Intermediate French I Subject Area/Course Number: FRNCH-062

Course Outline of Record Los Medanos College 2700 East Leland Road Pittsburg CA 94565 (925) 439-2181

Course Title: Intermediate French I Subject Area/Course Number: FRNCH-062

New Course OR Existing Course

Instructor(s)/Author(s): Florence Kline

Subject Area/Course No.: FRNCH-062 Units: 5 Course Name/Title: Intermediate French I Discipline(s): Foreign Language

Pre-Requisite(s): FRNCH-061; or 3 years of high school French; or attend first class for Instructor assessment that demonstrates student’s fluency in reading and writing French

Co-Requisite(s): None

Advisories: Concurrent enrollment in ENGL-095 or higher level English course.

Catalog Description:

This course utilizes the communicative approach in the acquisition of French. Students will gain skills in listening and understanding conversation at the intermediate level, writing, and reading. It is the third in a series of four semesters of college level French and emphasizes the literature and culture of France and Francophone countries such as Belgium, Switzerland and Canada as well as the various French-influenced cultures of North Africa, Haiti, and Tahiti. French 62 continues the visual/oral/aural approach to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing French that was undertaken in French 60 and French 61.

Schedule Description:

Would you like to continue to improve your French skills, increase your speaking and writing vocabulary and learn more about French culture in a wide variety of regions around the world? Come on board and join/continue the journey with us as we “visit” Paris and other Francophone locales to sample not just the shopping, food, and local customs, but also to expand our horizons culturally and artistically. If so, then please join us in French 62 for the continuation of an exciting cultural and language adventure that will not only enrich your academic experience, but will also enable you to reach another level of communication with a new and diverse group of people. We will focus on French and Francophone literature and culture in a global society by engaging in a wide variety of activities that should be both academically enriching and lots of fun as well! A bientôt!

Hours/Mode of Instruction: Lecture 90 Lab Composition Activity Total Hours 90 (Total for course)

Credit Credit Degree Applicable (DA) Grading Pass/No Pass (P/NP) Repeatability 0 Credit Non-Degree (NDA) Letter (LR) 1 (If Non-Credit desired, contact Dean.) Student Choice (SC) 2 3

Please apply for: LMC General Education Requirement and/or Competency & Graduation Requirement(s): (Please list the proposed area(s) this course meets, or indicate “none”) None

Transfer to: CSU UC IGETC LDTP Course is Baccalaureate Level: Yes No

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Course Title: Intermediate French I Subject Area/Course Number: FRNCH-062

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FOR OFFICE OF INSTRUCTION ONLY. DO NOT WRITE IN THE SECTION BELOW. Begin in Semester ______Catalog year 20____/20_____ Class Max: ______Dept. Code/Name:______T.O.P.s Code: ______Crossover course 1/ 2: ______ESL Class: ____Yes / No______DSPS Class: ____Yes / No_____ Coop Work Exp: ___Yes / No_____ Class Code A Liberal Arts & Sciences SAM Code A Apprenticeship Remediation Level B Basic Skills B Developmental Preparatory B Advanced Occupational NBS Not Basic Skills C Adult/Secondary Basic Education C Clearly Occupational D Personal Development/Survival D Possibly Occupational E For Substantially Handicapped E* Non-Occupational F Parenting/Family Support F Transfer, Non-Occupational G Community/Civic Development *Additional criteria needed H General and Cultural 1 One level below transfer I Career/Technical Education 2 Two levels below transfer J Workforce Preparation Enhanced 3 Three levels below transfer K Other non-credit enhanced Not eligible for enhanced

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Course Title: Intermediate French I Subject Area/Course Number: FRNCH-062

Institutional Student Learning Outcomes

General Education SLOs (Recommended by GE Committee) At the completion of the LMC general education program, a student will: 1. read critically and communicate effectively as a writer and speaker. 2. understand connections among disciplines and apply interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving. 3. think critically and creatively 4. consider the ethical implications inherent in knowledge, decision-making and action. 5. possess a worldview informed by diverse social, multicultural and global perspectives. (Each of the above student learning outcomes for the general education program has a written explanation with illustrations and examples of its application within courses, as well as specific assessment criteria. Consult the GE program information pages.)

