FR 152 – Basic French 2 Fall 2013

University of Waterloo
Department of French Studies
FR 152 – Basic French 2
Fall 2013
Prereq: FR 151 or Grade 11 Core French
Antireq: FR 192A, Grade 12 and OAC Core French, 4U Core French, Extended French, French
Immersion and Native fluency
Section 001: Lisa Feil
Section 002: Alain Flaubert Takam
Section 003: Tirzah Balzer
Section 004: Rosanne Abdulla
10:30-11:20
12:30-01:20
01:00-02:20
02:30-03:50
MWF
MWF
TTh
TTh
EV1 350
QNC 2501
DWE 3519
EV1 350
Instructor: Alain Takam (coordinator)
Office: ML 340
Telephone: 519-888-4567, ext. 32414
Email: atakam@uwaterloo.ca
Office hours: TTh: 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Instructor: ________________________________
Office: __________________________
Telephone: 519-888-4567, ext. _________
Email: ____________________________________
Office hours: ______________________________
Basic French Placement Rules :
Grade 9 and 10 core French = enrolment in FR 151
Grade 11 core French = enrolment in FR 152
Grade 12 core French = enrolment in FR 192A
Grade 12 extended and immersion French = enrolment in FR 192B
*** Francophone students and students having graduated from a French high school must have the
written permission of the French Department to enrol in any French courses.
*** Students with university credits in French must consult the Department before registering in any
French courses.
SPECIAL NOTES :
1) Students who have completed FR 192A may not go back for FR 152.
2) Students registered in FR 151 and 152 in the same term will be denied credit for FR 151.
3) Students registered in FR 151 and/or FR 152 in the same term as FR 192A or 192B will be denied
credit for FR 151 and/or FR 152.
Description and objectives:
In FR 152, students develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills for interactive
communication in the following areas: daily life, weekends and pastimes, memories and past
events, food and cooking, “at the restaurant”, geography, climate, ecology, education, careers,
etc. Students are exposed to cultural aspects of life in France, French Canada and other Frenchspeaking countries and are encouraged to share their own experience.
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Who registers in FR 152?
Students with no more than 3 non-immersion high school credits in French; i.e, Grade 11 Core
French or students who took FR 151.
Follow-up course: FR 192A offered on campus and online in Fall, Winter and Spring terms.
Required Books:
Terrell, T., M. B. Rogers, B. J. Kerr et G. Spielmann. Deux mondes: A Communicative
Approach. 6e édition, McGraw-Hill, 2009. The package includes the textbook and the
paperback workbook.
Please be sure to purchase the package for the FR 152 on campus offerings.
Reference book
English Grammar for Students of French, by J. Morton, published by Olivia & Hill Press
Other resources:
Pronunciation: http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html
http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
Grammar and vocabulary: www.lepointdufle.net
Online dictionary: www.wordreference.com
Evaluation:
5 Written Chapter Tests
Comprehension test (in lab)
Participation / attendance
Final exam (2 hours)
50%
10%
10%
30%
The course:
FR 152 meets for three 50 minute MWF classes or two 80 minute MW/TTh classes with the
instructor and one 50 minute laboratory per week with a lab assistant. Modules 5 to 9 of Deux
Mondes are covered in FR 152.
The instructor supports your effort to acquire vocabulary, understand structures and
communicative strategies, improve listening comprehension and appreciate cultural similarities
and differences. Classes emphasize how to learn language better by acquiring strategies for
understanding spoken and written French, for deciphering vocabulary and demystifying
structure. Students participate actively in various classroom activities: group activities,
interaction with the instructor and with fellow classmates, in-class oral and written tests.
Participation: 10% (in class 5%, in lab 5%)
Attendance is compulsory and is taken in class. Consideration is given to being prepared for
class, interacting en français with the instructor and fellow students, asking and answering
questions, volunteering and engaging in active learning.
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Workbook:
Students are responsible for completing Modules 5 to 9 in the Deux Mondes workbook, though
some exercises could be completed in class.
