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FREN203 French Language Extension 2C

Updated: 11 March 2013
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 1 Off Campus
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.

Students must own or have regular access to a computer with CD-drive facility.
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Bernard Bourque (bbourqu2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit complements other language units in French through the study of phonetics, pronunciation and diction.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

French Dictionary
ISBN: 9780007331550
Collins-Robert, Collins/Le Robert 9th ed. 2010
Note: OR DVD-ROM: Le Grand Robert and Collins (ISBN 9782849024805) 2009, Version 2. To be purchased online only from lerobert.com
Text refers to: Trimester 1 , Off Campus
Accent Francais: A Guide to French Pronunciation CD-ROM
ISBN: ARAD09
Epps, R.A., UNE Reprint Version 2.0 2005
Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshop, UNE
Text refers to: Trimester 1 , Off Campus
Le Grand Robert & Collins DVD-ROM English/French & Francais/Anglais
ISBN: 9782849024805
Dictionnaires Le Robert, Dictionnaires Le Robert Version 2 2009
Note: To be purchased online only from lerobert.com OR French Dictionary, 9th ed.
Text refers to: Trimester 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:
  1. display competence in dictionary usage for pronunciation using IPA symbols;
  2. demonstrate perception, discrimination and oral production of the 36 phonemes of French;
  3. demonstrate strategies for avoidance of inter-language 'interference' causing 'foreign accent';
  4. demonstrate an understanding of French syllabification, liaison, stress and intonation patterns;
  5. 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. 		True True True
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. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Studying a language promotes a global perspective, although this is not formally assessed in this unit. 		True
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. 		True
5 Life-Long Learning
The phonetics component of this unit allows students to deduce pronunciation independently. 		True
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. 		True True True
   

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