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 116-013 Post-beginners French IIA

Note

Formerly available as 116-201. Students who have completed 116-201 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Ms Sylvia Sagona

Prerequisites

116-003 Beginners French IC and 116-004 Beginners French ID, or Intensive Beginners French (Summer Course), or equivalent.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

Three hours of Language and Society and one hour of Language in Context per week

Subject Description

French IIA is designed to further develop skills taught in French IA. In the area of writing, students should be capable of writing short essays, of translating short passages from and into French, and be familiar with more complex syntactic structures. Students will be introduced to a study of literature and contemporary French society in small language group classes. All classes will be taught in French and emphasis will be placed on the development of oral fluency and aural competency. Multi-media interactive materials will be used to acquaint students with aspects of French culture.

Assessment

Two written language tests (Language and Society) equivalent to 2000 words, and a written texts test (Language in context) equivalent to 1000 words, and an oral exam equivalent to 1000 words.

Prescribed Texts

  • Larousse, Anthologie de la littérature française xix siècle Vol 4.
  • S Purdy, Emotions. Houghton Mifflan Company, Boston 1995.
  • Lamoureux and Comeau, Tout Ensemble. Holt Reinhart and Winston 1996. (Text and Laboratory Book).


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