The labs:
The labs are held weekly in ML 109 or 113 where you practise what you have learned in class
through web, audio and video activities. You have to bring the lab manual (workbook) for the
listening exercises. The lab assistant responds to questions, gives feedback and coaches you on
pronunciation, comprehension, and writing. Lab work will be evaluated through a final
comprehension test worth 10%.
Important things to know:
Policy regarding tests: Students may make up written tests only if they inform the instructor in
advance and in writing that they will be absent and for what reason or produce a medical
certificate or other concrete evidence for their absence, otherwise a mark of 0 will be allotted.
For written tests, students may attend other sections if they cannot attend their section on test
day, with the permission of the instructor. To be included in the final mark, all course work
must be completed by the last day of term. See course plan and test schedule.
The final examination period will be held from December 5 to 20, 2013. Student travel plans
are not acceptable grounds for granting an alternative final examination time. The
examination schedule would be posted online on Wednesday, October 16.
Website:
To study for tests, use student companion website “Centro”:
http://www.mhhe.com/deuxmondes6.
Auditors:
Auditors will only be permitted in classes that are not at maximum enrolment. Those seeking
AUDIT standing must attend 80% of classes and may write tests with permission of the
instructor. Auditors may participate in group or partner activities if prepared and if numbers
warrant. Auditors are asked to limit questions to the time outside of class.
Important dates:
Lectures begin:
Last day to add on-campus class:
Last day to drop, no penalty:
Final exam schedule published:
UW holiday (Thanksgiving Day):
Last day to drop, receive a WD:
Lectures end:
Exams begin:
Exams end:
Monday, September 9
Friday, September 20
Friday, September 27
Wednesday, October 16
Monday, October 14
Friday, November 15
Monday, December 2
Thursday, December 5
Friday, December 20
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COURSE OUTLINE
Week of
Course content
September 9
Chapitre 5: Dans le passé
La vie quotidienne pp. 168-170
Grammaire 5.1 pp. 186-188
Les expériences pp. 171-173
Grammaire 5.2 pp. 188-190
NO LAB THIS WEEK
September 16
Chapitre 5 (suite)
Le week-end et les loisirs pp. 175-178
Grammaire 5.3 pp. 191-192 et 5.4 p. 193-194
Révision des verbes pronominaux
Faits personnels et historiques pp. 178-180
Grammaire 5.5 pp. 194-196
September 23
Chapitre 5 (suite)
Info: Histoire p. 171
Travail individuel: Les francophones sur le vif pp.173; La langue en mouvement
p. 174
Exercices dans le cahier
TEST 1 Chapitre 5: mercredi, 25 septembre (001 et 002) et jeudi, 26
septembre (003 et 004)
Chapitre 6: L’enfance et la jeunesse
Les activités de l’enfance pp. 198-199
Grammaire 6.1 pp. 215-217 et 6.2 p. 218
September 30
Chapitre 6 (suite) Travail individuel: Les francophones sur le vif p. 200
La jeunesse pp. 201-202
Grammaire 6.3 p. 219 et 6.4 pp.219-221
Travail individuel: La langue en mouvement p. 203
Les rapports avec les autres pp. 204-206
Grammaire 6.5 pp. 221-223 et 6.6 pp. 223-224
October 7
Chapitre 6 (suite) Souvenirs et événements du passé p. 208-210
Grammaire 6.7 pp. 225-226 et 6.8 pp. 226-227
Révision des temps du passé
Escales francophones: La richesse du Québec p. 229; Le carnaval de Québec p.
230
Info: Arts et lettres 203
Exercices dans le cahier
October 14
No classes on Monday October 14 - Thanksgiving Day / Action de Grâce
Chapitre 6 (suite) TEST 2 Chapitre 6: mardi, 15 octobre (003 et 004) et
mercredi, 16 octobre (001 et 002)
Chapitre 7 À table! Les aliments et les boissons pp. 232-235
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Grammaire 7.1 pp. 251-253 et 7.2 pp. 253-254
On fait les provisions pp. 236-238
Grammaire 7.3 pp. 254-255
October 21
Chapitre 7 (suite) Grammaire 7.4 pp. 255-256
L’art de la cuisine pp. 239-241
Grammaire 7.5 pp. 256-258
Au restaurant pp. 242-245
Grammaire 7.6 pp. 258-259 et 7.7 pp. 259-260
October 28
Chapitre 7 (suite)
Info: Société p. 243
Travail individuel: Les francophones sur le vif p. 237; La langue en mouvement
242
Exercices dans le cahier
TEST 3 Chapitre 7: mardi, 29 octobre (003 et 004) et mercredi, 30 octobre
(001 et 002)
Chapitre 8 Parlons de la Terre!
