language.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Describe the main linguistic features of contemporary French (e.g. How sounds are produced, how new words are formed, how utterances and oral paragraphs are built)
- Relate these features to the diversity of contemporary French language (e.g. Popular French, language of the youth, regional accents, African French)
- Reflect on the historical, social and cultural facts associated with French language in the world (e.g. Spreading of French, language change, contact with English, rap music, language policies)
- Discuss in speaking and in writing and after personal research a specific topic of your choice related to the course aims
- Communicate with an improved pronunciation, fluency and overall ease, when speaking French.
Assessment
- Class work (Participation and preparations, readings and exercises) - 20%
- Two tests - 40%
- Oral presentation - 20%
- Research portfolio - 20%
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