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BELLEVUE COLLEGE | Arts & Humanities | World Language Department

Spring 2015

FRCH& 123 – French 3

Instructor: Eva Norling

Office: A245D

Hours: By appointment between 1:00-1:30 pm MON-THU and 9:30-10am on TUE and THU

(425.564.2298 (eva.norling@bellevuecollege.edu

Required Material:

• Promenades, authored by Mitchell/Mitschke/Tano, published by Vista Higher Learning, 2nd ed. textbook (hardcopy or loose-leaf edition). Please check with instructor before assuming that accessing the text via smartphone is OK.

• Promenades supersite plus code (WebSAM + vText at )

Both items are available through the BC bookstore or directly through the Vista Higher Learning website:

Optional Material:

• French-English dictionary

• English Grammar for Students of French by J. Morton

Course Content: French 123: Unité 10-13

Course Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Accurately transcribe exactly what was heard, answering questions related to the information provided by native speakers.

• Ask and provide general information, and reproducing proper intonation and adapting verbal communication to purpose and audience.

• Explain the main idea of what is read, accounting for the general tone of the writer and category of reading material, giving special attention to the target language punctuation, and deducing meaning about what is read by making educated guesses using cognates, context and previous learning to facilitate comprehension.

• Make inferences based on the text and discuss what is read.

• Write structurally correct affirmative, interrogative and negative sentences of increasing difficulty, mostly in the present tense, or simple past tenses (“passé composé and “imparfait”) with minimal orthographic errors.

• Identify basic cultural information introduced through theme-specific vocabulary, photographs, and authentic video material centered on the world of the target language.

• Explain in the first language both differences and similarities between the cultures of the first and target languages.

HOW OUTCOMES WILL BE MET

Class participation:

• You may be able to earn participation points if you are attending class regularly.

• If you miss 2 weeks (10 days or more) of the quarter you will fail this class. Please read the Arts & Humanities Division Policy:

• Please be on time. If you can't attend, get your assignments from one of your classmates and check CANVAS (the BC course site) for new postings.

• If your instructor is sick, please check the CANVAS class site and/or your Bellevue College e-mail account for any instructions in case class had to be cancelled.

Homework:

• Workbook assignments are due on the Vista Higher Learning site on the assigned days and times. Late assignments will not count.

Tests:

• We will have a test after each chapter.

• Tests cover all grammatical structures and new words you have learned as well as listening comprehension exercises and cultural knowledge.

Quizzes:

We will have 2 quizzes for each chapter.

MAKE UP:

• NO MAKE-UP homework, tests or quizzes will be provided. One of the lowest tests and one of the lowest quizzes will be thrown out instead.

Tutoring

Bellevue College offers tutoring in the academic success center in D 204. You are able to see a tutor for free for a total of 2 hours a week.

Students who have a C grade on their first test will be required to make an appointment with the tutor. Here is the info for tutoring as it becomes available:

Learning Disability and/or Medical Condition

The Disability Resource Center serves students with a wide array of learning challenges and disabilities. If you are a student who has a disability or learning challenge for which you have documentation or have seen someone for treatment and if you feel you may need accommodations in order to be successful in college, please contact us as soon as possible. 

 

If you are a person who requires assistance in case of an emergency situation, such as a fire, earthquake, etc, please meet with your individual instructors to develop a safety plan within the first week of the quarter.

If you are a student with a documented autism spectrum disorder, there is an additional access program available to you. Contact asn@bellevuecollege.edu or 425.564.2764. ASN is located in the Library Media Center in D125.  bellevuecollege.edu/autismspectrumnavigators/

 

The DRC office is located in B132 or you can call our reception desk at 425.564.2498. Deaf students can reach us by video phone at 425-440-2025 or by TTY at 425-564-4110. Please visit our website for application information into our program and other helpful links at bellevuecollege.edu/drc

Public Safety and Emergencies

Public Safety is located in the K building and can be reached at 425-564-2400 (easy to remember because it’s the only office on campus open 24 hours a day—2400).  Among other things, Public Safety serves as our Parking Permits, Lost and Found, and Emergency Notification center.  Please ensure you are signed up to receive alerts through our campus alerting system by registering at

If you work late and are uneasy about going to your car, Public Safety will escort you to your vehicle. To coordinate this, please phone ahead and let Public Safety know when and where you will need an escort.

