Course syllabus
- Course name: Language Acquisition I.
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Course code: FRENCH 702.
- Points Value: 15 points.
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Prerequisites: FRENCH 305 or placement test and approval of Academic Head or nominee.
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Course Director & Coordinator: Dr Kevin Mendousse.
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Course aims & objectives: Features of the French language will be presented, in French, and practised in the four skills areas of reading, listening, speaking and writing; by the end of the course, in order to obtain a pass grade, students will be able, in French, to: (i) demonstrate a competent working knowledge of vocabulary, language structures, and cultural content covered both in Alter Ego 5 and in online multimedia work; (ii) present a sustained oral argument, as well as write both a formal administrative letter and a synthesis of selected texts; (iii) demonstrate overall language proficiency equivalent to DELF C1.
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Weekly topics: Units 2, 4, 5, and 8 of Alter Ego 5 (textbook details below).
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Teaching format: One weekly 2-hour class (on campus), supplemented by online multimedia work.
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Workload: Students are expected to spend around 10 hours a week on the course over the 12 weeks of teaching; for an average student, the overall course workload breakdown could be as follows: 24 hours taught classes and tests; 20 hours online multimedia work; 35-40 hours class preparation; 15-18 hours assignments; 20-25 hours test revisions.
- Learning resources: Alter Ego 5 Méthode de français C1>C2 (prescribed textbook), Hachette Français Langue Etrangère, 2010.
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Assessment weightings: 100% coursework.
- Assessment breakdown: Coursework includes both oral/written and online multimedia assignments (30% weightage), oral classwork (30% weightage), as well as final oral and written tests (40% weightage).
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