En France et ailleurs pp. 262-264
Grammaire 8.1 pp. 279-280
Info: Société p. 263
November 4
Chapitre 8 (suite) Travail individuel: Les francophones sur le vif p. 272
La géographie et le climat p. 266-268
Grammaire 8.2 pp. 280-281 et 8.3 pp. 281-283
Questions écologiques pp. 269-274
Grammaire 8.4 pp. 283-284 et 8.5 pp. 284-286
November 11
Chapitre 8 (suite) Travail individuel: La langue en mouvement 273
Escales francophones: Le Sénégal, pays de grande diversité p. 287; L’île de
Gorée
pp. 287-288
Exercices dans le cahier
TEST 4 Chapitre 8: mardi 12 novembre (003 et 004) mercredi, 13 novembre
(001 et 002)
Chapitre 9 L’enseignement, les carrières et l’avenir
L’enseignement et la formation professionnelle pp. 290-293
Grammaire 9.1 p. 309
November 18
COMPREHENSION TEST (10%) IN THE LAB
Chapitre 9 (suite) Grammaire 9.2 pp. 309-311
Révision des pronoms personnels et adverbiaux
Info: Société p. 294
Le travail et les métiers pp. 295-299
Grammaire 9.3 pp. 311-312 et 9.4 pp. 312-313
La langue en mouvement p.297
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November 25
Chapitre 9 (suite) L’avenir p. 300-303
Grammaire 9.5 pp. 313-316
Travail individuel: Les francophones sur le vif p. 299
Info: Société p. 303
Exercices dans le cahier
TEST 5 Chapitre 9: jeudi 27 novembre (003 et 004) et vendredi, 28
novembre (001 et 002)
December 2
Révisions
LEVEL OF COMPETENCE
The Department reserves the right to refuse admission to, and/or credit for, any of its language courses to
a student who has, in the view of the Department, a level of competence unsuited to that course.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Academic Integrity: In order to maintain a culture of academic integrity, members of the University of
Waterloo are expected to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility.
Discipline: A student is expected to know what constitutes academic integrity, to avoid committing
academic offences, and to take responsibility for his/her actions. A student who is unsure whether an
action constitutes an offence, or who needs help in learning how to avoid offences (e.g., plagiarism,
cheating) or about “rules” for group work/collaboration should seek guidance from the course professor,
academic advisor, or the Undergraduate Associate Dean. When misconduct has been found to have
occurred, disciplinary penalties will be imposed under Policy 71 – Student Discipline. For information on
categories of offenses and types of penalties, students should refer to Policy 71 - Student Discipline,
http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy71.htm.
Grievance: A student who believes that a decision affecting some aspect of his/her university life has
been unfair or unreasonable may have grounds for initiating a grievance. Read Policy 70 - Student
Petitions and Grievances, Section 4, http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy70.htm.
Appeals: A student may appeal the finding and/or penalty in a decision made under Policy 70 - Student
Petitions and Grievances (other than regarding a petition) or Policy 71 - Student Discipline if a ground for
an appeal can be established. Read Policy 72 - Student Appeals,
http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy72.htm.
Academic Integrity website (Arts):
http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/arts/ugrad/academic_responsibility.html
Academic Integrity Office (uWaterloo): http://uwaterloo.ca/academicintegrity/
ACCOMMODATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Note for students with disabilities: The Office for Persons with Disabilities (OPD), located in Needles
Hall, Room 1132, collaborates with all academic departments to arrange appropriate accommodations for
students with disabilities without compromising the academic integrity of the curriculum. If you require
academic accommodations to lessen the impact of your disability, please register with the OPD at the
beginning of each academic term.
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