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Chabot College Fall 2010Course Outline for French 2BADVANCED FRENCHCatalog Description:2B - Advanced French 4 Units Reading of Francophone authors; advanced review of grammar; emphasis on speaking and composition. Following an immersion instruction format, the class is entirely taught in the target worldlanguage of the selected course. Prerequisite: French 2A (completed with a grade of "C" or higher). 4 hours lecture, 1 hour laboratory.[Typical contact hours: lecture 70, laboratory 17.5]Prerequisite Skills Before entering the course students should be able to:1. review basic grammatical elements introduced in the first year;2. acquire a greater command and fluency of the language;3. read passages of medium difficulty;4. improve their speaking skills beyond the elementary level;5. acquire a deeper insight into French life and customs;6. demonstrate critical thinking skills.Expected Outcome for Students:Upon completion of the course students will:1. speak and write French;2. understand the history and culture;3. demonstrate critical thinking skills in class discussion and written compositions:a. read and interpret works from a range of academic, literary and cultural sources;b. identify cultural assumptions that are implicit in Francophone texts that are important to understanding and responding to them;c. analyze, synthesize, evaluate, and question Francophone texts in culturally appropriate ways, with special attention to lines of argument, inference, and cultural context;d. research, evaluate, and use information relevant to textual analysis in different forms of communication;e. demonstrate library literacy, knowledge of research methods and internet searches;f. consider the ethical and legal implications of the use and transmission of information.Course Content (Lecture):This course is the second of a series designed to encourage greater command and a study of idioms and to develop greater command of the language. 1. Review and "recycling" of content of first-year and French 2A2. Continue study of idiomatic expressions3. Stress the nuances and intricacies at a higher level of the French language, illustrated by furtherselections from contemporary Francophone writings, including a short story, a novel, and a play or a film4. Instruction focused on critical thinking, reading and writing, especially in the French tradition of the explication de texte (close textual analysis of literary works) and the compte rendu de lecture (summary/response approach to student reports on assigned texts)5. Instruction focused on elements of literary analysisa. fiction to: character, plot, conflict, setting, point of view, theme, and contextb. poetry: diction, lexical choice, imagery, figurative speech, assonance, alliteration, rhyme, use of symbols, irony and other formal properties such as number of syllables per line, stanzas, and rhyme patterns.Course Content (Laboratory):Chabot CollegeCourse Outline for French 2B, Page 2Fall 20101. Activate lecture content using interactive audio and audiovisual programs on CDs, DVDs, CD ROMS, target language websites, etc., featuring culturally authentic and contextual guided speaking, reading, and writing activities such as cued repetition of native speech, dictations, cued oral responses, listening comprehension, and interactive realia (culturally authentic texts).2. Organized laboratory activities including conversation groups.3. Fundamentals of French pronunciation:Methods of Presentation:1. Introduction and discussion of grammatical structures in class; oral exercises and practice after home preparation by the student.2. Reading and discussion of texts in French.3. Stimulation by instructor of individual student contributions to class discussion in the target language.4. Use of supplementary material such as tapes, recordings, slides for enrichment purposes.Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:1. Typical Assignmentsa. Write an essay in French comparing the utopias found in Voiltaire’s Candide and Michel Tournier’s Vendredi.b. Write a compte-rendu de lecture (summary/response composition) of an opinion piece in the current or very recent issue of the French news magazine L’Express.c. Research the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and analyze its role in Voltaire’s Candide.2. Methods of Evaluating Student Progressa. Quizzes on assigned readingsb. Class participationc. Tests and examinationsd. Final examinationTextbook(s) Typical:Qu'est-ce qui se passe?, Balas, Robert; Rice, Donald, Houston Mifflin Pub., 1998.**This is the best textbook available for this course. We are waiting for the new edition.Special Student Materials: Nonecurriculum 0910dk 12/7/09dk


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