Search : Index : Faculty of Arts : French
Prev 116-038 Post-beginners French IIIB
Next 116-010 Intermediate French B
116-009 Intermediate French A | |
Note | Formerly available as 116-173/273/373. Students who have completed 116-173/272/373 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 1st and 2nd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr Chris Andrews |
Prerequisites | Four or five years of high school French or equivalent. Students must be concurrently enrolled in 116-010 Intermediate French B. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | Four hours per week, including one hour of supervised laboratory work |
Subject Description | An introduction to French and Francophone cultures through the study of selected and generally short authentic documents belonging to a broad variety of genres: short prose fiction, poems, feature films, television news stories, newspaper articles, record reviews, popular songs. Having worked on the literal comprehension of these documents, and observed in them the linguistic structures taught in Intermediate French B, students will then examine their internal organisation and cultural significance. Finally, they will elaborate, orally and in writing, their opinions on what they have read, watched and listened to. |
Assessment | Two written assignments in French (equivalent to 1500 words each) and one oral assignment in French (equivalent to 1000 words, to be submitted on audio cassette). |
Prescribed Texts | A collection of short literary and journalistic texts supplied by the department. Video and audio documents available at the Horwood Language Centre. |
Search : Index : Faculty of Arts : French
Prev 116-038 Post-beginners French IIIB
Next 116-010 Intermediate French B
Status: Official 1999 Last Modified: Tuesday October 20 11:47 SGML to HTML Conversion: Information Technology Services Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email Enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au