Occupational Education SLOs (Recommended by Occupational Education Committee) At the completion of the LMC occupational certificate or degree, a student will: 1. Be academically prepared to obtain an entry-level or a mid-level position in their industry. 2. Apply critical thinking to research, evaluate, analyze and synthesize information. 3. Demonstrate strong communication skills (written and/or oral) and interpersonal skills (customer service and team work). 4. Appropriately apply industry materials and technology. 5. Demonstrate the skills and knowledge necessary to take and pass certification exams for career advancement in their industry. (Individual certificates or degree programs in occupational education may adopt some or all of these SLOs. Please check all those that apply to this course.)

Developmental Education SLOs (Recommended by Developmental Education Committee) At the completion of the LMC Developmental Education Program, a student will: 1. Demonstrate the skills necessary for the first transfer level courses in English and Math or for the English and Math competencies for the Certificate of Achievement. 2. Think critically to construct meaning and solve problems. 3. Read with comprehension. 4. Communicate effectively both in writing and orally. 5. Demonstrate the characteristics, habits, and attitudes of an effective learner.

Student Services SLOs 1. LMC students will demonstrate proficiency in the use of college on-line services. 2. LMC students will demonstrate proficiency in self-advocacy.

Library and Learning Support Services SLOs LMC students utilizing various Library and Learning Support Services will: 1. access and effectively utilize available campus Library and Learning Support Services. 2. apply knowledge learned and competencies gained from using Library and Learning Support Services to academic coursework and assignments. 3. demonstrate information competency skills needed to meet the research demands of academic course work and life long learning.

None of the Above

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Course Title: Intermediate French I Subject Area/Course Number: FRNCH-062

Program-Level Student Learning Outcomes (PSLOs)

PSLO 1 Communication 1. Provide and obtain information; express feelings and emotions; exchange opinions 2. Understand and interpret the written, spoken, and expressed language at the cultural or figurative level 3. Present information, concepts, and ideas on a variety of higher education topics, moving from everyday language to higher education level vocabulary demonstrating creative use of language

PLSO 2 Cultures 1. Analyze target culture as it is interwoven in every lesson presented. Hypothesize and interact with others given on-going new cultural data. Analyze the relationship between the practices –the “what” and perspectives the “why” of the target language culture, and use that understanding to interpret events in the modern world 2. Examine and analyze current world culture more objectively 3. Demonstrate an interest in the study of the target language and culture in areas in which the target language is used

PSLO 3 Connections 1. Extend communication beyond personal survival or literary topics to further understand disciplines through the target language 2. Recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are available only through the target language and its many cultures, thereby becoming better informed citizens of the United States and of the world

PSLO 4 Comparisons 1. Compare the target language to students’ first language in order to identify and appreciate the unique way language is used to carry out specific tasks and functions Students will deepen their understanding of the structure and vocabulary of target language

PSLO 5 Communities 1. Use the target language for personal enjoyment and enrichment. Students will interact with heritage speakers within the community and extend language usage. Apply target language in the context of community assistance projects designed to enhance student and community interaction

Course-Level Student Learning Outcomes (CSLOs): At the completion of French 62, students will:

1. Communicate in intermediate transfer level I French in listening, speaking, reading and writing in the target language. Demonstrate appropriate basic grammar, syntax and vocabulary at the intermediate level. Apply acquired language skills associated with familiar topics, cultural themes, and survival situations in their daily lives. (PSLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.)

