WALSH UNIVERSITY

School for Professional Studies

FREN 101
Elementary French I

PREREQUISITE: NONE

Walsh University
School for Professional Studies
Elementary French I
FREN 101, Spring 2016
Tuesdays / PE* MCC, 6:00pm-10:00pm
(*Physical Education Center)

Faculty Instructor: Evan Faidley

School of Arts & Sciences, Foreign Languages
Phone: (330) 203-1646 (Google Voice)
Email: efaidley@walsh.edu
Office Hours: Available by request (ECN Meetings/e-mail/phone/in person)
Course Description:
Elementary French 101 is a foreign language course designed for students to achieve a basic
understanding and proficiency of the French language and culture. The course emphasizes on
syntax (structure of words and phrases), semantics (meaning of the words and their pragmatics),
and information acquisition of francophone culture(s).
Course Objectives:
In Elementary French I, students will be introduced to and will be expected to:
1) Communicate in the target language, expressing daily routine functions, in written and oral
forms
a) Receive and respond to written and oral messages in a simple and correct manner
2) Achieve awareness and basic comprehension of Francophone cultures
a) Reflect on various products, practices and perspectives
b) Compare/Contrast findings to his/her own cultural practices and beliefs
3) Connect other disciplines with the acquired linguistic and cultural knowledge
a) Locate ways to integrate information to personal and professional roles
4) Identify both structural and lexical similarities and differences between the target language
and his/her native language
a) Differentiate between words and phrases and their uses in formal and informal
communications
Materials of Instruction:
Required Text:
Heilenman, Kaplan, Toussaint Tournier Viola! An Introduction to French,
Enhanced with Audio CD, 6th Ed., Cengage
ISBN: 978-1133950127
Workbook:
Heilenman, Kaplan, Toussaint Tournier Workbook w Lab Manual for
Heilenman/ Kaplan/Tournier's Voila! 6th Edition, Cengage
ISBN: 978-1428262775

Students with Disabilities

In accordance with University policy, if you have a documented disability and require
accommodations to obtain equal access in this course, please contact the instructor at the
beginning of the semester or when given an assignment for which an accommodation is required.
Students with disabilities must verify their eligibility through the Office of Accessibility Services
(OAS), in Farrell Hall (330-490-7529).
Course Requirements
Attendance Policy:
Regular attendance is expected and is a must. You are expected to show up on time. Attendance
will be taken every class ad submitted into the university. Points for attendance per class will total
to eight (8) points. For every 30 minutes absent, you will lose one point. Be cautious, as these
points add up and make a difference in your final grade and quality of work. If you must be absent
due to an urgent matter, please make an effort to inform your instructor.
Make Up Work/Late Assignment Policy:
Should you not be in class, it is your responsibility to contact me to retrieve the assignment(s). For
every day that an assignment is late, three (3) points will be deducted from the earned score.
Ex: If you earn 94/100 (A) on an assignment after grading, but it is three (3) days late (9
points off), your new score is 85/100 (B).
You must be present for all tests/quizzes when they are given in-class and in the time allotted via
ECN. In-class and online assessments cannot be made up.
Grading:
94-100
90-93
87-89
83-86

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AB+
B

80-88
77-79
73-76
70-72

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BC+
C
C-

69
66-68
65
below 64

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D+
D
DF

The instructor of the course will explain his/her grading police at the beginning of the course and
will provide a written copy of that policy for each student in the class. The instructor will also
explain how many tests will be given, when they will be given and what percent each test counts
toward the students final grade for the course.
Academic Integrity
As members of the community of higher education, we are all subject to the standards of
academic integrity. Students are subject to the Code of Student Conduct. Using another persons
words, thoughts or ideas without proper attribution is plagiarism and a form of academic
dishonesty. Academic dishonesty is a violation of University policy. All students must become
familiar with and abide by the Universitys policy on academic integrity, which prohibits cheating
and plagiarism.
Additional Expectations
Actively participate in all class sessions for full points.
Submit your own work on all assignments unless otherwise stipulated. The highest level of
academic integrity is expected: cheating and plagiarism violates University policy (including
copying and pasting from online translators). I can tell when you use a translator!
All electronic devices must be silences or on vibrate (if applicable) during class sessions. If an
emergency is expected or arises, notify the instructor so they can note the time present in class.

~ WORKSHOP ONE ~
(Lesson 1)
1. Understand the syllabus, grading policy, course expectations and course objectives
2. Understand the layout of the textbook and how the workbook and tapes will be used in
the class (teacher materials)
3. Understand the learning strategies that are useful in learning a foreign language
4. Be introduced to French sounds
5. Be able to greet others
6. Learn some useful expressions, as well as vocabulary
7. Learn how to spell in French
8. Learn the days of the week, months of the year, dates, holidays, etc.
9. Learn the numbers 0-39
10. Learn the very tre (to be)

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
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Student and facilitator introductions

Clarification of course requirements and grading criteria
Explanation of how textbook, workbook and tapes will be used in class
Discuss how learning a foreign language can be helpful to the students in the workplace.
Listen to and repeat the sounds of the French alphabet. Discuss how the alphabet and its
sounds differ from the English alphabet
6. Facilitator will introduce basic vocabulary for class including
7. Quiz #1 Greetings, conversation, days, culture

ASSIGN: Complete Workbook pp. 1-12, due WORKSHOP TWO

Test #1 (ECN) Conversation (reading and hearing), formalities, opposites/

comparisons

*NOTE: All dcouvertes linguistiques activities of each lesson in the Voil Workbook are worth
three (3) extra credit points each week. They are due by the next workshop from when it was
assigned.