Please familiarize yourself with the emergency postings by the door of every classroom and know where to go in the event of an evacuation.  Your instructor will be asked if anyone might still be in the building, so check in before you do anything else.  Emergency responders will search for anyone unaccounted for.

If a major emergency occurs, please follow these two rules:

1) Take directions from those in charge of the response -We all need to be working together.

2) Do not get in your car and leave campus (unless directed to) - Doing so will clog streets and prevent emergency vehicles from entering the scene.  Instead, follow directions from those in charge.

Please do not hesitate to call Public Safety if you feel safety questions or concerns at any time.

Complaint Procedures:

Should there ever be a time when you are concerned about class and need assistance, please know that I'm here to help and answer any questions you might have. If you feel I do not address your issue to your satisfaction, please feel free to contact the Dean of Arts & Humanities, Maggie Harada. She will be happy to meet with you and listen to your concerns.

Below is also the link to the student academic dispute resolution procedure here at Bellevue College. Please make sure you are acquainted with your rights before issues arise:

Grades

Grades will be based on the following:

1. Class Participation 10%

2. Homework 35%

3. Quizzes 20%

4. Tests 25%

5. Final 10%

Grades are regularly posted on your canvas class site as soon as the instructor has them.

Grade Scale

100%-93% |A 4.0 |89%-87% |B+ 3.3 |79%-77% |C+ 2.3 |69%-67% |D+ 1.3 | |92%-90% |A- 3.7 |86%-83% |B 3.0 |76%-73% |C 2.0 |66%-63% |D 1.0 | | | |82%-80% |B- 2.7 |72%-70% |C- 1.7 |62%-60% |D- | |

Final Exam Schedule

This class will not have a comprehensive final exam since everything you learn in a language course is by definition comprehensive. The instructor, however, will reserve the right to have a comprehensive final exam should it become necessary. This will be announced in class as well as on canvas.

Academic Calendar

The Bellevue College Academic Calendar is separated into two calendars. They provide information about holidays, closures and important enrollment dates such as the finals schedule.

• Enrollment Calendar - . On this calendar you will find admissions and registration dates and important dates for withdrawing and receiving tuition refunds.

• College Calendar - This calendar gives you the year at a glance and includes college holidays, scheduled closures, quarter end and start dates, and final exam dates.

Course Calendar:

A detailed course calendar with due dates is posted on your canvas class site. Your workbook assignments with individual due dates are posted on the Higher Vista Learning Website.

Classroom Learning Atmosphere and Instructor’s Expectation:

You are expected to attend class every day, do your homework on time, participate in class and spend 1-2 hours outside of class on practicing class material.

In case of absences by the instructor, please check the CANVAS site as well as your Bellevue College e-mail account for instructions as to what you should work on during that time.

Confucius says: “Learn as though you would never be able to master it; Hold it as if you were in fear of losing it.”

Classroom rules and procedures are set up with student’s learning in mind. They are there to create the best learning environment for everybody in order to make successful learning possible. Please feel free to contact me with any concerns you might have regarding this class.

Contacting your Instructor and E-mail:

If you wish to get in touch with me, please ask for an appointment to meet with me face-to-face during office hours. You may use e-mail as a tool to set up a one-on-one if office hours conflict with your schedule. Please use the subject line" Meeting request." Your message should include at least two times when you would like to meet and a brief (one-two sentence) description of the reason for the meeting. I can't promise that I will consider or acknowledge e-mails sent for any other reason.

I strongly encourage you to ask questions about the syllabus and assignments during class time. For more in-depth discussions (such as guidance on assignments) please plan to meet in person. Our conversation should take place in person rather than via e-mail allowing us to get to know each other better and fostering a more collegial learning atmosphere.