2. Communicate in culturally appropriate ways, using the French target language to create meaning and respond to heritage and non native speakers. Identify, assess and adapt to the nuances of the home culture and world cultures represented by the target language. (PSLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

3. Illustrate competency in intermediate French level I by using skills for personal and global communication needs in the target language community locally and throughout the world. (PSLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

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Course Title: Intermediate French I Subject Area/Course Number: FRNCH-062

4. Develop enhanced personal connections and global understanding using the target language through technology. (PSLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Assessments:

Quizzes Oral Class Homework Written and Tests Presentation Participation Final Exam of Prepared Projects

CSLO 1 X X X X X CSLO 2 X X X X CSLO 3 X X X X X CSLO 4 X X X X

CSLO 1,2,3,4 are intertwined and holistically assessed in this course. However, certain assignments particularly focus on an individual CSLO.

CSLO 1: Assessment instruments: The students are assigned to research and prepare written compositions in French narrating in the past, present and future and describing hypothetical situations using appropriate grammar forms, syntax and register. Students interact with peers and present oral dialogues, conversations, and oral presentations in French.

Rationale: This allows the instructor to assess how effectively the student integrates listening, speaking, reading and writing in French. Method of assessment: Instructor observes oral interactions and oral presentations, edits written compositions, gives feedback on oral presentations, written compositions, appropriate grammar, syntax and vocabulary by placing student on a target language competency rubric.

Assessment instruments: Throughout the semester students take intermediate transfer level I grammar, syntax and vocabulary periodic quizzes and a comprehensive final exam/project. Students also write in class written responses that have them practice grammar, vocabulary and syntax. Students use a workbook that correlates with the grammar, syntax and vocabulary in the textbook to practice the intermediate level I French structures. Rationale: These instruments assess intermediate level I French grammar and syntax related to in and out of class assignments. Method of assessment: Students take comprehensive exams, and instructors select discrete items for competency that reflect grammar, syntax, and vocabulary appropriate for intermediate level I French. They also use workbooks that correlate with the textbook to perform grammar and vocabulary exercises which are then tested on quizzes, tests and the final exam.

CSLO 2 Assessment instrument: For homework and class work students prepare written responses to short prompts, prepare and present a speech, and or participate in paired or group activities, and partner exchanges in the target language based upon modeling and an interview with the instructor; or give a personal reaction to country specific cultural data using intermediate level l French.

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Course Title: Intermediate French I Subject Area/Course Number: FRNCH-062

Rationale: Assesses students’ demonstration of appropriate cultural behavior and written/oral language skills to successfully interact and apply generative speech patterns in French. Method of assessment: Instructor listens, observes and analyzes delivery of oral presentations and/ or written responses or gives feedback and rates student on a target language competency rubric to grade at the intermediate level l.

Assessment instrument: Students engage in an intermediate level I conversation at a normal speed with their peers or native speakers in the community in French. Rationale: Assesses students’ demonstration of appropriate cultural behavior and language skills to successfully interact and apply generative speech patterns in French. Method of assessment: Instructor observes live interaction between students using a competency based grading rubric to grade at the intermediate level I.

CSLO 3 Assessment instrument: Students will identify and describe certain important people, literature, art, history, music, and dialectal/lexical variants in the Francophone cultures through presentation of oral dialogues, small group collaborative assignments and short essays that are done as homework and class work. Instructor observes and evaluates student oral production, interviewing, oral presentations, quizzes and final exam. Rationale: By identifying and describing certain important people, literature, art, history, music and dialectal/lexical variants in Francophone cultures, students develop an appreciation for the many nuances in these cultures. Method of Assessment: Review written script for oral and written competency in target language and assess student by using a holistic oral and writing rubric developed to rate intermediate level I French.

