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LOWER DIVISION
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FRENCH 1, 2, 3 - Beginning French
FRENCH 1
Instructor: Staff
Supervisor: Prof. Bruce Anderson (bcanderson@ucdavis.edu)
5 units: 5 hours in-class sessions
Prerequisite:
No previous study of French is assumed. Students who have never studied French (or who have had fewer than two years of French in high school and do not place into French 2) should enroll in FRE 1. Students with two or more years of French in high school may only take this course for a p/np grade.
Description:
Presentation of the basic grammar and vocabulary of French as well as cultural information about the French-speaking world (textbook chapters 1-6); in-class interactive exercises and out-of-class assignments for practice in using the language for listening and reading comprehension, writing, and speaking. French is the exclusive means of communication in class. The course meets five hours per week, with 20-25 students per section. Course materials (other than the textbook and workbook) and daily homework assignments are available at http://trc.ucdavis.edu/anderson.
Required Texts:
Amon, E. Muyskens, J. A., & Omaggio Hadley, A. C. (2008). Vis-a-vis (4th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill. + paper version of the accompanying workbook/laboratory manual
Course Grade:
The final grade for the course will be determined by daily preparation and participation (14%), homework (12%), three quizzes (15%), one major composition (10%), three in-class exams (30%), and a final exam (19%).
FRENCH 2
Instructor: Staff
Supervisor: Prof. Eric Russell (erussell@ucdavis.edu)
5 units:5 hours in-class sessions
Prerequisite:
FRE 1 or placement test. Any student, regardless of previous experience studying French,may take this course for a letter or p/np grade.
Description:
Presentation of the basic grammar and vocabulary of French as well as cultural information about the French-speaking world (textbook chapters 7-11); in-class interactive exercises and out-of-class assignments for practice in using the language for listening and reading comprehension, writing, and speaking. French is the exclusive means of communication in class. The course meets five hours per week, with 20-25 students per section. Course materials (other than the textbook and workbook) and daily homework assignments are available at http://trc.ucdavis.edu/anderson.
Required Texts:
Amon, E. Muyskens, J. A., Omaggio Hadley, A. C. (2008). Vis-a-vis (4th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill. + paper version of the accompanying workbook/laboratory manual
Course Grade:
The final grade for the course will be determined by daily preparation and participation (14%), homework (10%), three quizzes (15%), one major composition (10%), two in-class exams (25%), a final oral exam (6%), and a final written exam (20%).
FRENCH 3
Instructor: Staff
Supervisor: Prof. Eric Russell (erussell@ucdavis.edu)
5 units:5 hours in-class sessions
Prerequisite:
FRE 2 or placement test. Any student, regardless of previous experience studying French, may take this course for a letter or p/np grade.
Description:
Presentation of the basic grammar and vocabulary of French as well as cultural information about the French-speaking world (textbook chapters 12-16); in-class interactive exercises and out-of-class assignments for practice in using the language for listening and reading comprehension, writing, and speaking. French is the exclusive means of communication in class. The course meets five hours per week, with 20-25 students per section. Course materials (other than the textbook and workbook) and daily homework assignments are available at http://trc.ucdavis.edu/anderson.
Required Texts:
Amon, E. Muyskens, J. A., Omaggio Hadley, A. C. (2008). Vis-a-vis (4th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill. + paper version of the accompanying workbook/laboratory manual
Course Grade:
The final grade for the course will be determined by daily preparation and participation (14%), homework (10%), three quizzes (15%), one major composition (10%), two in-class exams (25%), a final oral exam (6%), and a final written exam (20%).
FRENCH 21, 22, 23 - Intermediate French
FRENCH 21
Instructor: Staff
Supervisor: Prof. Bruce Anderson (bcanderson@ucdavis.edu)
5 units:4 hours in-class sessions; 1 hour independent, web-based work
Prerequisite:
FRE 3 or placement test. Any student, regardless of previous experience studying French, may take this course for a letter or p/np grade.
Description:
Presentation and analysis of the cultures of the French-speaking world (Paris, Quebec, Tahiti, Lyon, Northern Africa) and comparison to home culture; review of the basic grammar presented in first-year French; expansion of vocabulary related to city living, history/geography, the arts, food/cooking, and family life (textbook chapters 1-5). In-class presentations and activities, as well as out-of-class assignments, are conducted solely in French and focus on the development of listening and reading comprehension, writing, and speaking skills. The course meets four hours per week + an additional hour of independent web-based work, with 20-25 students per section. Course materials (other than the textbook and workbook) and daily homework assignments are available at http://trc.ucdavis.edu/anderson.
