FR2202:04
Basic French 2
Townsville, Cairns
HECS Band 1
39 hours lectures, 13 hours tutorials, 13 hours self-access practice (Townsville campus); 39 hours video-conferenced lectures, 13 hours tutorials held in Cairns, 13 hours self-access practice, 22 other hours of contact, held in Cairns over three weekends. Semester 2.
Staff: Mrs M-F Mack.
General French language appropriate to the objective outlined below.
Learning Objectives:
- to take students to a level of at least transactional proficiency (1+ on the ISLPR scale). Students will: be able to express by use of complete sentences their thoughts and opinions on familiar topics and their dreams, desires, wishes, emotions, fears and doubts; be able to read and write fluently simple continuous prose and begin to read more difficult authentic texts as well as literary discourse; become familiar with various aspects of French culture and acquire a basic understanding of the history of French literature from Medieval times to the Renaissance, 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.