McGill Faculté des arts
Centre d’enseignement du français
Enseignante: Sue Harrison Horaire: lundi et mercredi de 17h35 à 18h55
Courriel: Salle: LEA 212
Tél.: 514-489-4024 Bureau: Pavillon Ferrier 408, heures de présence
Lundi, mercredi 17h à 17h30 ou sur rendez-vous
FRSL 333-004 Intermediate French 1: Health Care & Social Services
PREREQUISITES
Students registering in this course have completed course 332-004 (or equivalent) or have studied French in high school outside Québec.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is the third of five levels: it is designed for students who wish to continue studying all aspects of the language, especially as it pertains to their future profession. These students will develop strategies for dealing with patients, clients and professional colleagues. Grammar review and oral work build on communication skills that students have acquired at a previous level, possibly by taking FRSL 332-004.
There will be elementary discussions of the case studies presented in the course pack as well as oral presentations based on these cases or other ones of interest to the students registered in the course. Reading comprehension and increased vocabulary are developed by studying short informative texts. The course consists of 3 hours in class and weekly lab practice.
At the beginning of the course, students should:
LISTENING understand simple questions, simple sentences,
SPEAKING be able to talk briefly about their chosen profession and work, volunteer or
clinical experience in short but complete sentences,
READING read short texts related to case studies and some narrative texts or dialogues using basic structures,
WRITING be able to describe a case, a client, a medical or social problem using elementary grammar and vocabulary,
be familiar with conjugation in the present, imperative, passé composé, imperfect and future tenses.
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, students should have developed strategies for dealing with basic
professional interactions with clients, summing up information gathered and discussing with
colleagues their clients’ needs and care plans.
LISTENING Students understand the important elements of dialogues and brief informative texts at normal speed.
SPEAKING They can deal with everyday situations,
describe persons, symptoms, outcomes (in the past tense),
express emotions, wishes, suggestions and instructions,
make an oral summary of a brief professional article on a specific topic,
express an opinion, discuss topics using appropriate technical vocabulary,
prepare and present a short informative text and lead a brief discussion,
answer questions about a written text.
READING Students understand instructions, informative texts, case studies, blogs.
WRITING They can write a short essay (informative, descriptive, narrative) of 200 – 250 words and use a variety of verb tenses (present, imperative, passé composé), present conditional, pronouns, adjectives, agreements, comparatives and superlatives.
CULTURAL Students are sensitized to aspects of dealing with medical and social
AWARENESS services concerns with clients of a variety of ethnic backgrounds.
COURSE PACK Français intermédiaire 1: santé et services sociaux, Sue Harrison et Yung Truong, sous la direction de Hélène Riel-Salvatore. The course pack will be distributed in class.
LANGUAGE LABORATORY
Language laboratory practice is a compulsory part of the course. With their Student Login Script, students have access to the Arts Multimedia Language Laboratory (AMLF), located in the basement of the McLennan Library. Students may practice at the lab as often as they wish except when the lab is being used for teaching or testing. For opening hours, go to http://www.mcgill.ca/amlf/hours/.
EVALUATION
Written work
4 tests 20%
4 compositions 20%
3 quizzes 10%
Oral work
1 individual presentation 10%
2 oral tests in AMFL 25%
Preparation, participation, progress, 10%
Attendance and oral practice at the AMFL 5%
TOTAL 100%
A student who misses a class before the end of add-drop period may lose his or her place in the class, even if he or she is on the firm class list.
See p. 3 for important dates (in-class evaluation). No supplemental exam. No "additional or make up work". In order to pass the course, students must complete all requirements.
In the event of extraordinary circumstances beyond the University’s control, the content and/or evaluation scheme in this course is subject to change.
Students are responsible for informing themselves about the rules and regulations of the university with regards to Method of course evaluation and grading procedures.
See: - http://www.mcgill.ca/oasis/general/grading/ - http://www.mcgill.ca/secretariat/sites/mcgill.ca.secretariat/files/university_student_assessment_policy_0.pdf
See: - http://www.mcgill.ca/lms/ Page d’accueil du cours / Politiques
COURSE REQUIREMENTS, ATTENDANCE, EVALUATION, METHODOLOGY
1. Attendance is a mandatory part of a French course. All absences will affect the participation grade. Attendance, active participation in class and in the various activities and group discussions, lab practice, written practice, in class progress, awareness of mistakes and self-correction, self-discipline (daily preparation of assigned work, speaking only French in class, etc.) will be considered for the participation grade. It is the student’s responsibility to keep track of the number of their absences.
A STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN ABSENT FOR ONE THIRD OF CLASSES WILL RECEIVE A “J” AS THE FINAL GRADE.
2. Spoken French plays a crucial role in the course. During class, the language of communication will be, as much as possible, French, and students will be called to participate in discussions in French.
3. Evaluation of progress: In class, you will be evaluated on your efforts to participate, come to class with work prepared as requested, improve your pronunciation, express yourself or ask questions in French and your attempts to use new vocabulary, idioms and structures. Individual oral practice in the AMLF (Can8), and dictations are also part of the grading scheme (see F. Grading and Examinations).
4. Tests are to be taken on specific days only: see course calendar and below. Students must attend all in-class evaluations unless exceptional circumstances exist (medical reasons only, doctor's certificate necessary). Longer weekends out of town for example and holidays out of the country will not be accepted. Students who miss an in-class evaluation will receive a 0. Students are required to be fully informed about McGill, FLC and FRSL 333-004 policies before the end of the drop and add period (see McGill web page for McGill policies and regulations, see MyCourses FRSL 333-004 your section for FLC and course policies).Tests will include grammar and vocabulary, listening and/or reading comprehension, dictation and oral or written composition questions. Tests in the AMLF will require students to record their answers to questions given orally. No writing is allowed during oral tests.
Important dates for in-class evaluation: (See Course calendar in myCourses)
5. Devoirs : Students are advised to keep up with the work week by week in order to make progress. Accumulating the work during the semester would be in contradiction to the aims and methods of the course and quite meaningless in terms of benefit to students. Students will be required to work on grammar review independently and practice some of the oral and written exercises from the book, at home or in the AMLF. Students will also be required to complete and correct the Devoirs and Dictations independently as the answer key for each one will be available in MyCourses or the workbook. Check your course calendar to know which Devoir/Dictée/Labo has to be done and when. Regular in-class quizzes/tests will assess the work done independently (see F. Grading and Examinations).
6. Vocabulary introduced in class work is an important aspect of your work and will be tested regularly. Students are advised to review and try to use new vocabulary items frequently. In case of nouns, remember to memorize the gender.
7. Pronunciation and auditory memory: Sounds, stress, rhythm and intonation will be practised and evaluated.
8. MyCourses is used in this course. Students have to check the site frequently for information about the course, calendar postings, grammar and phonetic resources and documents required for class activities.
9. Graduate students are expected to obtain a minimum final grade of B-. They can request a pass/fail grade through their school.
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1 In that case, the teacher must have been informed before the beginning of the test.
10. Professors may be consulted during their office hours or by appointment.
PLAGIARISM IN ACADEMIC WORK
MCGILL UNIVERSITY VALUES ACADEMIC INTEGRITY. THEREFORE ALL STUDENTSMUST UNDERSTAND THEMEANING AND CONSEQUENCES OF CHEATING, PLAGIARISMAND OTHER ACADEMIC OFFENCES UNDER THE CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES.
In oral or written assignments, dictations, translations, essays, oral or written presentations, summaries, projects, thesis, research reports, etc.:
What is not accepted?
• Copying or submitting any academic work that has been produced by another student or another person (all or in part). Allowing another student or any another person to provide answers or correct your work.
• Allowing a resource person (native speaker, language teacher, monitor, tutor, advanced student) to produce or correct your work, translate written texts to or from the target language or interpret/explain oral comprehension exercises for you.
• Handing in written work or preparing oral work largely inspired by or copied from somebody else's work without clearly acknowledging sources (books, articles, essays, course notes, films, radio programs, audio documents, Web, etc.) and showing the extent of the borrowing.
• Presenting for grading any academic work (oral or written) for which you have already received academic credit or presenting the same work for grading more than once.
What is acceptable or recommended?
• Consulting resource persons for explanations but without receiving answers or corrections for the work to be submitted.
• Practising language skills with qualified resource persons.
• Studying intelligently with fellow students.
• Sharing information within team members working on a group project.
• Using your own words, making up your own sentences and using quotation marks when borrowing from someone’s work.
• Identifying sources and documenting information and ideas even when material is not directly quoted.
(see http://www.mcgill.ca/students/srr/honest/ for more information)