116-122 Beginners French IB

The subject introduces students to listening and speaking skills in French. Listening activities form the core of the subject, presenting new structures and vocabulary in meaningful situations, and providing students with models for pronunciation and dialogue work. Students will also work on pronunciation via language laboratory activities, where they can work at their own pace, and phonetic modelling exercises in class. The subject focuses on speaking skills primarily through the preparation of dialogues and information gap exercises, where students are given an authentic motive for using the language.

• This subject encompasses particular generic skills. Communicating knowledge intelligibly and economically: through essay and assignment writing, tutorial discussion and class presentations; Written communication: through essay and assignment preparation and writing; Public speaking and confidence in self-expression: through tutorial participation and class presentations; Attention to detail: through close reading and textual analysis, essay preparation and writing, and examination revision; Time management and planning: through managing and organizing workloads for required and recommended reading, essay and assignment completion and revision for examinations.

Two 15-minute listening comprehension tests 50% (due during semester) and a 10-minute oral exam 50% (due in week 10).

• J A Muyskens & A C Omaggio Hadley, Rendez-vous. An Invitation to French. (6th ed) McGrawhill 2001 (textbook, workbook/laboratory manual).