French language IIA
J Burston
4 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: FRN1080 or equivalent
In a thematic framework which introduces aspects of contemporary French society, acquisition of advanced communication skills in spoken and written French with special emphasis on proficiency in the broad areas of exposition and argument. Revision and extension of explicit competence in areas of syntax appropriate to the communicative skills practised. Translation (French to English) integrated with the themes, communicative functions and syntax studied and developed within the subject.
Assessment
Three compositions in French (300/400 words each): 30% * Three translations into French (200 words each): 10% * Oral work: 25% * Aural comprehension test: 5% * Examination (2 hours) including composition: 15%; comprehension: 10%; and translation: 5%
Prescribed texts
Lyon à la une: livre de l'étudiant
Collins-Robert French-English English-French Dictionary Collins and Société du Nouveau Littré
Recommended texts
Judge A and Healey F G A reference grammar of modern French Arnold
Le petit Robert Société du Nouveau Littré