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 116-035 French III: Language I

Note

Formerly available as 116-314. Students who have completed 116-314 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr Bernadette Dejean de la Batie

Prerequisites

116-016 French II: Language II, or equivalent.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

Three hours of language classes per week

Subject Description

Advanced written and spoken communication, advanced comprehension based on authentic audio-visual material and reading of a range of literary works. Students completing this subject should be able to: understand complex authentic audio-visual materials; produce written work in very accurate and fluent French in a variety of genres (modelling fictional or factual texts) and registers (from colloquial to formal); read a novel or a play in French with the same degree of facility as reading a comparable book in English.

Assessment

Written assignments equivalent to 1000 words, and oral/aural tests (20 minutes each) equivalent to 2000 words, and a 1-hour written test.

Prescribed Texts

A collection of excerpts from texts available through the department.

  • A Judge & F G Healey, A Reference Grammar of Modern French. Edward Arnold, A Division of Hodder and Stoughton 1985.
  • R Merle, L'Ile. Gallimard & Folio 1974.
  • S Japrisot, L'Ete meurtrier. Denoel-Folio 1977.


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