CSLO 4 Assessment instrument: A presentation at intermediate level I French of final oral and written presentations generated by students in the form of Power Point presentations, podcasts, partner presentations, web pages, web portfolios and YouTube or any other emerging electronic format. Students work on their presentations as homework and class work. Rationale: By creating unique presentations students illustrate the nuances and distinctions of the language and culture to share with class. By learning to identify, show interest in, access and appreciate the many Francophone countries in the world, students understand aspects of French- speaking countries and their diverse cultures. Method of Assessment: Review written script for oral and written competency in target language and assess student using a holistic oral and writing rubric developed to rate intermediate level I French.

For CSLOs 1-4, assessments will include the following: a final examination, which can be composed of an oral and written presentation, live interaction with Instructor, or a comprehensive written and oral proficiency exam.

Method of Evaluation/Grading:

Quizzes and Tests 25% of semester grade Oral Presentation of Prepared Projects and Class Participation 25% of semester grade

Homework 25% of semester grade

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Course Title: Intermediate French I Subject Area/Course Number: FRNCH-062

Written Final Exam 25% of semester grade

A = 90 - 100% B = 80 - 89% C = 70 - 79% D = 60 - 69% F = below 60%

CSLOs are weighted as follows:

CSLO 1: 60% CSLO 2: 20% CSLO 3: 10% CSLO 4: 10%

A-level student work is characterized by the student demonstrating accurate communication, speaking, reading and writing skills at the intermediate transfer level I French competency. The student can always, or almost always, ask and answer written and verbal questions appropriate to the intermediate French I level. The student demonstrates correct use of intermediate grammar, syntax, verbs, conjugations, intermediate level of vocabulary, agreements in subject/verb and article use, for example. The student can communicate accurately at the Intermediate French Level I in reading, writing, listening, speaking and interpretation of culture with little error. The student interprets new cultural information accurately, adapts cultural behavior appropriately, and recognizes the differences from mainstream culture.

C-level student work is characterized by the student generally demonstrating accurate communication in the target language in both reception and production language skills with limited control at times. The student can usually ask and answer written and verbal questions at the intermediate level I of French. The student typically demonstrates correct use of intermediate grammar, basic survival vocabulary, and subject/verb agreement with some error in syntax. Student has basic oral and written comprehension of verbs and their conjugations, but the student has not grasped in full each of the verb conjugations of the irregular forms or how to employ past tenses or how to use the subjunctive mood. The student communicates in reading and writing, listening and speaking at a level in which a native speaker can understand the intended message. Cultural interpretation is accurate and student recognizes the differences between target and Francophone cultural nuances.

Course Content:

Students demonstrate that they are able to communicate in French:

 Talk about le monde francophone  Describe changes in emotion; indicate preferences and tastes  Inquire and provide information about people and events  Narrate in the past  Project into the future  State indefinite ideas and quantities (le partitif)  Talk about periods of time since an event took place  Parties, celebrations, holidays  Interrogatives  Past tense usage: le passé composé  Past tense usage: l’imparfait  Ability to use both the perfect (passé composé) and the imperfect (imparfait) tenses together in accurate speech and writing  Affirmative and negative expressions in expanded stylistic usage  Double object pronouns

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Course Title: Intermediate French I Subject Area/Course Number: FRNCH-062

 Rules of agreement between preceding direct object pronouns and past participles in the passé compose and plus-que-parfait when conjugated with the auxiliary avoir  Rules of agreement between subject and past participle in the passé composé and plus-que-parfait when conjugated with the auxiliary être  How to simplify expressions with indirect and double object pronouns,  Prepositions of location and time  Use of adverbs and adverbial expressions  Infinitive expressions  Past infinitive expressions  Review of Formal commands, both positive and negative  Review of Informal commands, both positive and negative  Balancing the passé recent ( venir de) and the futur immédiat with the passé composé and the true futur  Relative pronouns, expanded usage  Use of the past participle as adjective  Gerundive constructions  Demonstrative adjectives  Possessive adjectives  Diphthong and triphthong pronunciation  The most common and highly utilized irregular verbs in all of our tenses  Relative pronouns  Comparatives and superlatives  le conditionnel  le subjonctif

