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Armidale, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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FREN203 French Language Extension 2C

Unit Information
Additional Information

Credit Points	6
Offering	Not offered in 2010
Intensive School(s)	None
Supervised Exam	There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites	FREN102 or FREN150 or equivalent
Co-requisites	FREN201
Restrictions	FREN270
Notes	offered in odd numbered years
Combined Units	None
Coordinator(s)	Jennifer Hatte (jhatte@une.edu.au)
Unit Description	This unit complements other language units in French through the study of phonetics, pronunciation and diction. Students must own or have regular access to a computer with CD-drive facility.
Prescribed Material Mandatory	Text(s): Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material Accent Francais: a Guide to French Pronunciation CD-ROM ISBN: AR1005 Epps, R.A., UNE Reprint Version 2.0 2005 Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshops, UNE Text refers to: Semester 1 , Off Campus
Recommended Material Optional	Text(s): Note: Recommended material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional French Dictionary ISBN: 9780007280445 Collins-Robert, Collins/Le Robert 8th ed. 2008 Text refers to: Semester 1 , Off Campus
Disclaimer	Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Assessment

Title	Exam Length	Weight	Mode	No. Words
Language Assignment 1		40%
Assessment Notes
Oral Assignment (5 minutes approximately) and self-assessed dictionary exercises (which are not to be submitted)

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2, 6
Take Home Exam		60%
Assessment Notes
Includes oral and written component

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

display competence in dictionary usage for pronunciation using IPA symbols;
demonstrate perception, discrimination and oral production of the 36 phonemes of French;
demonstrate strategies for avoidance of inter-language 'interference' causing 'foreign accent';
understand French syllabification, liaison, stress and intonation patterns;
deduce spelling from pronunciation and pronunciation from spelling.

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline Students will improve their pronunciation of French.
2	Communication Skills In this unit students will be taught, assessed on and practise their oral communication skills in French, as well as the relevant theory, as good pronunciation is essential for oral communication.
3	Global Perspectives Studying a language promotes a global perspective, although this is not formally assessed in this unit.
4	Information Literacy A large part of the teaching in this unit is by CD-Rom, enhancing students' information literacy skills, and they are also encouraged to access the Discussion Board of the unit regularly.
5	Life-Long Learning The phonetics component of this unit allows students to deduce pronunciation independently.
6	Problem Solving Much of the teaching (including self-correcting exercises) is designed to encourage active inductive and deductive learning, requiring critical thinking and the recognition of determinative patterns.