FLF 101-005 SYLLABUS    FALL 2005    
Tuesday, Thursday  6-7:15pm 
Harrelson  352


Dr. Dwight Stephens
145B 1911 Building
515-9306
dstephens@ncsu.edu 

Jeudi, 18 août         Notre première classe
Introduction.
Read in our textbook (Deux Mondes) "To the Student", pp. xxiii-xxix
Read the Information for the Course


Mardi, 23 août
Première étape
Pages blanches: pp. 1-5 (A.1-4),
Pages bleues: pp. 11-17
Workbook (WB) pp. 1-5
Learn to use the audio on WebCT:
https://vistaserver.ncsu.edu/webct/entryPage.dowebct
You will need to sign in. Then listen to the audio and watch the video
for each lesson and for the exercises in the workbook.

Introduction to the alphabet and sounds:
http://phonetique.free.fr/alpha.htm
This page has audio of various pairs of sounds which you must
learn to distinguish.  As you're doing the sounds, remember the
letters used to write them.  French is pronounced as it's written,
no surprises, so once you learn the rules you can pronounce
any word perfectly.  You will have to have Macromedia Shockwave
installed to hear the sound.   Do all the exercises except Jeu: les couples,
which is stupid.

Jeudi, 25 août
Première Etape
Pages blanches: Finish 1ère étape pp. 5-10
Pages bleues: pp. 17-19
WB pp. 6-8

Here's some help for our Core Conversation.  They are videos on the situations
we're working on. Watch, listen, and imitate.  This site works best with Internet
Explorer, and you must have Realplayer installed.
The first two are "Saying hello" and "Greeting friends."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk/greetings/
Also do "Saying your name" from this page:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk/introductions/
Listen to them and repeat as many times as you can, but the main thing is that
you do a little each day.  Then notice that each video has a little practice activity
farther down on the same page.

http://phonetique.free.fr/alpha.htm
Continue working on these sounds.  Keep in mind what letter combinations
produce them.  Do all the exercises except Jeu: les couples, which is stupid.


Mardi, 30 août
Deuxième étape
Blanches: pp. 22-25 (A.1-A.6)
Bleues: B.1-3, pp. 35-38
WB pp. 8-11

Core Conversation, Saying your name, Saying what you do,
and Saying your age:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk/introductions/
(Remember, this particular site works best with IE)

Sound discrimination exercises
Vowels:
http://phonetique.free.fr/indexphonvoy.htm
Semivowels:
http://phonetique.free.fr/indexphonsemi.htm


Jeudi, 1er septembre
2ème étape
Blanches pp. 25-31
Bleues: B. 4-6, pp. 37-42
WB pp. 13-20

Core Conversation:  Where from?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk/wherefrom/
(Remember, this particular site works best with IE)

Liaison, syllables, intonation:
http://phonetique.free.fr/autres.htm

Numbers:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/num/fr/


Mardi, 6 septembre
Finish 2ème étape.
Bleues: Section B. 7, pp. 42-43
WB 21-24

Core Conversation: Where you live and work:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk/livework/
(Remember, this particular site works best with IE)

Continue online audio exercises.
Vowels:
http://phonetique.free.fr/indexphonvoy.htm
Semivowels:
http://phonetique.free.fr/indexphonsemi.htm


Jeudi, 8 septembre
Quiz on Etapes 1-2.

Chapitre 1
Blanches: pp. 46-51
Bleues: Sections 1.1-1.2, pp. 63-66
WB pp. 25-32

Salutations and farewells:
http://www.languageguide.org/txt/common/fr/
Note: for this site you need to have installed Quicktime or Windows
Media Player.  Quicktime is advised.  After you get the player installed,
go to the URL above, and at the bottom click on Preferences.  Then make
sure that all three of the boxes at the top are checked (Add sound to drop
down vocabulary lists, Enable sound, and Show Popups).  Then click Save
Preferences.  Now, when viewing any of the pages for this site, all you have
to do is hold your cursor over a word or phrase to hear the audio.  Slide it
back over the word as many times as you like to hear it again.  Repeat
and practice pronouncing all these as many times as you can. If you don't
get sound, be sure to tell me.  This practice is important.  When you have
vocabulary assigned from various pages of this site, go over each word several
times, pronouncing aloud, then replaying the audio, then copying the sound
again, to get more and more accurate.

Core Conversation, Family:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk/family/
(Remember, this particular site works best with IE)


Mardi, 13 septembre
Ch. 1
Blanches: pp. 51-54
Bleues 1.3-1.4, pp. 66-69
WB pp. 32-35

An online French-English-French Dictionary:
http://www.wordreference.com/fr/index.htm
Start getting familiar with using this. Plug in a few words you know in
English and in French to see how the results are organized.

