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Georgia Institute of Technology
Department of Modern Languages
French 2002 - Fall 2009

 

 

 

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Ressources:

Muyskens, Harlow, Vialet and Brière. Bravo!. Boston: Heinle and Heinle Publishers. 5th edition. (Required). Bundle that contains the book, the workbook, the CDs AND the Quia access code. YOU MUST HAVE THE QUIA BUNDLE. It contains the code that gives access to the online workbook. Used workbooks are not acceptable.

The books containing the QUIA access code are available at the bookstore. For more info on Quia: http://quia.thomsonlearningconnections.com/index.html. I will send you (or have sent you) an email containing all pertinent information as to how to create an account and access our electronic class. If you don't use your GT email account, you need to send me an email with your appropriate contact info. You need to have a valid, working email address for this class.

I recommend that you familiarize yourself with Buzzport. From your buzzport account, you will able to email the whole class. (http://webct.gatech.edu/; https://buzzport.gatech.edu/cp/home/displaylogin).

You will also find valuable information on our site at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~nc44/. It is the place to go on the web if you want to print a fresh copy of this syllabus, or if you want to know what's going on in Atlanta, try a few activities of oral comprehension and brush up on your vocabulary, or symply have access to French links.

Evaluation

  • Class participation: 15%
  • EXAMS: 50%
  • WORKBOOK: 30%
  • Final project: 5%

French 2002 demands faithful and regular preparation of assignments and active participation in class. Before coming to class each day, prepare the section of the lesson indicated on the syllabus. You should spend two hours on your homework for each hour of class time. In other words, you should expect to spend 6 hours studying your French each week. It is recommended that you break this down into one hour daily. This can be your "French hour"...

No make-up tests of examinations will be given without an official excuse (a valid written medical excuse stipulating that you could not be in class on the day and time of the exam). Daily class attendance is expected. More than three absences will affect the final course grade. One point will be substracted for each daily absence in excess of three. Arriving late to class will also cause you to lose points.

  Work is assigned in your digital workbook. The homework must be finished and successfully submitted at midnight the day BEFORE each class and will be graded. Late assignments will receive no grade and cound as a grade of 0 in the homework average. Human nature being what it is (sigh), we professors have to encourage you to do your work regularly...

 

The organization of the book. There are 10 chapters. We will study five of them. Each chapter has three lessons, an intermède culturel and a video segment. We'll cover these 5 parts for each chapter. On lessons one and three, you have to review grammar already studied during first year French. Please DO REVIEW these BEFORE coming to class. On lesson 2, there is NEW grammar, which means YOU NEED TO STUDY IT PRIOR TO COMING TO CLASS... This will ensure that you do your workbook efficiently and that you don't get lost in class. After class, you should review what we have learned, memorize new words and structures, do your workbook, and prepare for the next class by either reviewing or learning the grammar that we will practice. Easy right? If you do this religiously, I am sure that you will do extremely well in this class. If you don't, you will get frustrated, you may start to blame it on your supposed lack of talent for languages, or whatever, you may even blame it on me (please don't do that)! Just remember: doing the homework is important, and it is your key to success. Well, I think that I have made my point.

Le calendrier...

The homework is to be done before class.

18 aout

Introduction, pratique, révisions.
20 août

Chapitre 6, leçon 1

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Memorize Book: pronoms d'objets
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Familiarize yourself with the lesson's vocabulary.
2) Workbook.
You may want to start working on your workbook. It is due soon.
 
25 août

Chapitre 6, leçon 1

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Memorize Book: pronoms d'objets
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Familiarize yourself with the lesson's vocabulary.
2) Workbook.
Complete lesson 1, all exercices écrits AND exercices de laboratoire.
27 août

Chapitre 6, leçon 2

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Memorize Book: pronoms d'objets
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Memorize the lesson's vocabulary and grammar.
2) Workbook.
Complete lesson 2, all exercices écrits AND exercices de laboratoire.
lien
1er septembre

Chapitre 6, leçon 3

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Memorize Book: pronoms d'objets
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Memorize the lesson's vocabulary and grammar.
2) Workbook.
Complete lesson 3, all exercices écrits AND exercices de laboratoire.
3 septembre

Chapitre 6: EXAMEN 1

 
 
8 septembre

Chap 6, intermède culturel, lectures.

No homework
I still expect you in class. Any unexcused absence in excess of three counts against you, even if the first three were for medical reasons... Plus, the class will be fun.
10 septembre

Chapitre 6.

