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FREN 121: Basic French I
FREN: 121 --Section: 01 Time: 10:00 am Location: HM 217 Term/Year: Spring 2020
Instructor: Jason Wade, M.A. Office Location: Bingham Humanities 328F
Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: MWF from 11:00 am – 11:50 am, and by appointment
ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION
Credit Hours: 4 (Hybrid: 3 hours face-to-face, 1 hour on-line)
Catalogue Description: Note: Not counted toward major. For beginners. Basic grammar, with
practice in hearing, speaking, reading, and writing. See Blackboard for additional information.
Text(s) and Materials:
Required:
Mitchell, James and Cheryl Tano. Portails: Introductory French . Boston: Vista Higher Learning,
2017. ISBN: 978-1-68005-446-0. Book (in loose-leaf format) and Portails Code (for a ccess to
program's on-line resources: assignments, audio, video, reference tools, assessment, etc.)
available from website or at the
UofL bookstores.
Recommended:
Morton, Jacqueline. English Grammar for Students of French. 7th ed. Ann Arbor: Olivia & Hill
Press, 2013.
Prerequisites: None
Course Goals and Objectives: The Introductory French Program at the University of Louisville
follows a content-based, immersion approach to develop a critical awareness of and proficiency
in the language and cultures of the French-speaking world and encourages students to develop an
intercultural stance with respect to their own culture(s). As such, the program is aligned both
with the Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century and with the Critical
Thinking Initiative of the University of Louisville.
Student Learning Outcomes: By the end of FREN 123 (the final course in the Introductory
French sequence), the successful student should be able to start expressing their own meaning in
French, e.g., initiate, maintain, and close simple conversation by asking and responding to
simple questions. Make themselves understood, with some repetition, by speakers accustomed to
dealing with non-native speakers. Communicate in discrete sentences. Demonstrate an
understanding of the relationship between the practices and products and the perspectives of the
cultures studied. Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language and culture through
comparison with their own.
Relation to Cardinal Core (General Education) Requirements : The Cardinal Core Program
and the Introductory French Program at the University of Louisville foster active learning by
asking students to think critically, to communicate effectively, and to understand and appreciate
cultural diversity. ( ) A passing course grade

(or its equivalent) in each of the courses comprising the three-semester Introductory French
sequence (FREN 121, 122, 123), fulfills the foreign language requirement for the Bachelor of
Arts degree.