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FREN 3016 is also offered in Fall 2024
FREN 3016 is also offered in Spring 2024
FREN 3016 is also offered in Fall 2023
FREN 3016 is also offered in Spring 2023
FREN 3016 is also offered in Fall 2022
FREN 3016 is also offered in Spring 2022
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Spring 2024 | FREN 3016 Section 001: Advanced French Composition and Communication (51727)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed,
Fri 09:05AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 30
- Enrollment Status:
Open (12 of 22 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Taught entirely in French. In this class, you will continue the work you began in FREN 3015, keeping your eyes on the goal of advanced proficiency. You will continue to focus on grammar in context, reading challenging texts in the original language. You will write short compositions that include various genres: a summary of an online article of your own choosing, an argumentative essay, and a film or literary analysis. You will perfect your use of the correction software Antidote as you move toward advanced proficiency in writing. In class, you will participate in group work to boost your oral comprehension skills and in writing workshops to boost your writing skills. Listening activities include several films, a song, and videos related to readings. Written exercises include translation, grammar, and vocabulary building. This course explores identity in the French and Francophone world through the themes of youth, travel, immigration, and colonisation. Literary readings include excerpts from the 18th century (Voltaire and Louis Sébastien Mercier), the 20th century (Ying Chen and Driss Chraïbi), and the 21st century (Tahar Ben Jelloun, Abdellah Taïa, and Mina Oualdlhadj). Newspaper articles include the sociologist Edgar Morin (published in Le Monde) and the columnist Réda Allali (published in the Moroccan newspaper Tel Quel). But French 3016 adds new genres of writing as well. We will read selections from crime novels (René Frégni and Michel de Roy), a graphic novel (Marjane Satrapi), and science-fiction (Pierre Boulle). This course is a good stepping-stone for an advanced course in French and Francophone film as we read about and view samples of Algerian, Canadian, and French films. Prerequisite: FREN 3015.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?FREN3016+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- In order to be successful in FREN 3016, students should have earned at least a B in FREN 3015. FREN 3016 is the second in a two-course sequence
(with FREN 3015) which combines an intensive review of grammar with a special focus on the articulation and organization of ideas through reading, writing, and textual analysis. In 3016, students will develop skills in a variety of writing forms (e.g. narration, argumentative essay, film analysis) while exploring selected cultural themes through written texts and film. Course requirements include written exams as well as regular writing assignments, which usually involve one rewriting. Students who do not receive a grade of B or better in 3015 (or equivalent course) are strongly encouraged to repeat 3015 before taking 3016.
- Grading:
- 45% Writing assignments
45% Exams
10% Class Participation
- Exam Format:
- Grammar exercises, short answers, essay
- Class Format:
- Grammar explanation and practice, discussion of readings
- Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exams + 1 Final Exam
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51727/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 November 2016
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2024 French Classes