Activités Vidéo.
No homework
I still expect you in class. Any unexcused absence in excess of three counts against you, even if the first three were for medical reasons... Plus, the class will be fun.
 
15 septembre

Chapitre 7, leçon 1

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Memorize Book (le futur)
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Memorize the lesson's vocabulary and grammar.
2) Workbook.
Complete lesson 1, all exercices écrits AND exercices de laboratoire.
17 septembre

Chapitre 7, leçon 2

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Familiarize yourself with the lesson's vocabulary and grammar. Review lesson 1
2) Workbook.
Complete lesson 2, all exercices écrits AND exercices de laboratoire.
22 septembre

Chapitre 7, leçon 3

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Memorize the lesson's vocabulary and grammar. Review all 3 lessons. Start reviewing chaper 6. Your first exam is coming up.
2) Workbook.
Complete lesson 3, all exercices écrits AND exercices de laboratoire.
24 septembre

Chapitre 7: EXAMEN II
29 septembre

Chap 7, intermède culturel, lectures.

No homework
I still expect you in class. Any unexcused absence in excess of three counts against you, even if the first three were for medical reasons... Plus, the class will be fun.
1er octobre

Chap 7, Vidéo.

I still expect you in class. Any unexcused absence in excess of three counts against you, even if the first three were for medical reasons... Plus, the class will be fun.
No homework
6 octobre

Student recess
8 octobre

Chap 8, leçon 1

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Memorize Book 284-285, ne...pas & qui et que.
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Memorize the lesson's vocabulary and grammar.
2) Workbook.
Complete lesson 1, all exercices écrits AND exercices de laboratoire.
13 octobre

Chap 8, leçon 2

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Memorize the lesson's vocabulary and grammar.
2) Workbook.
Complete lesson 2, all exercices écrits AND exercices de laboratoire

 
15 octobre

Chap 8, leçon 3

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Memorize the lesson's vocabulary and grammar.
Start reviewing lessons 1 and 2.
2) Workbook.
Complete lesson 3, all exercices écrits AND exercices de laboratoire.
20 octobre

Chap 8: EXAMEN III

 
22 octobre

Chap 8, intermède culturel et vidéo

No homework
It is not because there was an exam that you should skip this class. Any unexcused absence in excess of three counts against you, even if the first three were for medical reasons... After all your revisions and work, this class should be very productive. Your brain cells at their best. Come to class and practice your French!!!
27 octobre

Chap 9, leçon 1

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Memorize Book, les adjectifs démonstratifs et les adverbes.
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Memorize the lesson's vocabulary and grammar.
2) Workbook.
Complete lesson 1, all exercices écrits AND exercices de laboratoire.
29 octobre

Chap 9, leçon 2

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Learn the lesson's vocabulary and grammar. Review/memorize vocab and grammar for lesson 1.
2) Workbook
Complete lesson 2, all exercices écrits AND exercices de laboratoire
lien
3 novembre

Chap 9, leçon 3

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Learn the lesson's vocabulary and grammar. Review/memorize vocab and grammar for lesson 2.
2) Workbook.
Complete lesson 3, all exercices écrits AND exercices de laboratoire

 
5 novembre

Chap 9:

Activités culturelles et vidéo

No homework
You know it: you still need to come to class..

 
10 novembre

Chap 9: EXAMEN IV
12 novembre

Chap 10, leçon 1.

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Familiarize yourself with the lesson's vocabulary and grammar.
2) Workbook.
Complete lesson 1, all exercices écrits AND exercices de laboratoire.

 
17 novembre

Chap 10, leçon 2.

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Learn the lesson's vocabulary and grammar. Review/memorize vocab and grammar for lesson 1.
2) Workbook
Complete lesson 2, all exercices écrits AND exercices de laboratoire.
19 novembre

Chap 10, leçon 3.

Homework: (to be done BEFORE class)
1) Preparation in your book:
Listen to the conversation on your CD. Familiarize yourself with the lesson's vocabulary and grammar. Review/memorize vocab and grammar for lessons 1 and 2.
2) Workbook.
Complete lesson 3, all exercices écrits AND exercices de laboratoire.

 
24 novembre

Chap 10: EXAMEN V

 
26 novembre

No class
lien
1er décembre

Chap 10, intermède culturel.

No homework
You know it: you still need to come to class...

 
3 décembre

Activités vidéo

No homework
And yes, even on the last day, you still need to come to class...