FREN322-20S2 (D) Semester Two 2020 (Distance)

French Language Acquisition: Advanced B

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2020
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 24 July 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 25 September 2020

Description

This is the sixth course in a sequence of six French language acquisition courses.

This course is an advanced introduction to different aspects of French civilisation to further
students’ understanding of French language through the study of civilisation, and includes advanced
grammar, advanced reading, discussions and listening comprehension. This course follows FREN
321 or the equivalent.

The aims are to improve students’ competence and accuracy in reading, writing, speaking and
comprehension of French language and understanding of civilisation at advanced level C; to
immerse students in authentic French at an advanced level; to improve students’ passive and active
accurate knowledge of vocabulary, and understanding, by using the French language; to improve
students’ grammar through the writing of essays, conversations and ateliers.

Learning Outcomes

  • At the end of this course students will have developed:
  • Grammar, as used in everyday interactions and  advanced situations.
  • A working knowledge of everyday words, plus some specialised vocabulary on prescribed topics.
  • Knowledge geared to grammatically analysing, stylistically assessing authentic modern French At the end of this course students will have developed good competence in French language:
  •  the ability to understand a wide range of sentence structures;
  •  a firm understanding of advanced level prose;
  •  an understanding of sociolinguistic registers;
  •  familiarity with journalistic prose, formal, and informal use of language;
  •  developed critical thinking via close-readings, argumentative presentations, and classroom discussions
  •  the ability to compose prose using a variety of sentence structures, idiomatic expressions and link words;
  •  have acquired versatile skills associated with the level B2 of the Common European Frame of  Reference for the French language.
  •  a heightened linguistic sensitivity facilitating the acquisition of other non-English languages

    In addition, they will have acquired:
  • an enhanced intercultural understanding of French and francophone civilisation both within Europe and globally (through history and in relation to current events);
  • a more general sensitivity to cultural diversity in a global context, as well as the politics of language and biculturality (for example, in relation to minority languages and cultures in France, and in relation to Aotearoa).

Prerequisites

Restrictions

FREN301

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Antonio Viselli

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Written assignments 30% Best 3 of 4
Grammar quizzes online (9) 10%
Varied exercises online (13) 10%
Video Dubbing Presentation 29 Jul 2020 10%
Exposé 30% Due week 12
Course contribution 10%

Course links

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,553.00

International fee $6,750.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All FREN322 Occurrences

  • FREN322-20S2 (C) Semester Two 2020
  • FREN322-20S2 (D) Semester Two 2020 (Distance)
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