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French (FREN) 375
Vocabulary Expansion (Revision 1)

Revision 1 closed, replaced by current version.

Delivery mode: Individualized study with audio component.

Credits: 6 - Humanities

Prérequis/ prerequisite: FREN 362 ou déclaration d'admissibilité par le/la professeur/e du cours. Notez bien qu'il est essentiel que l'étudiant(e) ait à sa disposition un magnétophone à cassettes afin d'écouter les leçons de “La pratique du français parlé”.
FREN362 or permission to register from the course professor. Please note that students require access to a cassette recorder in order to listen to the lessons in “La pratique du français parlé”.

Centre: Centre for Language and Literature

FREN 375 has a Challenge for Credit option.

Overview

FREN 375 focuses on the lexical rather than the grammatical aspect of the French language. This course is designed to dramatically increase students' vocabulary level and retention.

Outline

Unit 1: Vocabulary 1

Unit 2: Oral 1, Vocabulary 2

Unit 3: Vocabulary 3

Unit 4: Vocabulary 4

Unit 5: Vocabulary 5, Literature 1

Unit 6: Oral 2, Vocabulary 6

Unit 7: Vocabulary 7

Unit 8: Vocabulary 8, Literature 2

Unit 9: Vocabulary 9

Unit 10: Vocabulary 10

Unit 11: Oral 3, Vocabulary 11

Unit 12: Vocabulary 12, Literature 3

Unit 13: Vocabulary 13

Unit 14: Vocabulary 14

Unit 15: Examination Week

Unit 16: Vocabulary 15

Unit 17: Vocabulary 16, Literature 4

Unit 18: Oral 4, Vocabulary 17

Unit 19: Vocabulary 18

Unit 20: Vocabulary 19

Unit 21: Literature 5, Vocabulary 20

Unit 22: Vocabulary 21, Oral 9

Unit 23: Vocabulary 22

Unit 24: Vocabulary 23

Unit 25: Oral 5, Vocabulary 24

Unit 26: Vocabulary 25, Literature 6

Unit 27: Vocabulary 26

Unit 28: Oral 6, Vocabulary 27

Unit 29: Vocabulary 28, Literature 7

Unit 30: Vocabulary 29

Unit 31: Vocabulary 30

Unit 32: Examination Week

Evaluation

To receive credit for FREN 375, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least “D” (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on each of the written examinations. The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:

5 Written Exercises (2% ea.) 10%
6 Oral Exercises (1.66% ea.) 10%
4 Essays (2.5% ea.) 10%
2 Oral Exams (10% ea.) 20%
2 Written Exams (25% ea.) 50%
Total 100%

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

Course Materials

Textbooks

Hoffmann, Léon-François. 1973. La Pratique du Français Parlé. Charles Scribner's Sons.

Lemyze, Jean-Claude. 1979. Par Exemple, Livre 3. Centre Educatif et Culturel, Québec.

McConnell, G. Robert, ed. 1974. Québec Raconte... Editions Aquila limitée, Québec.

Other Materials

The course materials also include a study guide and a student manual.