French (FREN) 200

Overview

FREN 200 trains the student in spoken and written French as a continuation of FREN 100 and FREN 101. The course enables students to use French in social situations and to talk about themselves, their opinions, and their experiences.

In addition, FREN 200 leads the student through a major review of grammar and develops the student's ability to understand and compose short passages.

Outline

Unit 1: Ensemble grammaire en action, Chapter 2 : La femme
Present tense, Imperative
Activities Manual, 23-27

Unit 2: Ensemble grammaire en action, Chapter 2
Personal Pronouns
Activities Manual, 28-35
Assignment: Written exercise 1

Unit 3: Lectures diverses, “Condamnation,” “Mme le Secrétaire”
Assignment: Oral Exercise 1

Unit 4: Ensemble grammaire en action, Chapter 3 : La famille
Nouns
Activities Manual, 43-47

Unit 5: Ensemble grammaire en action, Chapter 3
Articles
Activities Manual, 48-49
Assignment: Written exercise 2

Unit 6: Lectures diverses, “Les monopapas,” “La famille dans tous ses états”
Assignment: Oral exercise 2

Unit 7: Ensemble grammaire en action, Chapter 4 : Ville et campagne
Reflexives
Activities Manual, 57-61

Unit 8: Ensemble grammaire en action, Chapter 4
Passé composé and the Imperfect
Activities Manual, 62-67
Assignment: Written exercise 3

Unit 9: Lectures diverses, “L’anniversaire de Marie-Edwige,” “Le message,” “A Marie Hémon”
Assignment: Oral Exercise 3

Unit 10: Ensemble grammaire en action, Chapter 5 : La vie sociale interrogatives
Activities Manual, 81-85

Unit 11: Ensemble grammaire en action, Chapter 5
Negatives
Activities Manual, 86-92
Assignment: Written Exercise 4

Unit 12: Lectures diverses, “Le racisme expliqué à ma fille,”
“Qui a dit que la route?”
Assignment: Oral Exercise 4

Unit 13: Ensemble grammaire en action, Chapter 6 : La vie politique et économique Descriptive adjectives
Activities Manual, 101-104

Unit 14: Ensemble grammaire en action, Chapter 6
Adverbs
Activities Manual, 105-113
Assignment: Written Exercise 5

Unit 15: Lectures diverses, “La santé et l’environnement,”
“L’influence du tourisme.”
Assignment: Oral exercise 5

Unit 16: Revision
Assignment: Composition

Unit 17: Examination week

Evaluation

To receive credit for FREN 200, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least “D“ (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the written examination. The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:

5 Written Exercises	15%
5 Oral Exercises	10%
Composition Assignment	10%
Oral Examination	15%
Written Examination	50%
Total	100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.