French (FREN) 362

Overview

French 362 is designed to follow French 201 or a full first-year university French course. This course continues the study of French grammar, expansion of vocabulary, and the study of short stories selected from francophone literature. The student will improve both written and spoken French through conversation, comprehension, grammar, and composition.

Outline

Unit 1: Collage 1, Grammaire française 12, 13 (le présent de l'indicatif, l'impératif), Le récit de fiction 1

Unit 2: Collage 1, Grammaire française 1,3 (le nom, l'adjectif ), Le récit de fiction 1

Unit 3: Collage 2, Grammaire française 14,15 (le passé composé, l’imparfait), Le récit de fiction 1

Unit 4: Collage 2, Grammaire française 16 (le plus-que-parfait)

Unit 5: Grammaire française 2 (les déterminants), Le récit de fiction 2

Unit 6: Collage 3, Grammaire française 17 (le futur simple, proche et antérieur), Le récit de fiction 2

Unit 7: Collage 3, Grammaire française 18 (le conditionnel présent et passé)

Unit 8: Collage 4, Grammaire française 19 (le subjonctif présent et passé), Le récit de fiction 3

Unit 9: Collage 4, Grammaire française 8 (l'adverbe), Le récit de fiction 3

Unit 10: Collage 5, Grammaire française 9 (les comparatifs et les superlatifs)

Unit 11: Collage 5, Grammaire française 4 (les pronoms personnels), Le récit de fiction 4

Unit 12: Collage 6, Grammaire française 20 (le participe présent et passé), Le récit de fiction 4

Unit 13: Collage 6, Grammaire française 29 ( la voix passive)

Unit 14: Grammaire française 28 (l’interrogation)

Unit 15: Exam Week

Unit 16: Collage 7, Grammaire française 30 (le discours indirect), Le récit de fiction 6

Unit 17: Collage 7, Grammaire française 27 (la négation), Le récit de fiction 6

Unit 18: Collage 8, Grammaire française 7 (les pronoms relatifs)

Unit 19: Collage 8, Grammaire française 5 (les pronoms possessifs), Le récit de fiction 5

Unit 20: Collage 9, Grammaire française 6 (les pronoms démonstratifs), Le récit de fiction 5

Unit 21: Collage 9, Grammaire française 22 (les verbes pronominaux)

Unit 22: Collage 10, Grammaire française 21 (l'infinitif), Le récit de fiction 7

Unit 23: Collage 10, Grammaire française 26 ( les mots indéfinis), Le récit de fiction 7

Unit 24: Collage 11, Grammaire française 23 (les verbes impersonnels)

Unit 25: Collage 11, Grammaire française 10 (les prépositions), Le récit de fiction 8

Unit 26: Collage 12, Grammaire française 11 (les conjonctions), Le récit de fiction 8

Unit 27: Collage 12, Grammaire française 24,25 (les verbes semi-auxiliaires, les temps littéraires)

Unit 28: Review

Unit 29: Review

Unit 30: Examination Week

Evaluation

To receive credit for FREN 362, you must complete and submit the oral midterm and final exams, receive a grade of at least 50 percent on each of the written examinations and achieve a course composite grade of at least “D” (50 percent). The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:

9 Tutor-marked Written Exercises	15%
6 Tutor-marked Oral Exercises	15%
3 Essays	10%
Midterm Oral Exam	5%
Midterm Written Exam	25%
Final Oral Exam	5%
Final Written Exam	25%
Total	100%

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

Course Materials

Textbooks

Other Materials

The course materials also include an assignment manual.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the FREN 362 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least “D” (50 percent) on the written examination and at least 50 per cent on the oral examination (telephone or on-line). You must write a composition (to be submitted as a word document).

Oral examination	Composition	Exam	Total
30%	10%	60%	100%

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

• Challenge for Credit Form