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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : French

116-114 French Part 1: Contemporary France I

Credit Points:

18.75 1st year

Coordinator:

Dr Jill Anderson and Dr Gregory Sims

Prerequisite/s:

VCE French or equivalent.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

Six hours including one laboratory hour per week

Content:

Various exercises and activities to consolidate Year 12 linguistic skills. Speaking: conversation on everyday topics, role plays, short presentations, argument development. Aural comprehension: understanding authentic spoken materials, development of listening accuracy. Writing: grammar revision and development, composition, translation. Reading: introduction to textual and visual studies and contemporary French civilisation through intensive work in small groups; development of critical analysis.

Assessment:

Continuous assessment in written and oral work (35 %); a 90-minute written language exam (25 %); a 10-minute oral test (10 %); a civilisation essay (10 %); and a 50-minute textual studies test (20 %).

Prescribed Texts:

Livret de l'étudiant I (prepared by the Department)

  • Carlut and Meiden, French for Oral and Written Review, (5th ed.) Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1993.
  • Mauchamp, La France d'aujourd'hui, CLE International 1991.
  • Camus, L'Exil et le royaume, Livre de Poche.
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