 hypotheticals using the imparfait and conditionnel; la concordance des temps  la concordance des temps with the plus –que- parfait and the conditionnel passé  the future perfect  Les verbes pronominaux et les pronoms réfléchis in all of our tenses and sequential patterns  Reflexive and reciprocal uses of les verbes pronominaux in all of our tenses and sequential patterns  Questions with quel and lequel  The pronouns y and en in all of our current sentence structures  Time expressions  Disjunctive pronouns  Subjunctive mood to express doubt or necessity  Other stylistic uses of subjunctive mood  Familiarity with the past subjunctive and sequencing of tenses  Ability to recognize and understand the literary tenses: le passé simple and le passé antérieur

Communicate in French in a culturally relevant manner in everyday situations such as:

 Talk about air travel, other types of transportation, and lodging  Talk about getting around in the city  Rural and urban geography  Give directions and express desires  Make informal requests  The French education system  Differences (both cultural and practical) between the French and U.S. education systems  French cuisine  French fashion (la mode et la couture)  Talk about relationships and courtship  Personal relationships  Receptions and banquets  Talk about professions, the office, and work-related activities  Talk about television and other forms of popular culture Page 8 of 10 Course Outline of Record Los Medanos College 2700 East Leland Road Pittsburg CA 94565 (925) 439-2181

Course Title: Intermediate French I Subject Area/Course Number: FRNCH-062

 Diversity in France  Medicine/ Healthcare in France  Talk about anticipated actions  Talk about the arts and the vocations of artists  Talk about unplanned or accidental occurrences, describe completed actions and resulting conditions  Talk about politics and elections  Talk about future events  Talk about political issues  French media  Express conjecture or probability  Talk about home electronics and computers  Technological advancements,  The computer  Ecology and the environment in France

Historical and cultural information from specific French-speaking countries presented in textbook and culturally authentic computer accessed data in comparison with mainstream culture.

 Vercingétorix; Clovis  Pre-historic France; the caves at Lascaux  Roman Gaul  Charlemagne  La chanson de Roland  L’amour courtois: troubadours et trouvères  Eleanor of Acquitaine  Louis XIV  The Fables of La Fontaine  La révolution française  La prise de la Bastille  Marie Antoinette et Louis XVI  Napoleonic France  Le Musée du Louvre  La Belle Epoque  Sarah Bernhardt  Art Deco 1925  Coco Chanel and French fashion  Josephine Baker in Paris  Charles de Gaulle  French Cinema  Le mardi gras  Le réveillon et les étrennes  L’arc de triomphe  La tour Eiffel  The Wine regions (Burgundy, Bordeaux, Champagne)  Cultures of the following Francophone countries/islands:  Canada (Québec)  Corsica  Haiti  Les Antilles  Tahiti  Switzerland  Belgium  North African countries, including Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco  Egypt  African Francophone cultures, including Sénégal and la Côte d’Ivoire Page 9 of 10 Course Outline of Record Los Medanos College 2700 East Leland Road Pittsburg CA 94565 (925) 439-2181

Course Title: Intermediate French I Subject Area/Course Number: FRNCH-062

 Le reggae ivoirien  Le reggae jamaïcain  Le zouk antillais (chant et danse des Caraïbes)  Jacques Prévost  French-African and Malagasy poetry  Léopold Senghor  “Femme noire” de Senghor  Bernard Dadié  Francis Bebey  La Provence  Creole influences in the U.S.  La Nouvelle Orléans et la Louisiane  The Acadians in Canada  Edith Piaf  Jacques Brel  Le Cirque du Soleil  Classic French Cinema

Instructional Methods: Lecture Lab Activity Problem-based Learning/Case Studies Collaborative Learning/Peer Review Demonstration/Modeling Role-Playing Discussion Computer Assisted Instruction Other (explain) ______

Textbooks:

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