FR3301:06
Intermediate French 1
Townsville, Cairns
Prerequisites: FR1122 or FR2002 or FR2202
Inadmissable Subject Combination: FR2121 FR3001
39 lectures, 13 tutorials, 13 hours self access practice (Townsville campus); 39 video-conferenced lectures, 13 tutorials held in Cairns, 13 hours self access practice, four supplementary tutorials held in Cairns over two weekends (Cairns campus). First semester.
Staff: Mrs M-F Mack.
General French language appropriate to the objective outlined below.
Learning Objectives:
- to take students to a level approaching minimum social proficiency (a notional 2- on the ISLPR scale). Students will: be able to make reasonably detailed explanations of their areas of social interest and respond appropriately to native speakers in familiar situations, express themselves using complex structures and understand the gist of television programs aimed at native speakers; be able to write continuous texts using complex sentences and read newspaper and magazine material; further develop their acquaintance with various aspects of French culture and acquire a basic understanding of the history of French literature of the seventeenth century, study some texts from this period and gain familiarity with terms and aspects of literary criticism.
Assessment by in-class tests and/or end-of-semester examinations: listening (25%); speaking (25%); reading (25%); writing (25%). Completion of weekly homework assignments is a compulsory requirement of the subject.