RL 110                              Intermediate French II                     Summer 2009
 
 
 
INSTRUCTOR: Andréa McColgan JAVEL
E-MAIL: javel@bc.edu

WEB SITE:
www2.bc.edu/~javel/ (Check web site for on-line syllabus, course materials and important links. This website is up-dated daily.)
CLASS MEETS:
M-T-W-TH Evenings, 6:15 - 9:15
Devlin 216
OFFICE HOURS:
T-W-Th 5:00- 6:00 in Lyons 307D and by appointment
On-line chat hours with instructor can be arranged.
LANGUAGE LAB SUMMER HOURS (during the summer session):
M-Th, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.


TEXT: Imaginez: le français sans frontières, by Cherie Mitschke
Vista Higher Learning (2008) ISBN:  978-1-60007-169-0 (Textbook, workbook and passcode bundled) 
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This summer Intermediate French II course will allow you to complete a semester's worth or work over the course of 3 weeks.  This is a great way to jumpstart your French and immerse yourself in the language. This course (RL 110, Intermediate French II) enables you to fulfill your foreign language requirement quickly, allowing you to qualify for enrollment in more advanced courses in the fall, further study or graduate work abroad. In Intermediate French II, you will expand upon previously learned vocabulary and grammar while continuing to develop your ability to express yourself in oral and written form. You will spend 12 hours per week in language classes in order to foster fast progress towards oral proficiency.  Outside class listening practice assignments will increase your understanding of French as it is spoken by native speakers as well as your ability to respond to what you hear.  Through film and readings, you will discover the richness of diverse Francophone cultures throughout the world.   You will explore French and Francophone culture locally through a field trip.
 
Prerequisites: This 3 week, 3-credit course is designed for students who have placed into Intermediate French I or who have completed one year of Elementary French at BC. If you have not taken Elementary French at BC and have not taken the Department of Romance Languages' Placement Exam, please do so at http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/romlang/undergradprog/place/
If you have concerns or questions regarding your placement results, please contact me at javel@bc.edu.

GRADING :

Participation  16%
Tests (3) 22%
Essays (3)  16%
Workbook and lab exercises
18%
Examen final 22%
Interview Orale
6%

ABSENCE POLICY: The department considers that any absence over and above 1 (during the summer semester), are unexcused absences. Subsequent missed classes, unless officially excused by the Dean's Office, will result in point loss from the Class Participation grade. Students are wholly responsible for making up any missed work promptly following an absence. Late work will NOT be accepted. In order to excel in class participation and to make the most of this course, students must be present and must have prepared the items on the syllabus for a given day.

PARTICIPATION AND HOMEWORK: In order to participate you need to be present and prepared.  To the right of each date below is your assignment for that evening.  You will receive a weekly participation grade based on your level of participation and preparedness.  Work to be handed in is labelled, ý rendre. 

TESTS: There will be 3 tests, one for each of the chapters covered in Imaginez and will include grammar and vocabulary. There will be absolutely no make-up tests. The tests are limited to approximately 40 minutes each and will each have oral as well as written components.  The lowest test grade will be dropped.

ESSAYS: Students are expected to respond to a question or a brief series of questions related to the course, current events or other topics of relevance.  Students will receive the discussion question by e-mail and will be expected to submit their response on Saturdays before midnight.  Students will be graded primarily on effort and progress.

WORKBOOK AND LAB MANUAL: The workbook provides written exercises which correspond to grammar and vocabulary work done in the text.  The workbook and lab manual excercises can be done online from any location through at quia.com/books. 

FINAL EXAM: The final exam will be a two-hour, comprehensive, written exam. It must be taken on the last day of the semester, Thursday, July 16, from 7:15 - 9:15.

ORAL INTERVIEW: The instructor will conduct 10-minute paired or individual oral interviews with students, to be held in the classroom. Students will receive individual or paired appointment times and all oral interviews will take place from 8:00 to 9:15, on Wednesday, July 15 and from 6:15 to 7:00, Thursday, July 16 . The oral interview will be conversational in style and students will ask as well as answer questions on a variety of topics of personal interest, so that the instructor can provide feedback on each student's strengths and weaknesses orally. The goal of the oral interview is to assess each student's progress towards oral proficiency overall.   Oral interviews will be graded pass/fail. 

