Individualized study online with eText, and Video component (Overseas students, please contact the University Library before registering in a course that has an audio/visual component). Delivered via Brightspace.
Credits:
3
Areas of study:
Arts or Humanities
Prerequisites:
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:
FREN 103 (FREN 101 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for FREN 103.)
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.
Outline
FREN 101 follows the second half of the French in Action textbook, encompassing: Entrée en matière, Métiers, Écoles, Invitations, and Nourritures. French in Action is the basic vocabulary building component of FREN 101.
The En bons termes textbook covers the basic grammar component of FREN 101 and includes:
the comparative and superlative
reflexive verbs in the passé composé
the use of the imparfait together with the passé composé
depuis with expressions of time
demonstrative pronouns
the futur
object pronouns used with the impératif
the use of the conditionnel
possessive pronouns
the plus-que-parfait
indefinite adjectives
irregular verb conjugations and the use of prepositions
the futur antérieur
the use of the negations
the subjunctive
relative pronouns
Learning outcomes
When you have completed French 101, you will be able to achieve the following in French:
Write simple sentences that are grammatically and structurally correct. The study of grammar as it is presented in En bons termes is a key component of the course.
Speak and write about
your origins and childhood.
jobs and employment.
how and where you would buy certain items.
making telephone calls.
your holidays and other events in the past.
education in school and in university.
the subjects you study.
food and food habits.
ordering food in restaurants.
culinary habits in general, and French culinary habits in particular.
travel in general, and French tourism in particular.
Evaluation
To receive credit for FREN 101, you must achieve a minimum composite grade of D (50 percent) on the five written assignments, as well as a minimum grade of 50% on the Final Examination. Students must also achieve a minimum composite grade of 50% on the four Oral Assignments, and a minimum grade of 50% on the Final Oral Examination.
Activity
Weight
4 Written Assignments (6% each)
24%
1 Written Assignment (Composition)
6%
4 Oral Assignments (3% each)
12%
Final Oral Examination
8%
Final Examination
50%
Total
100%
The final examination for this course must be taken online with an AU-approved exam invigilator at an approved invigilation centre. It is your responsibility to ensure your chosen invigilation centre can accommodate online exams. For a list of invigilators who can accommodate online exams, visit the Exam Invigilation Network.
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
Capretz, Pierre J., with Barry Lydgate, Béatrice Abetti, and Marie-Odile Germain. French in Action: A Beginning Course in Language and Culture: The Capretz Method Part 1. 3rd ed. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2012. (eText)
Capretz, Pierre J., with Barry Lydgate, Béatrice Abetti, and Marie-Odile Germain. French in Action: A Beginning Course in Language and Culture: The Capretz Method Part 1. 3rd ed. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2012. (Print)
All other course materials can be accessed online.
Special Course Feature
Each lesson in the French in Action textbook has a corresponding video component that students are required to watch. Students can watch these videos online or borrow them from Athabasca University Library.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized study counterparts.