Spring 2012 - ESL - French

FRENCH B2
Spring 2012
Course # 31372
Class schedule: Monday & Wednesday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:05 p.m.
Classroom: Bakersfield College main campus - Language Arts-Schafer Hall #224
Instructor: Eric Létourneaux
Contact only through e-mail:
[email protected]
Office hours: before or after class and by appointment
Websites:
To find information about your class such as syllabus, assignment dates, SLOs and contact info, go to:
www.french-esl.weebly.com
To find information about your grades, check on assignments schedule and submit assignments online, got to:
www.engrade.com
You will receive an invitation through your college e-mail address a couple of days before the class starts so you
can have access to your engrade.com account and see your grades online.
Course description: (4 units):
Strengthening of the 4 language skills already practiced in Level 1 – speaking, reading, writing and listening.
Emphasis is on communication in the language with special attention given to speaking and written skills
development. This course requires practice with audio-CDs outside of regular class time.
Credits are transferable: UC, CSU and private colleges.
Focus on:
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Review of grammar principles and development of new points
Review tenses studied in Level 1 and learn all other major ones
Speaking skill development in pair activities and presentations
Listening practice from textbook CDs, movies and internet
Cultural awareness from music, movies, books and articles
Strengthening vocabulary and idiom bases
French B2 Student Learning Outcomes:
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Strengthen French grammar foundation to communicate with more ease orally and in writing
Diversity awareness by understanding other cultures through readings and documentaries
Acquire a language base for practical purposes and intellectual enrichment
Be able to write short paragraphs on various cultural topics
Textbooks: (can be found at the College bookstore or new or used online such as amazon.com, etc.)
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Contacts, Valette/Valette, 8th Edition
o 1 grammar/text book with set of CDs
o 1 workbook
A French/English Dictionary (recommended only or use free online dictionaries)
Classroom Policies:
Cell phones and music device must be turned silent for the entire class period.
Children may not be present in the classroom during class.
Homework is due at the end of class.
Special notice:
Students with disabilities who believe they may need accommodations in this classroom are encouraged to
contact Student Support Services at 661-395-4334, Student Services Building, 1st Floor, Counseling Center.
Attendance policy: READ CAREFULLY!!!
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I will check on attendance during each class session.
Arriving 30 minutes late for class without proper justification will be counted as an hour absence.
You will be dropped from the class after 6 unjustified missed hours (3 classes of 2 hours).
You must come to class prepared with your homework completed and participate in order to succeed in
FRENCH B2. You will be graded on participation too.
If you miss the first day of class, you will be dropped from the course unless you provide proper information
to your instructor prior to the class start date.
Any work due during your absence is your responsibility. Always inform your instructor by e-mail about
any delay as soon as you get the opportunity.
You may not make up a missed test during class time. Discuss with your instructor the possibility of a
make-up test at the next class. If you do not ask for a make-up test yourself at the next class, you will get a
zero grade if you do not have justification.
Send an e-mail to your instructor when you miss a class to let him know!
Assignments and tests:
You will have regular tests and quizzes on the materials from the textbooks and classes.
Your final exam will be held during the final exam week. You may find out your final grade on-line just a few
days after your final. Please make any holiday travel arrangements accordingly.
Participation: (20%)
 A lot of the class time will be dedicated to communication and discussion. Express your ideas based on
determined topics and activities and ask questions. It includes attendance.
 Make a simple presentation in French using PowerPoint
Quizzes: (20%) (9 total) (15 minutes)
 To verify proper acquisition of grammar points covered the previous week before major tests.
Home assignments: (20%)
 Graded homework (5 groups of 3 assignments for a total of 15 assignments)
Tests: (40%) (Final: 20%, 4 tests at 5% each: total 20%)
 One per unit or so (with cumulative knowledge testing) to control broader grammar / writing / listening skill
acquisitions (60 minutes)
Grading interpretation:
 90% and above
A
 80-89%
B
 70-79%
C
 60-69%
D (barely passing grade)
 59% and below
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WARNING: THIS IS A FAIRLY INTENSIVE LANGUAGE COURSE (4 credits).
YOU CAN COMFORTABLY GO THROUGH A SEMESTER OF A LANGUAGE COURSE AND GET
THE MOST OUT OF IT ONLY IF YOU COMPLETE ALL ASSIGNMENTS, READ ALL REQUIRED
MATERIAL, WRITE AND LISTEN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
4 HOURS OF CLASS TIME PER WEEK WILL REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF 8 MORE HOURS
OUTSIDE THE CLASS. YOU NEED TO BE AVAILABLE.