Required Texts:
Oates, M. D., & Dubois, J. F. (2003). Personnages (3rd ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Course Grade:
The final grade for the course will be determined by daily preparation and participation, homework, and one in-class composition per chapter (5 x 13% = 85%), an oral final exam (5%), and a written final exam (10%).
FRENCH 22
Instructor: Staff
Supervisor: Prof. Bruce Anderson (bcanderson@ucdavis.edu)
5 units:4 hours in-class sessions; 1 hour independent, web-based work
Prerequisite:
FRE 21 or placement test. Any student, regardless of previous experience studying French, may take this course for a letter or p/np grade.
Description:
Presentation and analysis of the cultures of the French-speaking world (Senegal, Martinique, Geneva, Strasbourg, Brussels) and comparison to home culture; review of the basic grammar presented in first-year French; expansion of vocabulary related to commerce, tourism, sports and leisure, politics, and modern technology (textbook chapters 6-10). In-class presentations and activities, as well as out-of-class assignments, are conducted solely in French and focus on the development of listening and reading comprehension, writing, and speaking skills. The course meets four hours per week + an additional hour of independent web-based work, with 25 students per section. Course materials (other than the textbook and workbook) and daily homework assignments are available at http://trc.ucdavis.edu/anderson.
Required Texts:
Oates, M. D., & Dubois, J. F. (2003). Personnages (3rd ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Course Grade:
The final grade for the course will be determined by daily preparation and participation, homework, and one in-class composition per chapter (5 x 13% = 85%), an oral final exam (5%), and a written final exam (10%).
FRENCH 23
Instructor: Staff
Supervisor: Prof. Bruce Anderson (bcanderson@ucdavis.edu)
5 units:4 hours in-class sessions; 1 hour independent, web-based work
Prerequisite:
FRE 22 or placement test. Any student, regardless of previous experience studying French, may take this course for a letter or p/np grade.
Description:
Rigourous concentration on writing skills in French in preparation for the major/minor; course assignments relate to the cultural topic of la lacité (the issue of church and state in modern France, religious freedom/tolerance, secularism in French schools). A variety of materials, including written texts, videos, and songs will be analyed and used as sources in the preparation of a dissertation (major course paper). In-class presentations and activities, as well as out-of-class assignments, are conducted solely in French. The course meets four hours per week + an additional hour of independent web-based work, with 20-25 students per section. Course materials and daily homework assignments will soon be available at http://trc.ucdavis.edu/anderson.
Required Texts:
Course materials will be available for downloading in PDF format.
Course Grade:
The final grade for the course will be determined by daily preparation and participation, homework, and a major course paper. (Percentages have yet to be determined.)
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UPPER DIVISION
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FRENCH 100 - Composition in French
France Lemoine
4 units: 3 hours of lecture; 4 compositions
Prerequisite: Course 23 recommended.
| CRN | Days/Time | Location |
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65030 |
MWF 11-11:50am |
148 Phygeo |
Course Goals:
This course is intended to teach upper division students to write clear expository French with correct syntax, clear organization, and with some degree of sophistication in the use of French vocabulary. Several compositions will be written based on subjects discussed in class which include:
* Formal writing in French
* Choosing a title
* Outlines, logic & organization in writing
* Critical analysis of articles
* Text analysis of articles and literary material:analysis of poems, analysis of a play, analysis of short stories
Texts: A course reader.
FRENCH 105 - Advanced Grammar
Bruce Anderson
4 units: Lecture - 3 hours; extensive writing or discussion - 1 hour.
Prerequisite: French 100 or consent of instructor
| CRN | Days/Time | Location |
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83421 |
MWF 10:00-10:50 |
1116 Hart |
Texts: Hawkins & Towell, French Grammar and Usage.
FRENCH 109 - French Phonetics
Eric Russell Webb
4 units: Lecture/discussion - 3 hours; laboratory - 1 hour.
Prerequisite: French 100 or consent of instructor
| CRN | Days/Time | Location |
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65031 |
TR 1:40-3pm |
101 Wellman |
Course Content:
This course will introduce you to phonetic transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet, familiarize you with how French sounds are produced alone and in context, and highlight common mistakes made by nonnative speakers of French. We will also discuss the correspondence between written and spoken French, some of the difficulties for Anglophone learners of French, and regional variation in the Francophone world.