~ WORKSHOP TWO ~
(Lessons 2 & 3)
1. Review material from WORKSHOP ONE
2. Learn the three forms of indefinite articles (positive and negative usages)
3. Memorize the conjugation of the verb avoir (to have) and its importance in the French
language.
4. Identify objects and ideas associated with la chambre (the bedroom) while using numbers
and adjectives
5. Pinpoint housing comparisons and contrasts between French and personal students ideal
model
6. Learn how to construct negative forms of phrases
7. Learn that all nouns in Frenchincluding those denoting non-living thingsare either
masculine or feminine
8. Learn the three forms in French that are equivalent to the English definite article the
9. Learn the four forms of adjectives and their agreement with articles and nouns

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
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Review Quiz #1
Listen to and review vocabulary and knowledge from WORKSHOP ONE
Introduce vocabulary of Lessons 3 & 4
Describe your personal room/office (living style)
Sentence structures and correct application of articles, negation and to have
something
6. Quiz #2 Definite and indefinite articles (mixed with numbers).

ASSIGN:
1. Test #2 (ECN; open book)
2. Complete Workbook pp. 13-16; by WORKSHOP THREE

~ WORKSHOP THREE ~
(Lessons 4 & 5)
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Review materials from WORKSHOP TWO

Learn numbers 40-100
Learn about some of the different dpartements in France
Identify age groups and how to say your age (avoir + numro)
Know where things are: prepositions
Describe what you do/dont like and levels of interest
Learn the difference of when to use cest and il/elle est when describing
something/someone
8. Conjugate effectively regular er verbs in French
9. Appropriate possessive adjectives based on gender
10. Learn how to write French questions (intonation, est-ce que, and inversion)
11. Learn dynamic pronouns
12. Identify which adjectives precede and follow nouns
13. Conjugate ir verbs (sortir, partir, dormir)

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
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Vocabulary & dialogue

Work on Magazine littraire in Voil (pp.109-112)
Engage in activity to better learn aller
Quiz #3: Dialogue (more descriptive than those of WORKSHOP ONE)

ASSIGN:
1. Complete Workbook pp. 21-25; pp. 29-33 by WORKSHOP FOUR
a. EXTRA CREDIT (5 pts.): Locate an article about a component to France:
(economics, politics, education, social life, etc.), read the article and e-mail the
whole class with the articles link and a summary (1 paragraph) of the article
with your personal opinion (1 paragraph). Remember, a paragraph is at least 5
sentences.
2. Project: Work on assigned project topic

~ WORKSHOP FOUR ~
(Lesson 6 &7)
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5.

Review materials from WORKSHOP THREE

Learn how to tell time
Describe being hot, cold and tired
Learn the verb aller (to go) and its importance in the French language
Understand how and when to use preposition and [definite] articles together (au, du,
aux des)
6. How to ask for information (Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?)
7. Identify family members
8. Practice numbers 100+
9. Learn how to say years
10. Learn the uses of qui (interrogative and relative pronoun)
11. Learn how to say the weather
12. Know when to respond affirmatively with oui and si
13. Learn how to conjugate and use the verb faire (to do/make)
14. Learn how to conjugate and use the verb vouloir (to want)
15. Learn the French direct objects (me, te, nous, vous, le, la, les)
16. Continue French business components

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
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Vocabulary & dialogue

Study of French map and cultural segmentation
Verb practices: faire, vouloir, and previous verbs
Quiz #4: Family, qui, weather

ASSIGN:
1. Test #3 (ECN; open book): Translation(s), family, direct objects, dates, phrase
simplification
2. Complete Workbook pp. 41-47; pp. 51-56 by WORKSHOP FIVE
3. Project: Work on assigned project topic

~ WORKSHOP FIVE ~
(Lesson 8)
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7.

Review material from WORKSHOP FOUR

Learn the proper usages of the adjective ce
Learn how to say I feel like
Learn how to say you play music, games and sports
Learn how to conjugate pouvoir (to be able to, can) and devoir (to have to, must)
Learn the interrogative pronouns
Learn additional negation structures to French expressions

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
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Work on Mots et usages pp.166-169

Vocabulary & dialogue
Biography activity
Quiz #5: What do you play? and Ask questions!

ASSIGN:
1. Test #4 (ECN; open book): descriptions of acts and attributes/characteristics, etc.
2. Complete Workbook pp. 61-66 by WORKSHOP SIX
3. Project: Work on assigned project topic

~ WORKSHOP SIX ~
(Lesson 9)
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Review materials from WORKSHOP FIVE

Learn about French eating habits/customs
Learn the adjectives good, bad, and best
Learn how to address being hungry and thirsty
Engage in how to show necessity with devoir and il faut + verbe
Learn prepositions of time: Before, after
Learn the verbs boire (to drink) and prendre (to take)
Learn the partitive articles in respect to food and uses in negation

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
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2.
3.
4.

Vocabulary & dialogue

Grocery Shopping
Misc. activities
Quiz #6: Teams of twotopic TBD

ASSIGN:
1. Test #5 (ECN; open book): A day at the caf
2. Complete Workbook pp. 71-76 by WORKSHOP SEVEN
3. Project: Work on assigned project topic

~ WORKSHOP SEVEN ~
(Film/Review)
1. Review materials from WORKSHOP SIX
2. TBD.

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
1. Film
2. Review for final exam
ASSIGN:
1. Finalize assigned project and prepare for presentation by WORKSHOP EIGHT
2. Review for final exam

~ WORKSHOP EIGHT ~
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Complete final exam/quiz.

Perform oral presentations
Evaluate the facilitator, course module and course.
Practice conversations relative to the business world (with applicable time)

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
1. Complete evaluation (facilitator leaves room).
2. Take final exam.
3. Conversational practice (with applicable time)

ASSIGN:
1. For students taking French 102, review all materials prior to the first class.