FRENCH B2
Spring 2012 class Planner
(Subject to change)
Date
Week #1
Mo.Jan.16
We.Jan.18
Week #2
Mo.Jan.23
We.Jan.25
Week #3
Mo.Jan.30
We.Feb.01
Week #4
Mo.Feb.06
We.Feb.08
Week #5
Mo. Feb.13
We.Feb.15
Week #6
Mo.Feb.20
We.Feb.22
CONTACT
Topic and lessons of the day
M.L.K. Day – HOLIDAY – NO CLASS
Introducing yourself
Ice breaker activities
Course presentation
France, a brief presentation
Unit 7
Reviews
Tenses from Level 1
Questions
Leçon 19: Une condition essentielle (p.282)
Le système universitaire français (p.282-285)
Adverbes utiles (p.286)
Le verbe suivre (p.287)
Unit 7
Leçon 19: Une condition essentielle (p.282)
Les verbes vouloir et pouvoir (p.288-289) et
devoir (p.290-291)
L’expression : Il faut + infinitif (p.292)
Expressions indéfinies de quantité (p.294)
Leçon 20: Des notes importantes (p.296)
Les études supérieures (p.298)
Le verbe connaître (p.299)
Les pronoms le, la, les (p.300-303)
Unit 7
Leçon 20: Des notes importantes (p.296)
Le verbe voir (p.305)
Les pronoms le, la, les avec l’infinitif (p.306)
L’accord du participe passé (p.307)
Leçon 21: Problèmes, problèmes (p.310)
Les verbes dire, lire et ecrire (p.312-313)
Les pronoms lui, leur (p.314)
Quelques verbes avec objet indirect (p.316)
Unit 7&8
Leçon 21: Problèmes, problèmes (p.310)
Les pronoms me, te, nous, vous (p.318)
Les pronoms à l’impératif (p.320)
L’ordre des pronoms (p.322)
Leçon 22: La vie Urbaine (p.336)
Vocabulaire (p.338)
Le verbe vivre (p.340)
Le verbe savoir (p.341)
Différence entre savoir et connaître (p.342)
Unit 8
HOLIDAY – NO CLASS
Leçon 22: La vie Urbaine (p.336)
Le pronom relatif qui, que (p.344-348)
Reading / CDs /
S.A.M. Exercises
To do before class date
Test/Quiz/
in class or to
turn in
Unit 7
S.A.M. Leçon 10-18
Révisions (p.195-204)
Read and listen to Leçon 19
Unit 7
S.A.M. Leçon 19 (p.205-208)
Quiz#1
Read and listen to Leçon 20
Unit 7
S.A.M. Leçon 20 (p.215-218)
Quiz#2
Read and listen to Leçon 21
Unit 8
S.A.M. Leçon 21 (p.223-226
TEST#1 on
Unit 7
Turn in S.A.M.
19-21
Read and listen to Leçon 22
Unit 8
S.A.M. Leçon 22 (p.235-238)
Quiz#3
Week #7
Mo.Feb.27
We.Feb.29
Week #8
Mo.Mar.05
We.Mar.07
Week #9
Mo.Mar.12
We.Mar.14
Week #10
Mo.Mar.19
We.Mar.21
Week #11
Mo.Mar.26
We.Mar.28
Week #12
Mo.Apr.02
We.Apr.04
Unit 8
Leçon 23: Le premier rendez-vous (p.350)
Vovabulaire (p.352)
Révision du passé composé (p.353)
Leçon 23: Le premier rendez-vous (p.350)
L’imparfait (p.354-356)
L’imparfait du verbe être (p.357)
L’imparfait ou le passé composé ? (p.358)
Expressions de temps (p.360)
Le verbe conduire (p.362)
Unit 8
Leçon 24: Un cambriolage (p.364)
Vocabulaire (p.366)
L’imparfait ou le passé composé ? (p.368371)
L’imparfait ou le passé composé ? (p.372373)
Leçon 24: Un cambriolage (p.364)
Le plus-que-parfait (374-375)
Unit 8
Read and listen to Leçon 23
Unit 9
Leçon 25: Le sport, c’est la santé ! (p.390)
Vocabulaire (p.392-393)
Le pronom y (p.394)
Le pronom en (p.396)
Le pronom en avec les quantités (p.399)
Leçon 26: Pauvre Stéphane (p.402)
Vocabulaire (404)
Articles définis et parties du corps (p.405)
Les verbes réfléchis (p.406-409)
Unit 9
Leçon 26: Pauvre Stéphane (p.402)
L’infinitif des verbes réfléchis (p.410)
L’impératif des verbes réfléchis (p.410)
Le verbe ouvrir (p.412)
Leçon 27: Le grand amour (p.414)
Vocabulaire (p.416)
Les verbes réfléchis : sens idiomatiques
(p.418)
Les verbes réfléchis : sens réciproques
(p.421)
Unit 9
Leçon 27: Le grand amour (p.414)
Le passé composé des verbes réfléchis
(p.422)
Leçon 27: Le grand amour (p.414)
Le passé composé des verbes réfléchis
(p.422)
Unit 9
Read and listen to Leçon 25
S.A.M. Leçon 25 (p.263-266)
Unit 10
SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS
SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS
Unit 10
S.A.M. Leçon 23 (p.243-246)
Quiz#4
Unit 9
Read and listen to Leçon 24
S.A.M. Leçon 24 (p.251-254)
Read and listen to Leçon 26
TEST#2 on
Unit 8
Turn in S.A.M.