WE CARE ABOUT ACADEMIC INTEGRITY...and you should, too.  It can adversely affect your futur and your diploma.  Any work submitted in this course must be each student's own work.  Students will not receive credit for work that can be attributed to someone else.  Subsequent plagiarism or cheating will be met with disciplinary action involving the student's dean.  For clear-cut, university wide guidelines on what constitutes academic integrity, please visit the following BC web page: http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/polisci/integrity.html

 

Date:
En classe:
Devoir:
lundi, le 20 juillet
  • Introduction à la Leçon 5: La société en évolution
  • Court-métrage: Samb et le commissaire
  • Destination: Afrique de l'ouest
  • Lisez la page 161 et préparez les questions de compréhension et d'interprétation, p. 162 (act. 1 et 2)
  • Lisez les pages 164 à 166 et préparez les questions à la page 167
  • Regardez la galérie des créateurs pp. 168 à 169 et lisez les descriptions d'Ousmane Sembène, Véronique Tadjo, Seydou Keïta et Ousmane Sow.  Quel créateur préférez-vous?  Pourquoi?
mardi, le 21juillet
  • Lecon 5 (bis)
  • Lisez les pages 170 à 183.
  • Préparez l'act. 1, p. 172, l'act. 2, p. 176 et les activités 1 et 2, à la page. 183.
mercredi, le 22 juillet
  • Contrôle 1
  • Introduction à la leçon 6
  • Cahier de la Leçon 5 à rendre en ligne (quia.com/books).
jeudi, le 23 juillet
  • Leçon 6: Les générations qui bougent
  • Court-métrage: De l'autre côté
  • Destination: Afrique du Nord et Liban
  • Lisez les pages 195 à 209
  • Préparez les activités 1 et 2 à la page 198, l'act. 1, p. 202 et toutes les activités à la page 207
  • Regardez la galérie des créateurs pp. 208 à 209 et lisez les descriptions.  Quel créateur préférez-vous?  Pourquoi?
lundi, le 27 juillet
  • Leçon 6: le subjonctif
  • Lisez les pages 210 à 219
  • Préparez les activités 1 et 2, p. 212; l'act. 1, p. 216 et les activités 1 & 2 p. 220
mardi, le 28 juillet
  • Contrôle 2
  • Introduction à la leçon 7
  • Cahier de la leçon 6 à rendre en ligne (quia.com/books)
mercredi, le 29 juillet
  • Leçon 7: Les sciences et la technologie
  • Court-métrage: Comment j'ai marché sur la Lune
  • Destination: Belgique, Suisse et Luxembourg
  • Lisez les pages 233 à 244
  • Préparez les activités 1 & 2, p. 235; préparez les activités 1 & 2, p. 236; l'act. A, p. 240 et toutes les activités à la page 245.
  • Regardez la galérie des créateurs pp. 246 à 247 et lisez les descriptions.  Quel créateur préférez-vous?  Pourquoi?
jeudi, le 30 juillet
  • Leçon 7: le comparatif et le superlatif, le futur simple
  • Lisez les pages 248 à 256
  • Préparez l'act. 1 p. 250; l'act. 1, p. 254
  • Discussion nº 2 à rendre par courriel. 
lundi, le 3 août
  • Contrôle 3
  • Introduction à la leçon 8
  • Cahier de la leçon 7 à rendre en ligne (quia.com/books)
mardi, le 4 août
  • Leçon 8: S'évader et s'amuser
  • Court-métrage: Le ballon prisonnier
  • Destination: Océan indien

  • Lisez les pages 272 à 282
  • Préparez les activités 1 & 2, p. 273; l'activité 1, p. 274; l'activité 1, p. 278 et toutes les activités à la page 283.
  • Regardez la galérie des créateurs pp. 284 à 285 et lisez les descriptions.  Quel créateur préférez-vous?  Pourquoi?
mercredi, le 5 août
  • Leçon 8(bis)
  • Révision pour l'examen final
  • Interviews orales
  • Lisez les pages 286 à 295.
  • Préparez l'act. 1, p. 288; l'act. 1, p. 292 et l'act. 1, p. 296.
  • Préparez 5 questions que vous pensez trouver sur l'examen final. 
jeudi, le 6  août
  • Interviews orales
  • FINAL EXAM
  • Course evaluations (à faire en ligne)
  • Cahier de la leçon 8 à rendre en ligne (quia.com/books)
  • Discussion nº 3 à rendre par courriel avant minuit.