Overview
FREN 200 trains students in spoken and written French as a continuation of FREN 100 and FREN 101. The course enables students to improve reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. FREN 200 leads the students through a major review of grammar, develops the students’ ability to understand and compose short passages and to discuss social and cultural topics.
Outline
Unit 1: Le français, ça me plaît, Chapter 1
Le présent de l’indicatif
Les verbes pronominaux
Unit 2: Le français, ça me plaît, Chapter 2
L’article défini
L’article indéfini
Film: La dame blanche
Oral Assignment 1
Unit 3: Le français, ça me plaît, Chapter 3
L’article partitif
Les expressions de quantité
Written Assignment 1
Unit 4: Le français, ça me plaît, Chapter 4
Les noms géographiques et leurs prépositions
Les nombres
Unit 5: Le français, ça me plaît, Chapter 5
L’impératif
Les pronoms personnels
Written Assignment 2
Film: Ça bouge au Canada
Oral Assignment 2
Unit 6: Le français, ça me plaît, Chapter 6
Le passé composé
Unit 7: Le français, ça me plaît, Chapter 7
Le passé composé des verbes pronominaux
L’accord du participe passé
Unit 8: Le français, ça me plaît, Chapter 8
L’imparfait
La distinction entre le passé composé et l’imparfait
Written Assignment 3
Film: Georges et Rosemarie
Oral Assignment 3
Unit 9: Le français, ça me plaît, Chapter 9
Le plus-que-parfait
La distinction entre le passé composé, l’imparfait et le plus-que-parfait
Unit 10: Le français, ça me plaît, Chapter 10
Le pluriel des noms
Written Assignment 4
Unit 11: Le français, ça me plaît, Chapter 11
Les adjectifs qualificatifs
L’adverbe
Film: Kaspar
Oral Assignment 4
Unit 12: Le français, ça me plaît, Chapter 12
Le comparatif et le superlatif
Le participe présent
Written Assignment 5
Film: Ma grand-mère repassait les chemises du roi
Oral Assignment 5
Rédaction finale : Composition Assignment
Learning outcomes
After completing French 200, students should be able to:
- Apply sufficient vocabulary to hold a simple conversation about relationships and social and cultural issues.
- Pronounce French accurately.
- Read short texts in French and demonstrate a good understanding of the content.
- Use a variety of French grammatical structures (present and past tenses, the imperative, present participle, prepositions, pronouns, adjectives, nouns, articles).
- Write grammatically correct sentences, paragraphs, and short compositions.
- Use dictionaries and online resources efficiently to find the meaning of words and expressions.
Evaluation
To receive credit for FREN 200, you must complete and submit the five written assignments, the five oral assignments, the composition assignment, the final oral examination, and the final online examination. You must achieve a course composite grade of at least D (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the online examination and the oral examination. The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:
| Activity | Weight |
| 5 Written Assignments | 20% |
| 5 Oral Assignments | 20% |
| Rédaction finale : Composition Assignment | 10% |
| Oral Examination | 10% |
| Online Examination | 40% |
| Total | 100% |
The final examination for this course must be requested in advance and written under the supervision of an AU-approved exam invigilator. Invigilators include either ProctorU or an approved in-person invigilation centre that can accommodate online exams. Students are responsible for payment of any invigilation fees. Information on exam request deadlines, invigilators, and other exam-related questions, can be found at the Exams and grades section of the Calendar.
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
Physical course materials
The following course materials are included in a course package that will be shipped to your home prior to your course’s start date:
Collet, Paulette, and Rosanna Furgiuele. Le français, ça me plaît. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc., 2011.
Other materials
The course materials also include online Course Information and Study Guide.
Challenge for credit
Overview
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.
Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Evaluation
To receive credit for the FREN 200 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent)on the written examination. You must also demonstrate oral proficiency by reaching a satisfactory standard on the oral examination (telephone exam of approximately 15 minutes). The oral examination is to be completed first. It is marked as PASS/FAIL and no grade is assigned for the oral exam. You must pass the oral exam in order to continue with the challenge. The grade (percentage) for the written exam constitutes the grade for the challenge. The challenge process must be completed within a 3-month period.
Challenge for credit course registration form