22-24
Quiz#5
Unit 9
S.A.M. Leçon 26 (p.271-274)
Read and listen to Leçon 27
Quiz#6
Unit 10
S.A.M. Leçon 27 (p.279-282)
TEST#3 on
Unit 9
Turn in S.A.M.
25-27
Week #13
Mo.Apr.09
We.Apr.11
Week #14
Mo.Apr.16
We.Apr.18
Week #15
Mo.Apr.23
We.Apr.25
Week #16
Mo.Apr.30
We.May.02
Week #17
Mo.May.07
Unit 10
Leçon 28: Une candidate parfaite (p.438)
Vocabulaire (p.440)
Le féminin des adjectifs (p.441)
Les adverbes en –ment (p.442)
La construction verbe + infinitif (p.445-447)
Les nombres ordinaux (p.448)
Leçon 29: Après l’université (p.450)
Vocabulaire (p.452)
Le verbe recevoir (p.453)
Le futur (p.454-457)
Unit 10
Leçon 29: Après l’université (p.450)
Futurs irréguliers (p.458)
Vocabulaire: les professions (p.460)
La construction après si + présent (p.462)
Leçon 30: Si j’avais plus d’argent (p.466)
Vocabulaire (p.468)
Le conditionnel (p.470)
Le conditionnel : emploi (p.472)
L’emploi des temps après si
Unit 11
Leçon 31: la réussite (p.488)
Vocabulaire (p.491)
L’infinitif (p.492)
Construction avec de (p.493)
Préposition plus infinitif (p.495)
Le participe présent (p.498)
Leçon 32: Français et Européens (p.502)
Vocabulaire (p.504)
Le subjonctif (p.506)
Il faut que + subjonctif (p.508)
Verbes irréguliers au subjonctif (p.510)
Le subjonctif et opinions (p.512)
Le subjonctif et volonté (p.514)
Unit 11
Leçon 33: La mondialisation (p.518)
Les verbes croire et craindre (p.251)
Verbes irréguliers au subjonctif (p.522)
Le subjonctif et doute (p.524)
Leçon 33: La mondialisation (p.518)
Le subjonctif et émotions (p.526)
Le subjonctif et conjonctions (p.528)
Units 7-11
FINAL EXAM
Unit 10/11
Read and listen to Leçon 28
S.A.M. Leçon 28 (p.299-302)
Read and listen to Leçon 29
Quiz#7
Unit 11
S.A.M. Leçon 29 (p.307-310)
Quiz#8
Read and listen to Leçon 30
S.A.M. Leçon 30 (p.317-320)
Unit 11
Read and listen to Leçon 31
S.A.M. Leçon 31 (p.329-332)
TEST#4 on
Unit 10
Turn in S.A.M.
28-30
Read and listen to Leçon 32
S.A.M. Leçon 32 (p.337-340)
Units 7-11
Read and listen to Leçon 33
S.A.M. Leçon 33 (p.445-348)
Units 7-11
6:00 P.M. – 7:50 P.M.
Quiz#9
Special dates to consider:
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Jan. 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Jan. 17 Instruction Begins
Jan. 27 Last day for refunds for semester length sessions
Jan. 30 Last day to add a semester length class with approved enrollment exception form
Feb. 17 Lincoln's Birthday Holiday
Feb. 18 Saturday Holiday (President's Birthdays)
Feb. 20 Washington's Birthday Holiday
Feb. 21 Last day to drop semester length classes without receiving "W" grades
Mar. 30 Last day to withdraw from semester length classes and receive "W" grades
Apr. 2 - Apr. 6 Spring Break
Apr. 2 Last day to file for graduation
May 6 - May 11 Final Examinations – FRENCH FINAL EXAM: MAY 7th, 6:00-7:50 p.m.
May 11 End of Spring Semester
May 11 Commencement
Organize your binder as follows:
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CLASS INFORMATION
CLASS NOTES
QUIZZES
HOME ASSIGNMENTS (graded)
TESTS
HOMEWORK (non-graded)