CCCOnline LogoCourse Snapshot for FRE211 - French Language III

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Course Competencies

The competencies you will demonstrate in this course are as follows:

  1. Understand and respond appropriately in simple conversation.
  2. Initiate, comprehend, and maintain a simple conversation.
  3. Demonstrate comprehension of expanded written selections, including some literary selections.
  4. Create guided, written compositions.
  5. Demonstrate enhanced awareness of major cultural contributions associated with the target language.
Learning concepts for this course are enchanced using modules, websites, and online discussions.

Module Outcomes Mapped to Competencies

Module 1 Learning Outcomes

 Mapped to Course Competencies (above)
  • Use the conditional to express politeness.
  • Express negative.
  • Formulate questions.
  • Review uses of the infinitive and the present tense.
  • Explore the culture of Louisiana.
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Module 2 Learning Outcomes

Mapped to Course Competencies (above)

  • Differentiate use of the partitive and the definite article.
  • Ask questions using interrogative adverbs.
  • Make requests, give commands, offer advice.
  • Review construction of passé composé and imparfait.
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Module 3 Learning Outcomes

Mapped to Course Competencies (above)

  • Use descriptive adjectives to describe people and objects.
  • Apply possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns.
  • Express actions that are ongoing using the present participle.
  • Express actions that are in the past using the past infinitive.
  • Describe past events using passé composé and imparfait correctly.
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Module 4 Learning Outcomes

Mapped to Course Competencies (above)

  • Describe people and objects using demonstrative adjectives and demonstrative pronouns.
  • Distinguish between the use of savoir and connaître.
  • Use interrogative adjectives and interrogative pronouns to gain further information.
  • Describe past events in order by using the plus-que-parfait tense.
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Module 5 Learning Outcomes

Mapped to Course Competencies (above)

  • Describe weather conditions and major new events with proper terminology.
  • Create adverbs and place them appropriately in a sentence.
  • Use the appropriate prepositions for geographic locations.
  • Express wishes and emotions using the subjunctive.
  • Express opinions and give advice using the subjunctive.
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Course Time Commitment and Expectations

For every credit hour, students should plan to spend an average of 2-3 hours per week for course-related activities in a 15-week course. For example, a 3 credit hour course would average an average 6-9 hours per week to read/listen to the online content, participate in discussion forums, complete assignments, and study the course material. For 10  and 6-week courses, the amount of time per week will be higher so all course competencies, module outcomes, and assignments will be covered.

Aside from typical reading assignments, this course has the following (Please Note: This list is subject to change based on the discretion of the instructor facilitating this course.):

Assignment Points
Quizzes (5) 428
My French Lab exercises  
  Unit 1 104
  Unit 2 91
  Unit 3 102
  Unit 4 104
  Unit 5 98
Oral Practice-Compositions (5 @ 25 points each) 125
Discussions (5 @10 points each) 50
Midterm Exam 100
Final exam  150
TOTAL 1352

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