Salutations and farewells:
http://www.languageguide.org/txt/common/fr/
Continue practicing on these and on the other sound sites.

http://www.signiform.com/french/ff.htm
Read  10. Tu and vous.


Jeudi, 15 septembre
Ch. 1: 54-62
Bleues 1.5-1.6, pp. 69-72
WB 36-43

Update your personal composition(s) with material and structures
from this day's assignment, and new vocabulary from this chapter,
in a Word document, with a file name including your last name and
a number, and send as an email attachment, before 6pm today.

http://www.signiform.com/french/ff.htm
Read  11. Meeting and Parting, and 12. Politeness.

Leisure:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk/leisure/
(Remember, this particular site works best with IE)


Mardi, 20 septembre
Examen 1: Étapes 1-2, and Chapitre 1. Send in before class your expanded self-description
for a grade.


Jeudi, 22 septembre   
No class, due to a medical procedure, but do the
assignment at home and send in the composition!  See you Tuesday!
 Chapitre 2: start learning vocabulary on pp. 88-89
Blanches: pp. 73-79
Bleues: 2.1-2.2, pp. 90-92
Update your personal composition(s) with material and structures
from this day's assignment, and new vocabulary from this chapter,
in a Word document, with a file name including your last name and
a number, and send as an email attachment, before 6pm today.
WB 45-52

http://www.signiform.com/french/ff.htm
Read Section 2, number 17.  Common mistakes made by English speakers in French

Core Conversation, Eating and drinking:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk/eatdrink/
(Remember, this particular site works best with IE)

Numbers:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/num/fr/ 


Mardi, 27 septembre
Ch. 2
Blanches: 80-82
Bleues 2.3-2.4, pp. 93-95
Update your personal composition(s) with material and structures
from this day's assignment, and new vocabulary from this chapter,
in a Word document, with a file name including your last name and
a number, and send as an email attachment, before 6pm today.
WB 53-56
Send in, before class, your newly expanded and developed
self-description.

Weather:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/weather/fr/

http://french.about.com/library/weekly/bltopicsub-g.htm


Jeudi, 29 septembre
Ch. 2:
Blanches: 82-89
Bleues: 2.5, pp. 96-97
Update your personal composition(s) with material and structures
from this day's assignment, and new vocabulary from this chapter,
in a Word document, with a file name including your last name and
a number, and send as an email attachment, before 6pm today.
WB 56-65

Time
http://www.languageguide.org/txt/time/fr/
House:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/home/outside/fr/
Grammar, at your leisure:
http://french.about.com/library/weekly/bltopicsub-g.htm

This coming week, please schedule a mandatory conference via telephone or in person if you received a grade lower than C on the last exam or an optional one if you would like help perfecting your learning of French.  You can phone or email to set it up: 870-0314, 805-1100, dstephens@ncsu.edu, mahimahi@nc.rr.com.

Mardi, 4 octobre
Oral presentation of your self-description. Each person will present before the class, without notes, and the class will then ask the presenter questions in French, which the presenter will answer.  Each student will be expected to do one presentation and ask at least one question.  

http://www.signiform.com/french/ff.htm
Read Section 3, number 7. Intonation.

http://french.about.com/library/weekly/bltopicsub-g.htm


Jeudi, 6 octobre
VACANCES! PAS DE COURS! FALL BREAK!


Mardi, 11 octobre
Chapitre 3:  prepositions of spacial location; interrogative words. 
Start reading through and learning vocabulary for Lesson 3 on pp. 115-116
Blanches: 99-103
Bleues: 3.1-3.2, pp. 117-119
Update your personal composition(s) with material and structures
from this day's assignment, and new vocabulary from this chapter,
in a Word document, with a file name including your last name and
a number, and send as an email attachment, before 6pm today. 
The new structures for this lesson: prepositions of spacial location;
interrogative words.
WB 67-71

Colors:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/colors/fr/

http://globegate.utm.edu/french/globegate_mirror/gramm.html

Jeudi, 13 octobre
Ch. 3         prendre; devoir; and il faut...  
Blanches: 103-106
Bleues: 3.3-3.4, pp. 119-122
Update your personal composition(s) with material and structures
from this day's assignment (the verb prendre; the verb devoir; and il faut...), 
and new vocabulary from this chapter, in a Word document, with a file name 
including your last name and a number, and send as an email attachment, 
before 6pm today. 
WB 72-74

Transportation:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/landtravel/fr/


Mardi, 18 octobre
Ch. 3   Demonstrative adjectives and the partitive de
Blanches: 107-109
Bleues: 3.5-3.6, pp. 123-126
Update your personal composition(s) with material and structures
(demonstrative adjectives and the partitive de) from this day's assignment, 
and new vocabulary from this chapter,in a Word document, with a file name 
including your last name and a number, and send as an email attachment, 
before 6pm today.
WB 74-77

An instant verb conjugator:
http://www.pomme.ualberta.ca/devoir/
Type in the verb you want to study and practice the present tense.
This is excellent for reviewing for exams.

