FRENCH AND CULTURE I in Fall 2024 (FR1100D)

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This course is an introduction to French and is intended to help students acquire the basic elements of spoken and written French. Students will learn how to express themselves in everyday life situations. The students’ basic needs for linguistic and cultural information will be the main focus of this course. In class, work will be supplemented by multimedia activities and real-life situations in the city of Paris.

Course Master: 
FRENCH AND CULTURE I (FR1100)
Term: 
Fall 2024
Discipline: 
FR (French)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Exam Date: 
Thursday, December 12, 2024 - 12:30
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will be able to understand a simple intervention if it is slow, carefully articulated, and includes pauses that help understand its meaning
  2. Students will be able to understand familiar names, words as well as very simple sentences (in identity documents, posters, forms, announcements, menus, basic biographies, etc.)
  3. Students will be able to enter personal information in a questionnaire, a simple form and write very short and very simple messages about their immediate environment (address, regular itineraries, neighborhood, etc.)
  4. Students will be able to use basic expressions and sentences to introduce themselves and briefly describe themselves and interact in a very simple way on daily tasks (self, nearby route, daily shopping in shops, restaurant, etc.)
  5. Students will be able to interact meaningfully with French speakers and acquire a foundation to conduct their everyday personal and professional life in a francophone context (CCF LO1)
  6. Students will develop an appreciation for French and francophone cultures and be aware of the scope of cultural differences in their new environment, with the ability to recognize when such differences require negotiation (CCF LO2)

Syllabus

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Book List

TitleAuthorPublisherISBN Number
EDITO A1: METHODE DE FRANCAIS, LIVRE (2E EDITION)
COLLECTIF
DIDIER
9782278103645
EDITO A1: CAHIER D'ACTIVITES (2E EDITION)
COLLECTIF
DIDIER
9782278103652

Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, September 2, 2024
End Date: 
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
13:45
14:45
SD-3
Tuesday
13:45
14:45
SD-3
Wednesday
13:45
14:45
SD-3
Thursday
13:45
14:45
SD-3