This course is likely very different from others you've taken, and you'll be asked to look at language from a more scientific perspective. In additional to French, you should be prepared to discover a great deal about English, other languages and human linguistic production, in general.
Goals and Objectives
By the end of the quarter, you should:
® be able to transcribe, using the IPA, a spoken or written passage;
® be able to describe the sound inventory of French using standard linguistic terminology;
® recognize, understand and exemplify different phonological processes affecting the online ("real-time") production of French utterances;
® recognize, evaluate and correct pronunciation flaws common to English speakers of French.
Texts: Douglas Walker, French Sound Structure.
FRENCH 121 - Memory and Reconstruction
Jeff Fort
4 units: Lecture/discussion - 3 hours; term paper.
Prerequisite: French 100 or consent of instructor
| CRN | Days/Time | Location |
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83420 |
TR 10:30-11:50 |
7 Wellman |
Course Content:
This course will explore a selection of twentieth century novels that deal specifically with questions of memory, retrospection, and the reconstruction of the past through language and images. Many of the texts refer to photographs and/or projected images as important elements in the process of recollecting the past, a fact that will allow us to ask about the "technical"--or technologically supplemented--aspects of memory. We will also read a novel, and watch a film based on it (L'année dernière à Marienbad), in which present and visible images attempt to speak in the past tense.
Texts: Robbe-Grillet, L'Annee Derniere a Marienbad; Patrick Modiano, Chien De Printemps; Ernaux, La honte.
FRENCH 128 - French Culture
France Lemoine
4 units: Lecture - 3 hours; extensive writing.
Prerequisite: French 100 or consent of instructor
| CRN | Days/Time | Location |
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84194 |
MWF 1:10-2:00 |
1120 Hart |
Course Content:
The French pride themselves in their language and are obsessed with "le mot juste". Words are not just words for the French but are an indication of one's capacity to think and reason. Verbal and written expressions embody charisma and individuality. In a nation still obsessed today with grammar, as witnessed by Bernard Pivot's annual "dictée", the art of the word carries enormous prestige whereas a failing in this regard brings ridicule. Saying is as important for the French as doing. In this cultural history class, we will look at the origins and power of the Gallic fascination with language from the 17th Century to the First World War. Our main text will be Antoine Lilti's Le monde des salons (2005) which will be supplemented by excerpts from Bourdieu: Ce que parler veut dire, Marc Fumaroli: La conversation and literary texts by Edmond Rostand, Beaumarchais and Voltaire.
Texts: Antoine Lilti, Le monde des salons. Sociabilité et mondanité à Paris au.
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GRADUATE COURSES
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FRENCH 200 - Introduction to Graduate Study
Julia Simon
4 units
| CRN | Days/Time | Location |
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65098 |
R 2:10-4pm |
422 Sproul |
Course Content:
FRENCH 207A - 18th Century Literature - The Dialectic of Individual and Community
Julia Simon
4 units: 3 hour seminar
| CRN | Days/Time | Location |
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65099 |
T 2:10-5pm |
109 Olson |
Course Content:
This course proposes to examine the dialectical relationship between individual and community in the social and political thought of eighteenth-century France. Readings of literary and non-literary texts will analyze the conflict between upholding the rights and freedoms of the individual and the rights and freedoms of the community. Through the study of these Enlightenment texts, we will trace the development of liberal political thought in the articulation of various visions of democratic community. The course will run as a seminar. Work will include weekly readings of primary and secondary texts. Students will be assigned specific secondary readings for which they will be held primarily responsible. In addition to the presentation of one secondary text, students will be asked to write a 15-20 page paper at the end of the quarter.
Primary texts:
Rousseau, Discours sur l'origine de l'inégalité parmi les hommes
Rousseau, Du contrat social
Diderot, Entretien d'un père avec ses enfants
Diderot, Droit naturel
Sade, La philosophie dans le boudoir
FRENCH 390A - The Teaching of French in College
Bruce Anderson
2 units: 2 hour in-class session
| CRN | Days/Time | Location |
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65152 |
W 2:10-4 |
144 Olson |
Prerequisite:
This course is only open to new, graduate student teaching assistants within the department of French & Italian.
Description:
Introduction to Communicative Language Teaching as it relates to French as a foreign language in US colleges/universities through textbook readings, in-class demonstrations, and discussion.
Required Texts:
Lee, J. F., & VanPatten, B. (2003). Making communicative language teaching happen (2nd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.
Course Grade:
The final grade for the course will be determined by weekly preparation and participation as well as short written assignments. Grading is s/u only.