Jeudi, 20 octobre
Ch. 3        sortir, dormir, and courir
Blanches: 110-116.
Bleues: 3.7-3.8, pp. 126-128
Update your personal composition(s) with material and structures
from this day's assignment, and new vocabulary from this chapter,
in a Word document, with a file name including your last name and
a number, and send as an email attachment, before 6pm today.
WB 77-86
Review for Examen 2

Core Conversation, Shopping:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk/shopping/
(Remember, this particular site works best with IE)

An instant verb conjugator:
http://www.pomme.ualberta.ca/devoir/


Mardi, 25 octobre
Examen 2: Chapitres 2-3
Before this class, send in your most recent and expanded paragraph on you, your family,
etc., for a grade.


Jeudi, 27 octobre
Chapitre 4:  adjective placement (review); comparisons; regular -ir verbs
Begin learning vocabulary on pp. 145-147
Blanches: pp. 129-136
Bleues: 4.1-4.3, pp. 148-154
WB 87-96

Grammar exercises and review:
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/foreignlang/french/gram.htm

House, outside:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/home/outside/fr/


Mardi, 1er novembre
Ch. 4        regular -re verbs and direct object pronouns
Blanches: pp. 137-142
Bleues: 4.4-4.5, pp. 154-158
Update your personal composition(s) with material and structures
from this day's assignment, and new vocabulary from this chapter,
in a Word document, with a file name including your last name and
a number, and send as an email attachment, before 6pm today.
WB 96-98

Le salon:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/home/den/fr/
La cuisine:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/kitchen/fr/


Jeudi, 3 novembre
Ch. 4        the verb connaître; idioms with avoir
Blanches: 142-145 "Lecture"
Bleues: Quiz on 4.6-4.7, pp. 158-162, and vocabulary
(pp. 145-147)
Update your personal composition(s) with material and structures
from this day's assignment, and new vocabulary from this chapter,
in a Word document, with a file name including your last name and
a number, and send as an email attachment, before 6pm today.
Add new material on where you live to your self-composition.
WB 98-106

La chambre à coucher:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/home/bedroom/fr/
La salle de bains:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/bathroom/fr/


Week of Nov. 7-11:  The film Le Dîner de Cons (The Dinner Game) will be shown in the Media
Center of D.H. Hill Library (2nd floor, Erdhal-Cloyd wing) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday &
Thursday at 4 PM and 7PM, Friday at 3:30 PM (This schedule may change.) You are to see
this film and turn in written homework as part of your work for this course. See Film Study Sheet.


Mardi, 8 novembre
Chapitre 5    The past tense: the passé composé
Blanches: 163-171
Bleues: 5.1-5.2, pp. 182-187
Make today's composition a paragraph on some things you did yesterday, 
or last night, or last year, or last summer, using the passé composé.  Send 
it before 6pm today.
WB 107-115

L'école:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/school/fr/
Le bureau:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/business/fr/


Jeudi, 10 novembre
Ch.5        Passé composé with the être auxiliary: verbs of motion and reflexive verbs
Blanches: 171-174
Bleues: 5.3-5.4, pp. 187-190
Today's composition should be a retelling of yesterday and what you did, from the time you got up to the time you went to bed, using the verbs of motion like aller and venir, and the reflexive verbs we use to describe activities like dressing, bathing, having fun, etc.  Please send before 6pm today.
WB 115-120

L'ordinateur (le PC):
http://www.languageguide.org/im/computer/fr/


Mardi, 15 novembre
Examen 3: Chapitre 4 & Sections 5.1-5.3 of Chapitre 5
Before this class, send in the latest version of your composition on your life.


Jeudi, 17 novembre
Course Evaluation. (Bring #2 Pencil.)

Update your composition and send it in (final grade).

Ch. 5    Negatives
Blanches: 174-181
Bleues: 5.5, pp. 190-192
Film homework due: a page in English on the meaning of the film. Comedy or social criticism? Is there anything particularly "French" about this, or is it universal?  Any similarities with American life?
WB 120-129

Mardi, 22 novembre
Finish Ch. 5.
Quiz
Oral assessment

L'électronique:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/electronics/fr/

La science:
http://www.languageguide.org/im/science/fr/


Jeudi, 24 novembre
VACANCES DE THANKSGIVING!     PAS DE COURS.


Mardi, 29 novembre
Review for final exam
Oral portion of final exam


Jeudi, 1er décembre
La dernière classe.
Oral portion of final exam


Mardi, 6 décembre     EXAMEN FINAL  6-9pm (18-21 heures)  342 Harrelson