Marie-France Ryan
Office:   LC 314 - Hours: 8:30-9:00AM (daily)
 1:15-1:45PM (MWF)
 1:30-2:00 PM (TR)

Telephone:  423-6716
Web page:  http://www.sc.maricopa.edu/people/ryan

FRENCH 201 Intermediate French, 4 credit hours, LC 361
Session 1718

REQUIRED TEXT:  Manuel de Français, French 201, prepared by instructor for this course.  Additional instructor prepared work-sheets will be distributed during each class session to students in attendance.  These work-sheets should be kept in a binder and brought to all class sessions, as the Manuel de Français.  Although not required, a student should find useful, for study at home, a French/English dictionary.

Participation in class and effort made to speak French are determining elements of final grade.

Attendance is essential to achieve course objectives.  After four absences, and/or chronic tardiness, grade will be lowered or student may be withdrawn from the course.  Please check Scottsdale Community College catalog, page 15.

Absence is not an acceptable excuse for assignments being unprepared.  It is recommended that students exchange phone numbers to keep informed of current assignments.

Tests will be given after completing each chapter in the text.  There are
no make-up exams given in the Foreign Language Department.

Cultural exposés are to be presented orally in class at various dates assigned at the beginning of the semester.

There will be a comprehensive final exam given at the scheduled time during final exam week:

 Monday, May 8, 11:30am-1:20pm

As lessons are presented in French, concentration is important.  This method requires self discipline and the will to speak French, not English,
in class.  The lack of such self discipline may lead to dismissal, as may any unacceptable behavior or disruption of the learning atmosphere.

During the semester chapters 1-6 will be covered as follows:

Week 1
 1.  Introduction - Review - Articles
 2.  Contractions - Verbe aller - Prépositions (transport)
         3.  Futur proche - Prépositions (géographie)

Week 2
 1.  Exposé culturel  - Lecture :  Où est la France?
 2.  Présent de l'indicatif verbes réguliers et irréguliers
 3.  Depuis - Il y a - Impératif

Week 3
 1.  Exposé culturel - Dictée
 2.  Test 1
 3.  Pluriel des noms - Articles partitifs - Quantité

Week 4
 1.  Adjectifs & pronoms possessifs - Exposé culturel
 2.  Lecture:  Monuments de Paris - La cuisine
 3.  Verbe mettre - Fruits & légumes - Exposé culturel

Week 5
 1.  Lecture:  Traditions culinaires
 2.  Verbe prendre
 3.  Exposé culturel - Dictée

Week 6
 1.   Test 2
 2.  Accord de l'adjectif
 3.  Place de l'adjectif - Les vêtements de femme

Week 7
 1.  Exposé culturel - Les vêtements d'homme - Lecture
 2.  C'est/il est - Pronom complément d'objet direct - Exposé
 3.  Lecture: La Gaule - Pronom en
 

Week 8
 1.  Exposé culturel - Dictée
 2.  Test 3
 3.  Pronom complément d'objet indirect

Week 9
 1.  Exposé culturel - Pronom Y - Lecture: Charlemagne
 2.  Verbes venir et tenir
 3.  La négation - La chronologie

Week 10
 1.  Lecture:  Eglises romanes - Verbe faire
 2.  Expressions avec faire - Exposé culturel -  Dictée
 3.  Test 4

Week 11
 1.  Verbes:  vouloir, pouvoir
 2.  Passé-composé (avec avoir) - Expressions avec avoir
 3.  Exposé - Passé-composé (avec être) - Lecture: Jeanne d'Arc
Week 12
 1.  Expressions ave être
 2.  Exposé culturel - Dictée - Lecture : François premier
 3.  Test 5

Week 13
 1.  Exposé culturel - Adverbes
 2.  Verbe ouvrir - Verbes pronominaux
 3.  Verbes dormir, partir, sortir

Week 14
 1.  Imparfait - Exposé
 2.  Plus-que-parfait - Lecture: Henri IV
 3.  Exposé- Dictée

Week 15
 1.  Test 6
 2.  Examen oral
 3.  Examen oral
 

Course content may vary from the outline to meet the needs of this particular group.

The goal of this class is to help students gain confidence in the practical use of French, review grammar for a solid foundation in the language and acquire a greater sense and appreciation of French culture.  In order to
utilize a maximum of class time for conversation, students should read carefully all assigned texts.

Students can benefit from using computer assistance instruction in
French.  There is a tutorial service, in the Learning Assistance Center, provided free of charge to students in need of extra help.

Grading: 45% :  chapter tests
                20% :  oral and final comprehensive exams
                20% :  oral competence, class participation, attendance,
  written assignments, compositions, quizzes,
  language lab
                 15%:  exposés
During the semester each student is required to complete six drills at the Writing Lab.

Drill #1, and #2 due at the end of the fifth week:

                             TEACH LESSONS PROGRAM
Choose four of these lessons:
- FRV1  Present indicative of -ER verbs
- FRE1  Present indicative of être
- FREP2  Contraction of le and les with à and de
- FRX2  French idioms with faire
- FRV2  Present indicative of -IR verbs
- FRV3  Present indicative of -RE verbs

  FRENCH IN ACTION
Watch one program of French in Action (from program 25 to 30).

Drills #3 and #4, due at the end of the tenth week:

  INTERNET EXERCISE
Choose an article in a French magazine, newspaper or TV news, report and comment this article (in French).  To do this exercise enter in class web site and go to the links.

  FRENCH IN ACTION
Watch one program of French in Action (from program 30 to 35).

Drills #5 and 6, due at the end of the fifteenth week:

  TEACH LESSONS PROGRAM
Choose four of these  lessons:
FRA1  Present indicative of avoir
FRP9  Partitive articles
FRA11  Descriptive adjectives
FRX1  French Idioms with Avoir
FRV4  Formation of passé-composé
FRV6  Use of avoir and être with the compound tenses
FRV7  Passé-composé vs. Imparfait

                          VERB TUTOR PROGRAM(with sound)
Choose five of these verbs:
- être - vouloir
- aller - pouvoir
- avoir - parler
- faire - venir
- savoir - dire