French (FREN) 201

Overview

FREN 201 further develops the ability to speak and write French, enabling students to use French in social situations and to talk about themselves, their opinions, and their experiences. In addition, the course leads the student through a major review of grammar and develops the student's ability to understand and compose short passages.

Outline

Unit 1: Ensemble Grammaire en action, Chapter 7 : Mode et cuisine
Futur, Conditional, Pluperfect, Devoir
Activities Manual, 121-126

Unit 2: Ensemble Grammaire en action, Chapter 7
Activities Manual, 126-132
Assignment: Written exercise 1

Unit 3: Lectures diverses, « La France se fait bouffer », « La mode »
Assignment: Oral exercise 1

Unit 4: Ensemble Grammaire en action, Chapter 8 : Voyageurs et Touristes Relative Pronouns and Demonstratives
Activities Manual, 173-177

Unit 5: Ensemble Grammaire en action, Chapter 8
Activities Manual, 177-182
Assignment : Written exercise 2

Unit 6: Lectures diverses, « Xénophobie », « La machine àaméricain », « Du nord vers le sud »
Assignment : Oral exercise 2

Unit 7: Ensemble Grammaire en action, Chapter 9 : Langue et Communication
Subjunctive
Activities Manual, 193-197

Unit 8: Ensemble Grammaire en action, Chapter 9
Activities Manual, 198-199
Assignment : Written exercise 3

Unit 9: Lectures diverses, « Les tribulations d’un Québécois à Paris », « Le dictionnaire et la langue française »
Assignment : Oral exercise 3

Unit 10: Ensemble Grammaire en action, Chapter 10 : L’Art, la Scène et les Lettres
Possessives and Prepositions
Activities Manual, 205-208
Assignment : Composition 1 (based on Lectures diverses)

Unit 11: Ensemble Grammaire en action, Chapter 10
Activities Manual, 208-215
Assignment : Written exercise 4

Unit 12: Lectures diverses, « Le portrait »
Assignment : Oral exercise 4

Unit 13: Ensemble Grammaire en action, Chapter 11 : Musique, Cinéma et Sports
Passive Voice, Present Participle, Causative Construction
Activities Manual, 223-226

Unit 14: Ensemble Grammaire en action, Chapter 11
Activities Manual, 226-232
Assignment : Written exercise 5

Unit 15: Lectures diverses, « Ma contribution au baseball », « Le siècle du cinéma »
Assignment : Oral exercise 5

Unit 16: Revision
Assignment : Composition 2 (based on Lectures diverses)

Week 17: Examination week

Evaluation

To receive credit for FREN 201, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least “D” (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the written examination. The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:

5 Written Exercises (3% each)	15%
5 Oral Exercises (2% each)	10%
Composition 1	5%
Composition 2	5%
Written Exam	50%
Oral Exam	15%
Total	100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.