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82-104 Elementary French 2 Online Essential Information

|Professor: [name] | |Assistant: [name] |

|Email: | |Email: |

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|Prof. Office | |Course URL: |

|Telephone: | |Course login : [instructor supplied] |

|Office hours: General: Tue 4-5; Individual | | |

|tutoring Wed 11-2 by appt. | | |

To access the materials for our section, go the URL above and follow the instructions on the page sent separately entitled “Student Accounts”. You will need to know the Course Key (above) during this process. Access to the on-line materials for class participants requires the payment of a $50 course materials fee.

French Online is not a shortcut to learning French (no such thing exists). It is an alternate organization of learning activities. You should be prepared to spend 4-6 hours weekly outside of class and individual meetings working with the on-line materials and completing assignments. It is your responsibility to structure your time appropriately so all work is not attempted in the day or two before the class meeting.

Before the first class meeting, you need to have taken the FCAPE ( French Placement Test), if you have ever taken French before, other than French 1 at [institution name]. [placement instructions]. Give the results printout to your instructor.

See online materials for course objectives and expected outcomes. As a beginning learner of French, you should purchase a mid-size French-English dictionary (Collins or Larousee) and bookmark an online dictionary (TV5 for example), as well as purchase the Bescherelle verb conjugation reference (published by Hatier). A grammar reference can also be useful. We recommend French Grammar Pack: French Grammar and Usage by Hawkins and Towell.

You should plan to spend 1-2 hours on three separate days before taking lesson tests. Preparing at the last minute WILL NOT WORK either for language learning or for grade success.

Grading Guide

|Category |% |

|Learning activities |30 |

|Meetings |15 |

|Class Attendance |10 |

|Lesson tests |20 |

|Oral final exam |10 |

|Written final exam |15 |

|Total |100 |

• Learning Activities include most assignments from the Activités de synthèse section of the course, and must be completed prior to 5PM on the day of class dedicated to that lesson. Learning Activities include:

o A variety of short writings, including Discussion Forum postings and responses. Usually full credit for completion

o Self-recordings for pronunciation check. Full credit for completion; corrected and returned.

o Chat assignments at least once per lesson with a new partner assigned each 3 lessons. Full credit for completion. 20 minutes using lesson material and free chat in French.

o Compositions of up to one page in length. Corrected and returned.

• Individual Meetings occur each week, alternating between instructor and a language assistant, usually for conversational practice and review. Preparatory materials can be found in the Activités de synthèse portion of the on-line courseware, Graded on preparation.

• Class attendance and punctual arrival is required. Two absences are permitted at student discretion for personal or medical emergency. 1 point will be deducted from attendance points for each additional absence without documented medical excuse.

• Lesson tests occur weekly and must be completed by 5:00 PM on Monday prior to the class meeting. There will be monitored tests for Lessons 4, 8 and 12, held Tuesday 3-6:00 PM in the [language lab] Monitored tests will count double toward the testing percentage. All tests are graded and posted in the course grade book.

• The Oral final exam will be taken individually with the instructor at semester’s end.

• The Written final Exam will be taken during the registrar-assigned exam period in the MLRC, and will include a variety of components covering all the work of the class. It will last about 3 hours.

• Individual Grade progress will be posted periodically in [the course management system]

• Two Extra credit assignments (2 points each) are allowable for each student. These should be one-page reports on French or francophone-related events (NOT rental films) occurring in the Pittsburgh area. Check with the instructor for eligibility of the event if it is questionable.

NOTE: At all times, the University policy on Plagiarism will be enforced. Please reacquaint yourself with this policy. ()

Grading Scale

90% and above: A

80% and above: B

70% and above: C

60% and above: D

below 60%: R

Class meeting schedule – Tuesday 7:30-8:50

January 15 – Course Introduction – begin Lesson 1

January 22 – Complete Lesson 1 – 1st tutor meetings this week

January 29 -- Lesson 2

February 5 -- Lesson 3

February 12 -- Lesson 4 - monitored lesson test Tuesday, February 12, 3-6PM MLRC

February 19 — Lesson 5

February 26 —Lesson 6

March 5 — Lesson 7

March 12 — Spring Break

March 19 — Lesson 8 - monitored lesson test Tuesday, March 19, 3-6PM MLRC

March 26 — Lesson 9

April 2 -- Lesson 10–

April 9 — Lesson 11

April 16—Lesson 12 - monitored lesson test Tuesday, April 16, 3-6PM MLRC

April 23 -- Lesson 13

April 30 —Lesson 14

Final exam at time and place assigned by registrar.

Final oral exam by individual appointment with instructor.

Profile of an A student in French Online

• Sets and meets or exceeds ambitious goals relative to his/her own starting level of language competency.

• Present, on-time and prepared for virtually all classes, individual and chat meetings. Keeps others informed if must be absent or late.

• Completes all assignments on time and to a uniformly high standard. Good to excellent test scores.

B student profile

• Sets and generally meets language-learning goals.

• Occasionally misses class, individual or chat meetings, or is unprepared or late.

• Some assignments well-done, others not done attentively. Test scores consistent, though not excellent.

C student profile

• Unclear whether self-determined goals for learning French exist.

• Erratic or tardy attendance at class and related activities, leading to some loss of confidence by peers and instructor.

• Rarely dedicated to excellence in assignments; most done at minimum level, some missing. •Test scores indicate lack of preparation.

D or F student profile

• No personal goals for learning French

• Very poor attendance.

• Missing and inadequate assignments and tests

[Students who can predict this profile should withdraw from the course]

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