FRE 2221

INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I

Spring 2013

Hlose C. Sailles 3A Dauer Hall seailles@ufl.edu 352 273 3777 office hours: m 10:40-11:30& 1:40-2:40 w 10:40-11:30 and by appt.
I. Course Description Intermediate French II is a course designed for grammar review and the improvement of oral communication. It is assumed that most of the material in the text (French for Oral and Written Review) is already familiar to the student. Our main objective is to review and reinforce the use of grammatical constructions and vocabulary so that students can express themselves in French with greater ease and scope. To that end, students will have frequent writing exercises and opportunities to speak in class. As for work in the grammar text, the date the chapter appears on the syllabus is the date by which students are to have reviewed the material and the chapter exercises. There will also be frequent quizzes in this course. The quiz grade will be based on the 20 best quizzes. There will be no make-ups for quizzes, analyses, or compositions all of which will be done in class. Students are expected to come to class prepared and to participate actively in class discussions. Participation is crucial in this class. A lack of participation will result in a low participation grade. Frequent absences will be costly on the final grade. As for the oral component of this class, students will have to make two presentations, and to prepare a short play (skit) at the end of the semester. The instructor will provide further directions about this project in class. Please, note that THERE WILL NOT BE ANY MAKE-UPS, unless the student has valid reasons to miss class and has notified the instructor within 24 hours of the assignment. If so, the student will have to give an official document to the instructor (i.e.: a doctors note). If you miss class, you should contact your study partner for an update. If you need help from your instructor, ask for an appointment or go to his/her office hours.

II. Course Materials 1. Carlut/Meiden French for Oral and Written Review 2. Zola Le Paradis des Chats et autres contes Ninon (the stories can be found online) 3. Various Online Resources concerning French culture (literature, music, film, history, current events, etc.). The Instructor will determine these sources and share them with the students. 4. (Pocket) French Dictionary (Recommended)

III. Grades Compositions/Analyses = 45 % Quizzes = 30 % Skit/ Oral Presentations = 15 % Class participation = 10 % Final Letter Grade: A=93-100; A-=90-92; B+=87-89%; B=83-86%; B-=80-82; C+=7779%; C=73-76%; C-=70-72; D+=67-69%; D=63-66%; D-=60-62; E=below 60%. S is equivalent to C or better. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences requires that students earn a final grade of C or better (or S) in FRE 1130 or 1180 in order to advance to the next course. Note that a C- does not satisfy this requirement; students must earn a C or better in the course in order to move on to the next course and satisfy general education requirements. According to university guidelines, letter grades will convert to GPA as follows: A = 4.0; A- = 3.67; B+ = 3.33; B= 3; B- = 2.67; C+ = 2.33; C = 2.0; C- = 1.67; D+ = 1.33; D = 1.0; D- = .67; E = 0; WF = 0; I = 0 NG = 0; S-U = 0

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY The University of Florida statement regarding academic honesty and more specifically giving and/or receiving unauthorized aid on students work reads as follows: Giving information includes, but is not limited to, allowing other students to use or copy work or answers to exam questions either while the exam is being given or after having taken the exam. Further, the taking of information includes, but is not limited to, copying from the answers provided in the book or ancillary materials, copying from another students paper [], using information already written in books, [], or asking anyone, students or not to review and/or correct assignments. Students found in violation of this policy will be referred to the appropriate administration for appropriate action according to the student judicial process.

Students may view the entire UF honor code at : http://www.dso.ufl.edu/sccr/honorcodes/honorcode.php STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES The University of Florida policy related to accommodations for students with disabilities reads as follows: Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student

who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation. Students who believe they may qualify for accomodations should contact the Dean of Students Office: http://www.dso.ufl.edu/drc/current.php IV. Calendrier (Subject to change at the discretion of the Instructor) janvier 7 Intro. 14 #11 E-H 21 Fri 28 #13 A-D fvrier 4 Chansons 11 #16 A-D 18 Zola 27-30 25 Chansons 9 #10 A-C 16 I-M 23 Chansons 30 E-I 10 D-F 17 N-Q 24 #12 A-D 31 #14 A-D 11 #11 A-D 18 Chansons 25 Analyse #1 E-G 1 Comp. #1

6 H-K 13 E-H 20 Zola 30-34 27 Review

7 #15 A-D 14 I-L 21 Zola 35-44 28 Comp.#2

8 E-I 15 M-P 22 Analyse #2 29 #17 A-D

mars (spring break 4-8) 11 E-H 13 I-J 18 Chansons 25 Comp.#3 20 FILM 27 OP

14 K-M 21 FILM 28 OP

15 Review 22 FILM 29 Analyse #3

avril 1 FILM 8 Fables 15 Analyse #4 22 Skits 3 FILM 10 Review 4 FILM 11 Analyse #4 5 Comp.#4 12 Chansons 19 Zola 58-60

17 Zola 49-51 18 Zola 53-55 24 Skits

Questions sur le film 1.Quel est le titre du film? 2.Qui en est le ralisateur? 3. O et quand lhistoire se passe-t-elle? 4. Comment le savez-vous? 5. O et quand le film a-t-il t tourn? 6. Comment le savez-vous? 7. En quelle anne le film est-il sorti? 8. Qui sont les personnages principaux? Quels rles jouent-ils dans lintrigue? 9. Les noms des personnages principaux collent-ils bien leurs personnalits? 10. Que pouvez-vous dire du choix des noms des personnages? 11. Qui a compos la musique de la bande sonore? 14. Quel rle la musique joue-t-elle dans le film? 15. A votre avis quel tait le but du ralisateur en faisant ce film? Quest-ce quil voulait nous faire ressentir? A-t-il russi?