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Delivery mode: Individualized study with video/audio components.* *Overseas students, please contact the University Library before registering in a course that has an audio/visual component.
Credits: 3 - Humanities. This course may be taken for credit towards most degree programs. It cannot, however, be applied to the BA major in French.
Prerequisite: FREN 100 or recent completion of French 20 (or two years of senior high school French or equivalent). A good knowledge of English grammar is essential.
Precluded course: FREN 103 (FREN 100 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for FREN 103.)
Centre: Centre for Language and Literature
FREN 101 is not available for challenge.
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FREN 101 continues the study of the basic elements of the French language acquired in FREN 100. Oral and written skills are developed through the study of vocabulary, grammar, and idiomatic expressions. This course will enable students to speak and write in simple French in a range of everyday situations. A basic knowledge of English grammar is very important since FREN 101 contains a major grammar component.
French in Action: Lessons 14-26. This component of the course will enable you to speak and write in simple French about:
French in Action is the televised component of FREN 101. Each lesson of the textbook corresponds to a televison episode. Students must view each program. Students who register at a time that does not correspond to the television broadcasts or who are residing outside of the broadcast range of ACCESS, The Education Station in Alberta, may borrow videotapes from Athabasca University Library.
En bons termes is the basic grammar component of FREN 101. Lessons 11-18 are covered in FREN 101. The grammar component is very important and must be studied methodically. En bons termes covers grammatical concepts such as:
Students are required to complete four written assignments, five oral exercises, one comprehensive written exercise, and one written and oral examination respectively. In order to pass FREN 101 students must achieve a minimum grade of 50 percent on the written examination and a minimum composite course grade of “D” (50 percent).
| Written Exercises (4 @ 2.5% each) | 10% |
| Oral Exercises (5 @ 2% each) | 10% |
| Comprehensive Written Exercise | 10% |
| Written Exam | 50% |
| Oral Exam | 20% |
| Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Capretz, Pierre J. 1994. French in Action. 2d ed. Yale University Press, New Haven & London.
Parmentier, M. and D. Potvin. 2005. En bons termes. 6th ed. Scarborough, ON: Prentice Hall Canada Inc.
The course materials also include a student manual and an assignment manual.