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 116-007 French I: Cultural Perspectives

Note

Formerly available as 116-115. Students who have completed 116-115 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

First year

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Chris Andrews

Prerequisites

116-005 French I: Contemporary France and 116-006 French I: Language in Context I or equivalent.

Corequisites

Students must be concurrently enrolled in 116-008 French I: Language in Context II.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Three hours of language classes and one hour of supervised laboratory work per week

Subject Description

This subject involves various exercises and activities designed to consolidate and develop further the linguistic and communication skills gained in first semester. These include grammar exercises, which explore more sophisticated structures (such as argumentation); group work; short presentations; and listening comprehension. Textual studies classes continue, moving on to the work of Aymé, Ernaux, Sartre, and Robbe-Grillet. Students continue to develop their reading comprehension skills, and build on skills in critical analysis acquired in first semester.

Assessment

Written and oral work equivalent to 1500 words, a 10-minute oral test, a 1-hour written language test, and a textual studies essay totalling 1000 words.

Prescribed Texts
  • Livret de l'étudiant II. prepared by the Department.
  • J Ollivier, Grammaire française. (2nd ed) Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1992.
  • Ernaux, La Place.
  • Sartre, Huis clos.
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