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FREN204 French Language Through Culture 2

Updated: 01 June 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites FREN201 or equivalent level of knowledge
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Jennifer Hatte (jhatte@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit develops the skills introduced in FREN103. It involves learning to understand and manipulate the French language through the study of French and/or Francophone texts in a variety of media and cultural contexts.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

La Civilisation ma Mere
ISBN: 9780885100071
Chraibi, B., Aquila Communications Inc. 2000
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
FREN204 Resource Materials Booklet
ISBN: ARAD01
School of Arts
Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshops, UNE
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Les Enfants du bonhomme dans la lune
ISBN: ARAD06
Carrier, R., UNE Reprint
Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshops, UNE
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
The Oxford French Cartoon-Strip Vocabulary Builder
ISBN: ARAD35
Bretecher, C. and Correard, M.-H., UNE Reprint
Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshop, UNE
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and 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
Assignment 1 40% 1050
Assessment Notes
Written exercises on literary texts (300 words); short essay (750 words)
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6
Final Examination 2 hrs 60%
Assessment Notes
No pre-written notes, books or dictionaries of any kind
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. understand the language of Francophone texts presented in various media;
  2. understand and effectively employ French vocabulary and structures found in or appropriate to a variety of text-types/media/cultural contexts at intermediate level;
  3. engage in French with various Francophone texts presented in various media, and with the ideas inherent in them, at intermediate level.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
In this unit students will be introduced to the linguistic differences between cultures, develop their writing skills and refine their skills of textual analysis. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will be taught to communicate more effectively through using French or Francophone texts as the starting point for the practice of a variety of linguistic elements and constructs. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
All aspects of study of a foreign language and of its cultures provide the opportunity to acquire global perspectives. This unit studies texts from several Francophone cultures. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Use will be made of supplementary material available on French internet sites. In addition, students will be encouraged to access the Discussion Board of this unit. 		True
5 Life-Long Learning
The broadening of French language skills will encourage and assist students to pursue further French language study and/or the study of another language. It will encourage students to seek foreign language experiences in their personal and/or professional lives. Study of cultural texts will enable students to explore French and Francophone cultures in the language of those cultures and to interact with French speakers on a variety of topics. 		True
6 Problem Solving
French language acquisition and practice plus literary analysis involve hgh-level problem solving skills 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Appreciation of the ethical norms of other cultures, though not directly taught, is an intrinsic learning outcome of this unit. 		True
   

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