Student Code of Conduct and Affirmation of Inclusion

Inappropriate/disruptive classroom behavior are violations of the Student Code of Conduct at Bellevue College.  Examples of unacceptable behavior include, but are not limited to, talking out of turn, arriving late or leaving early without a valid reason, allowing cell phones/pagers to ring, and inappropriate behavior toward the instructor or classmates.  The instructor can refer any violation of the Student Code of Conduct to the Dean of Student Success for investigation.  Specific student rights, responsibilities, and appeal procedures are listed in the Student Code of Conduct at:

Bellevue College is committed to maintaining an environment in which every member of the campus community feels welcome to participate in the life of the college, free from harassment and discrimination.

We value our different backgrounds at Bellevue College, and students, faculty, staff members, and administrators are to treat one another with dignity and respect.

Madame Norling's CLASSROOM is an LGBTQ Safe Space where your individuality is welcomed, and your rights to be yourself are defended in the spirit of learning and in an environment of mutual respect.

Creating and maintaining an environment wherein everybody feels safe to learn will be of utmost importance to us all.

The Arts & Humanities Division of Bellevue College, committed to advancing pluralism, recognizes its students’ diverse religious beliefs.  Those students who wish to observe a religious holy day should not be penalized for doing so. Whenever feasible, students should be allowed to make up academic assignments that are missed due to such absences. However, the student must personally hand the instructor a written notification of the projected absence within two weeks of the start of the quarter.  Because religious holidays are scheduled in advance, instructors have the right to insist that course work be completed prior to an anticipated absence for religious observances.

Academic Integrity

Cheating, stealing, and plagiarizing (using the ideas or words of another as one’s own without crediting the source) are violations of the Student Code of Conduct at Bellevue College.

Plagiarism is the conscious or inadvertent failure to identify the contributions of others. It occurs when someone borrows any part of another's work and submits it, uncredited, as his or her own work. A failure to credit others may result in one or more of the following: a student receiving a failing grade on the assignment, a failing grade for the course, or suspension from college enrollment.

Examples which may be considered plagiarism and can result in the consequences listed above:

• When you are doing a research project on the Web and you cut and paste the text without saying where you got it.

• When you copy directly out of a book without naming the book and the author.

• If your answers are very similar to another student's on an exam.

• If you have someone else complete your homework for you, or if you turn in a homework assignment and your answers are very similar to another student's, this may be considered plagiarism and may result in the consequences listed above.

Cell Phones:

Cell phones need to be turned off during class. If you have a sick child or some other emergency that requires that your phone stay on, tell the instructor in advance before class begins and set the phone on vibrate. Remind the instructor quietly why you have to take the call and leave the room to talk. Return as soon as the call is complete. If you answer your cell phone or let it ring when it's not an emergency and you have not told your instructor in advance, please make sure to bring a can for the food bank. After the third time, however, of this happening, you will be asked to turn off your phone all together and you may lose your privilege of being in class.

Inclement Weather, Emergency Procedure or Absence of Instructor:

• If the college remains open, students are expected to make a reasonable effort to come to campus.  At the same time, BC does not expect people to endanger themselves to do so nor do I. If there is a weather emergency, use common sense, know your comfort level, check traffic advisories and other information resources, and exercise your own judgment about your local conditions and circumstances.  Communicate with your teacher what you are planning to do.

• Please make sure to check the BC website as well for any weather related information, updates or closures:

• In case of absences by the instructor, please check the CANVAS site as well as your Bellevue College e-mail account for instructions as to what you should work on during that time.

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Informed Consent

I, ______________________________________ (print name) have read the French 121-123 syllabus .

I understand and accept the terms and conditions of this course and acknowledge that:

a) It is academically rigorous

b) It can be personally challenging

c) It assumes a minimum of one-to-two hours every day if not more outside of class doing homework and studying new words

d) It assumes prompt and regular attendance.

Signature __________________________________ Date ____________

If you do not understand and/or accept the above, or you should meet with me to discuss the course.

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«Les idées ne sont pas faites pour être pensées, mais vécues.» Malraux

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