116-121 Beginners French A

Any student who has ever presented for Year 12 French or equivalent is ineligible for this subject. Students with four or five years of high-school French or the equivalent should enrol in 116-009 Intermediate French Language A.

This is an intensive language subject for beginners, with a focus on the development of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, and an introduction to French culture through the materials used for language acquisition. Students successfully completing the subject should be able to read simple French, and write accurately, make sense of and participate in a variety of communicative situations presented in French, within the limits of the vocabulary and tenses introduced in the course.

• have acquired basic skills in speaking, understanding and reading simple French and writing accurately, within the limits of the vocabulary and tenses introduced in the subject.

• time management and planning: through managing and organising workloads for required and recommended reading, essay and assignment completion and revision for examinations.

Written work and class tests 40% (due throughout semester), a 2-hour exam 30% (due in exam period), two 15-minute listening comprehension tests 15% (due during semester) and a 10-minute oral exam 15% (due in week 10), and a hurdle requirement of 80% attendance.

• E Amon, J A Muyskens & A C Omaggio Hadley, Vis-à-vis. Beginning French (3rd ed). McGrawhill 2004 (textbook, workbook/laboratory manual).