French Intermediate Language & Culture B

Subject FREN20017 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 2 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

Semester 2, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 3 hours of language seminars each week
Total Time Commitment: 3 contact hours/week, 7 additional hours/week. Total of 10 hours per week.
Prerequisites: French Intermediate Language and Culture A
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Corequisites: none
Recommended Background Knowledge: none
Non Allowed Subjects:

Students who have completed any of the following subjects may not enrol in this subject.

Subject
Core Participation Requirements: For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements for this entry.

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Coordinator

Dr Bertrand Bourgeois

Contact

ajmcg@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

Building on French Intermediate Language & Culture A, this subject is designed to revise and extend students’ grammatical and lexical knowledge, as well as refining oral, reading and listening skills. On completion of the subject, students should have consolidated and built on grammatical knowledge of the main structures of French, increased their vocabulary to a moderate level of complexity, be able to communicate in French on a variety of topics, and express and defend their opinions in both spoken and written form.
Objectives:
  • Work independently in a second language.
  • develop critical reading skills.
  • develop their mastery of the logic of exposition.
  • develop their capacity for reading the presupposition and explicit level of written discourse.
Assessment: One written assignment of 400 words 10% (due in week 6), two 50-minute in-class written tests 30% a 10-minute oral tests 20% (in week 10) and a 2-hour written exam 40% (during exam period).
Prescribed Texts:
  • Interaction: Révision de grammaire française (with Audio CD), Workbook/Lab Manual + pack of Audio CDs to accompany Workbook (S & R St.Onge) 7th Ed. 2008. Cengage Learning.
Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:
  • have consolidated and built on grammatical knowledge of the main structures of French,
  • have increased their vocabulary to a moderate level of complexity,
  • be able to communicate in French on a variety of topics,
  • be able to express and defend their opinions in both spoken and written form.
Related Course(s): Diploma in Modern Languages (French)
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: French
French
French
French Major

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