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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF THE FRASER VALLEY
COURSE INFORMATION
DISCIPLINE/DEPARTMENT: Languages Institute IMPLEMENTATION DATE: Fall 1981
Course Revised Implementation Date::January 2000
French 101 French Language I 3
SUBJECT/NUMBER OF COURSE DESCRIPTIVE TITLE UCFV CREDITS
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION: This course introduces students to the French language by an intensive study of
important aspects of pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar through the use of audio-visual techniques such as
flashcards, slides, videotapes and the multi-media laboratory. Students are taught to speak, understand, read and write the
language by the direct association of visual and aural concepts with their expression in French. The basic goal is to
develop "creative communication."
Note: Students who have successfully completed French 11 can normally only receive credit for this course through
course challenge and should contact the Department Head for appropriate placement.
COURSE PREREQUISITES: French 100, or instructor's permission
COURSE COREQUISITES:None
HOURS PER TERM Lecture 45 hrs Student Directed
FOR EACH Laboratory 15 hrs Learning hrs
STUDENT Seminar hrs Other - specify:
Field Experience hrs Tutorial 6 hrs
TOTAL 66 HRS
MAXIMUM ENROLMENT: 28
Is transfer credit requested? : Yes 9 No
AUTHORIZATION SIGNATURES:
Course Designer(s): Alan Cameron, Ph.D. Chairperson:
Curriculum Committee
Department Head: Alan Cameron, Ph.D. Dean: J.D. Tunstall, Ph.D.
PAC: Approval in Principle PAC: Final Approval: November 24, 1999
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French 101
NAME & NUMBER OF COURSE
SYNONYMOUS COURSES:
(a) replaces
(course #)
(b) cannot take for further credit
(course #)
SUPPLIES/MATERIALS:
TEXTBOOKS, REFERENCES, MATERIALS (List reading resources elsewhere)
Patricia de Meo, James W. Brown, B. Edward Gesner, Bonne Route
Patricia de Meo, James W. Brown, B. Edward, John S. Metford, Bonne Route Cahier d'exercices/Manuel de
laboratoire
OBJECTIVES:
The main goal of our language courses at UCFV is to teach "creative communication." Upon completion of the
courses, our students are able not only to read and write but can also speak the target language. French 101/102 is a
beginners' course for those who have completed high school grade 11 French, French 100 at UCFV, or the equivalent.
Class time consists of two 80 minute blocks twice a week plus one 40 minute tutorial with the lab assistant who leads
small groups in review, conversation and cultural study, as well as an examination of videotaped material from the
French in Action series.
METHODS:
Students will learn French by pictures, gestures, slides, music, tapes, and dialogues, plus various conversational drills
and workbook exercises to develop skills in communicating in French without reverting to English translation.
Material to be learned will be constantly introduced, practised, reviewed and reused in an overlapping way so students
can learn vocabulary and grammatical structures gradually in a step-by-step fashion.
STUDENT EVALUATION PROCEDURE:
Final grade will be a total out of 600 points; it will be divided by six to obtain a percentage to fit in with UCFV's
grading scheme.
The total of 600 points is based on the following:
1. Examinations and quizzes make up 56% (340 points) of the final grade. These 340 points consist of the midterm
examination (100), the final examination (100), eight vocabulary tests of ten points each (80), and three mini-tests
taken in the laboratory of 20 points each (60).

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French 101
NAME & NUMBER OF COURSE
STUDENT EVALUATION PROCEDURE: (cont'd)
2. Written work makes up 27% (160 points) of the final grade. This consists of eight cahier sections (80 points) and
four written compositions of 20 marks each (80).
3. Classroom and laboratory participation make up 17% (100 points) of the final mark. This figure is determined by
the student's attendance, participation, attitude and progress in both the class itself and the laboratory/tutorial
sessions, as well as the laboratory exercises.
COURSE CONTENT
1. Introduction au cours, de l'acquisition d'une langue, "Mise en Route": la communication en classe, les nombres de
0 a 60, l'alphabet, les accents, la pronunciation.
2. Orientation au laboratoire. Chapitre préliminaire: scène 1 "L'arrivée," verbe "être."
3. Révision des expressions importantes, Chapitre préliminaire: scène 2 "En résidence," verbe "avoir." Vocabulaire
actif. p. 37.
4. Rendez cahier pp 1-9. Chapitre un: scène 1 "En Route," verbes en "-er," les articles.
5. Test de vocabulaire #1 (p.37), Chapitre un: scène 2 "En classe," pronoms objets directs, l'imparfait, les quantités,
la durée, vocabulaire actif p.69.
6. Rendez cahier pp 10-22. Révision du Chapitre un, Chapitre deux: scène 1 "Le déjeuner," les adjectifs, la
possession, les toniques.
7. Test de vocabulaire #2 (p.69), Révision du Chapitre deux, Chapitre deux: scène 2 "Quoi faire?", verbes "aller" et
"venir," pronoms "y" et "en."
8. Rendez la composition #1, révision du Chapitre deux, Vocabulaire actif p.99.
9. Rendez cahier 2 (pp 23-35). Chapitre trois: scène un "Entretien avec M. Charbonneau," les adjectifs, les
compliments.
10. Test de vocabulaire #3 (pp.99), Chapitre trois: scène deux "Entretien avec Mme. Charbonneau," terminer une
conversation, décrire les activités, le passé composé, pronoms indirects.
11. Rendez la composition #2, révision du chapitre trois, vocabulaire, p.131.
12. Rendez cahier 3, Chapitre quatre: scène un: Conflits," commander, verbes, quantité, un désir, critiquer et
approuver.
13. Test de vocabulaire #4, Chapitre quatre: scène deux "Projet d'excursion," futur proche, notions temporelles,
notions spatiales, verbes en "ir."
14. Révision du chapitre quatre, vocabulaire, p.163.
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COURSE CONTENT: (cont'd)
15. Rendez cahier 4, Chapitre cinq: scène un "Qualques sites," le climat, le temps, "mettre," le passé.
16. Test du vocabulaire #5, Chapitre cinq: scène deux "Quelques achats," préparation pour l'examen mi-semestre.
17. Examen No. 1.
18. Révision du Chapitre cinq, vocabulaire, p.199.
19. Rendez cahier 5, Chapitre six: scène un "Projets," verbes en "-ir."
20. Test de vocabulaire #6, Chapitre six: scène deux "Sentiments," les émotions, intentions, pronoms, l'imparfait.
Film: "La Belle et la Bête." (première partie)
21. Rendez composition #3, Révision du chapitre six, vocabulaire. Film: "La Belle et la Bête" (2e partie)
22. Test de vocabulaire #7, Chapitre sept: scène un "Au Studio," instructions, le subjonctif, quantités l'heure. Film: La
Belle et la Bête" (3e partie)
23. Rendez cahier 6, Chapitre sept: scène deux La situation des francophones," verbes pronominaux, l'impératif, "lire"
et "écrire," le passé composé, vocabulaire, p.263. Film: "La Belle et la Bête" (4e partie)
24. Test de vocabulaire #8, révision du passé composé vs l'imparfait, révision complète, Film: "La Belle et la Bête"
(conclusion)