116-173 Intermediate French I

Note

Available as 116-273 at 2nd-year level, 116-373 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Four or five years of secondary-school French or equivalent.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Students will develop their proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and listening to French, through a series of classroom and laboratory exercises, emphasising effective communication. Video and audio documents as well as written texts will be studied. The course will also enrich the students' knowledge of francophone cultures.

Assessment

Continuous assessment (35%); 10-minute oral (10%); listening comprehension test (10%); final 21/2 hour examination (45%).

Prescribed Texts

A collection of texts and exercises provided by the Department.

• B Hirsch and C Thompson, Ensuite: Cours intermédiaire de français. McGraw-Hill (2nd ed.) 1993.
• B Hirsch and C Thompson, Cahier de laboratoire et d'exercices écrits. McGraw-Hill (2nd ed.) 1993.