FRENCH 203 : Intermediate French Language 1

Arts

2021 Semester One (1213) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Consolidates and expands previously acquired knowledge and skills to an intermediate proficiency in everyday authentic French language. Delivered through two 90-minute sessions per week on campus, blended with on-line learning tasks that use extensive multimedia materials. A range of activities are used to develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and students’ strategies for autonomous learning. Note: Students with NCEA level 3 French should enrol in this course. May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed.

Course Overview

French 203 expands the language skills obtained in French 101 and 102, through the introduction and extensive practice in grammar, vocabulary, listening, speaking, reading and writing in relation to contemporary cultural topics, focussing primarily on France and the Francophone world. The course is taught essentially in French in an immersive environment, however grammar and vocabulary explanations are also available in English. We also recognize that translation (and comparing certain aspects of the structure of French and English) can have a useful role to play in language learning. Class activities include interaction in pairs, small-groups, or with the whole class.  
As a Blended Learning course, students are expected to work independently with specifically designed Cliquez-Ici online lessons and the Deux Mondes textbook and on-line assignments. Language features introduced, explained, practiced and revised during independent study will provide the focus for further practice and communicatively focussed language tasks undertaken in class. Active participation is expected in class, and must be followed up by a clear commitment to independent learning between classes.
This course is designed for students with 12-16 credits in Level 3 NCEA French, or who have passed FRENCH 102. It is not available to students who qualify for entry into FRENCH 204 or above. It may not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed.

Course outcome
By the end of the course, students obtaining a pass grade will demonstrate intermediate proficiency in French in a variety of situations, through a competent working knowledge of language topics up to and including chapter 14 in Deux Mondes and the Cliquez-Ici online lessons, corresponding to A2+/B1 level of proficiency. 

Students will be confident in applying this knowledge to the four skills areas of reading, listening, speaking and writing.

Course content
Content covered will be as follows:
  • Weeks 1-4: Past experiences, new technologies, hobbies; past tenses, conditional, relative pronouns
  • Weeks 5-7: Health and well-being, the body, illnesses and accidents, diets and lifestyles; subjunctive, immediate past
  • Weeks 8-10: Family ties, social norms and evolution, love and friendship, values; reciprocal verbs, adverbs, pluperfect, possessive pronouns
  • Weeks 11-12: Social causes and challenges, ideologies, discrimination, communities, social change; past conditional, subjunctive with conjunctions

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: FRENCH 102, or approval of Academic Head or nominee

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity
Capability 6: Social and Environmental Responsibilities
Graduate Profile: Bachelor of Arts

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Communicate in French. Develop linguistic skills (speaking, listening, writing and reading) via engagement with the specific content set out in the course overview and weekly planner. The level of language proficiency attained by students passing French 203 corresponds to the early B1 level according to the European framework. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 4.1 and 4.3)
  2. Deepen your knowledge and understanding of French culture and society. (Capability 1.1, 1.2 and 4.1)
  3. Engage, in French, with environmental issues of local and global importance. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1 and 6.3)
  4. Work actively together with classmates in discussions and collaborative learning. (Capability 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3)
  5. Evaluate and reflect honestly on one's own learning, choose and commit to best strategies, identify deficiencies and remedial work necessary to consolidate and improve learning. (Capability 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2 and 6.3)
  6. Relate course content to one's personal and social situation. (Capability 1.2, 1.3 and 6.3)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Oral Performance 20% Individual Coursework
Video Recordings 10% Individual Coursework
Assignments 10% Individual Coursework
Tests 10% Individual Test
Quizzes 20% Individual Test
Final Exam 30% Individual Examination

Next offered

Semester 1, 2022

Module

This course can be taken as part of a Modern Language Module or the Language Teaching and Learning Module.
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/arts/study-with-us/study-options/modules/modern-languages.html
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/arts/study-with-us/study-options/modules/language-teaching-and-learning.html

This course can be taken as part of the CertLang (Certificate of Languages) or DipLang (Diploma of Languages).
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/study-options/find-a-study-option/certificate-in-languages-certlang.html
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/study-options/find-a-study-option/diploma-in-languages-diplang.html

Workload Expectations

French 203 is a standard 15 point course and students will need to devote to it around 10 hrs per week, or a total of around 140-150 hours over the 15 weeks of the Semester. Time will be spent attending classes (36h), completing Cliquez-ici on-line coursework (44h), revising and learning vocab and structure and completing assignments, tests and exam (50-60h). Class-work counts for 20% of the total grade. 

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Attendance and active participation are required at a minimum of 80% of scheduled classes to receive credit for the class-work performance component of the course.
Classes will NOT be available as recordings. Cliquez-ici Multi-media lessons are delivered on-line via Canvas.
The course will not include live online events.
Attendance on campus is required for the written test & exam.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

Learning Resources

Resources required for this course:
  • Deux Mondes: You are required to purchase a registration code for Connect Plus Deux Mondes(7th ed.) in order to access the online multimedia activities assigned for coursework. The registration code, which also grants access to an e-book copy of the accompanying set text, may be purchased directly online when registering for Connect Plus through Canvas (; alternatively, it may be purchased through the Ubiq Book Shop (https://ubiq.co.nz) as part of a hardcopy textbook package and activated later. Registration to Connect Plus must be launched from the Canvas course home page, where you will be prompted for your:
  1. registration code: this must be new (i.e. not previously activated under someone else’s name);
  2. username details: these must be your university email & first/last names exactly as displayed in Canvas.
  • Cliquez-ici multi-media lessons. Enrolment includes free access to Cliquez-ici, the online interactive course for French 203, accessible through Canvas in weekly lesson plans.
  • Le chemin du retour film (free access through Canvas).

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Other Information

Course Convenor: Madame Viviane Lopes (v.lopes@auckland.ac.nz)

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Well-being always comes first
We all go through tough times during the semester, or see our friends struggling. There is lots of help out there - for more information, look at this Canvas page https://canvas.auckland.ac.nz/courses/33894, which has links to various support services in the University and the wider community.

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 22/12/2020 04:45 p.m.