French 1B, automne 2004

George Moskos

gmoskos1, #8160.
Heures de bureau (Kohlberg 335)
Mercredi, 1:30-2:30,Jeudi 1:00-2:00 et sur rendez-vous.

Carole Netter

cnetter1, #7812, 610-544 -2633.
Heures de bureau (Kohlberg 304)
Vendredi, 10:00-12:00, et sur rendez-vous.

Benjamin Cherel
bcherel1, #8309
Heures de bureau (Kohlberg 306)
Lundi, 2:00-4:00, et sur rendez-vous.

 
Textes
 
Heilenmen, L. Kathy, Kaplan, Isabelle, Tournier, Claude Toussaint. Voilà. 2001. Heinle and Heinle.
Heilenmen, L. Kathy, Kaplan, Isabelle, Tournier, Claude Toussaint. Cahier d'activités orales et Cahier d'activités écrites. 2001. Heinle and Heinle.
 
Autres Ressources
* Exercices de Grammaire et de Vocabulaire: http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/gmoskos1/working/home1b.htm
* Les Dossiers du Web: http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/gmoskos1/web/index1b.html
Ressources
* Language Resource Center
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/langlab/
* Dictionnaires
Le Dictionnaire http://www.le-dictionnaire.com/
Dictionnaire des synonymes (Laboratoire Crisco) http://elsap1.unicaen.fr/cgi-bin/cherches.cgi
Dictionnaires francophones http://www.lexilogos.com/francophonie_dictionnaires.htm
* Conjugaison des verbes
Le Devoir conjugal (Martin Beaudoin, University of Alberta, Canada) http://www.pomme.ualberta.ca/devoir
* Orthographe
OrthoNet (Conseil International de la Langue Française, France) http://www.sdv.fr/orthonet/
Réacc (Université de Montréal, Québec) Accentuation http://www-rali.iro.umontreal.ca/Reacc/
* Grammaire
La Grammaire interactive http://grammaire.reverso.net/
Grammaire Beauchemin http://www.beaucheminediteur.com/outils/grammaire/

Materials
 
In this course you will be working with the text book (Livre), the workbooks (Cahiers d'activités orales et écrites), and web pages that include grammar and vocabulary exercises, dialogues and external links. The homepage for the course is http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/gmoskos1/working/home1b.htm
If you are in the lab, open in the "French folder" Netscape 4.7 in order to be able to do the exercises.
 
Your exercises from the "Cahiers d'activités orales et écrites" will be turned in as a packet on Friday of each week.After each class you should complete the written exercises pertaining to that day's material. You must be present in class to turn them in. No exercises sent through college mail, slipped under the door, or turned in later than Friday will be accepted. They will be corrected for Monday, the day before your quiz or exam.
Please note that the laboratory tapes (for the Cahier d'activités orales) are available in the lab and on the LRC site as streaming audio:
(http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/langlab/audio/voila01.htm ). However this site does not allow you to repeat after the tape and record your own voice. For this reason it is important that you complete the lab exercises in the LRC with the traditional audio tapes. You should use the streaming audio site only for review. The site address will appear at the top of each week's syllabus.
The Audio CDs packaged with your textbook include a reading of the "Vocabulaire de base" for the week and a model conversation in French.You should review the pronunciation of the vocabulary on a regular basis.
 
Your computer grammar and vocabulary exercises are self-correcting for most of them. Some others will be sent to your professors at their email address. It is very important that you complete your exercises for the days indicated on the syllabus. Please do not try to complete computer assignments at the last possible moment. It is impossible to predict internet congestion, server crashes, and other acts of a sometimes less than benevolent deity. PLEASE PLAN AHEAD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

Course Progression

You will be given a syllabus on Tuesday. You can also access this syllabus on the Web. A normal week will proceed as follows:

Tuesday: Quiz on preceding lesson and begin new lesson
Wednesday: Continue lesson
Thursday: Continue lesson
Friday: Review of week's work. You hand in your Cahier d'activités orales et écrites.
Monday: Activités libres (free-form activities intended for review), and oral quizzes or exams.

You will have an exam after lessons 3, 6, and 9.

Evaluation Criteria
 
Language acquisition demands your active participation. 50% of your final grade will be based on the following:

Attendance
Participation in classroom activities
Timely completion of laboratory and written assignments
Performance on quizzes
Lab utilization (one and one-half hours each week)
 

The other 50% of your final grade will be based on your performance on oral and written exams during the course of the semester, and on your final exam grade.
 
Browser Requirements
 
If you are working in the LRC at Swarthmore College, all these settings have been done for you.
These pages are optimized for use on Macintosh computers using Netscape Communicator 4.72 or higher. Your screen resolution should be set at no less than 800 X 600 pixels. Your browser window should be set at approximately 625 pixels. Your variable width font should be set at 12 and your fixed width font should be set at 10. You may do this by going to the Preferences menu under Edit in your browser. Then choose Fonts. For embedded sound files your browser preferences for au and aiff files should be set to Live Audio plug-in. (For instructions on changing your sound preferences, click here)
 
In addition you should have the following software installed on your computer:
 
Quicktime 4.1 (or latest version)
Real Audio G2 (or latest version)
Shockwave
 
 
Language Resource Center: http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/langlab/
Schedule of Language Resource Center
 
Monday - Thursday
9:00 am - 1:00pm
1:30 pm - 4:30pm
7:00 pm - 10:00pm
Saturday
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Friday
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Sunday
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
 

 

Leçon 1: Qui êtes-vous?

http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/langlab/audio/voila01.htm
 

Lundi 30 août:
 
Introduction
Les salutations
 
Mardi 31 août:
 
L'alphabet
Les chiffres et les dates

Homework for mercredi 1er septembre:

Livre: étudiez "Découvertes culturelles: Calendrier du mois," pp. 22-23.
Cahier: Les sons du français: A-F, pp 1-2.
 
Mercredi 1 septembre:
 
Les salutations
Les chiffres et les dates
Les saisons

Homework for jeudi 2 septembre:

Cahier: Les sons et les mots, pp. 2-4.
Livre: étudiez "Les phrases et les mots," "L'article défini," et "L'usage de l'article défini," pp. 17-20.
 
Jeudi 2 septembre:
 
L'article défini
Les goûts: aimer, détester, adorer, etc.

Homework for vendredi 3 septembre

1- Web: Dialogues. Transcribe in French what you hear for each dialogue: http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/gmoskos1/working/dialogues/lec1dial.htm
2- Cahier d'activités écrites: Hand in lesson 1. Staple your activities.

 
Vendredi 3 septembre:
 
Continuation du travail sur l'article défini et les goûts.
Choose your partner for dialogue presentation on Monday. Begin creating your dialogues.

Homework for lundi 6 septembre

1- Memorize your dialogues and present them as theater.
2- Review the pronunciation of your Vocabulary using the audio CD.
3- Cahier d'activités orales: Hand in lesson 1. Staple your activities.

Review lesson 1 in your book and on the Web
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/gmoskos1/working/home1b.htm
(exercices et jeux de vocabulaire et de grammaire).

Lundi 6 septembre:
 
Présentation des dialogues
Activités libres.

Homework for mardi 7 septembre

1- Review lesson 1 in your book and on the Web
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/gmoskos1/working/home1b.htm
(exercices et jeux de vocabulaire et de grammaire).
2- Livre: read "Entrée en matière" et "Vocabulaire" de la Leçon 2, pp. 30-35.
 
Mardi 7 septembre:
 
Quiz sur la Leçon 1.
Vocabulaire de la Leçon 2.