units

ATS1061

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 22 December 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
Organisational UnitFrench Studies
OfferedCaulfield First semester 2015 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Mrs Jessica Chakowa

Notes

+ Students who have completed Year 12 French or its equivalent should not take this unit. A language placement test is required to determine the level of commencement. For further information go to http://arts.monash.edu.au/placement-tests/french.php

Synopsis

This unit provides teaching in the basic language skills (speaking/listening/reading/writing) and an introduction to French society. It is designed for students with little or no knowledge of the language. Students will be encouraged to develop appropriate language learning strategies. Regular assessed homework and tests emphasize the continuous nature of language learning and the need for frequent practice. In the Specialized Culture component, students will explore an aspect of French culture and society and develop competence appropriate to their year level in the theory, practices and discourses involved in analysis of it.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should have met the following objectives: Communicative Competence and linguistic knowledge and skills:

  1. Use the basic speaking, listening, reading and writing skills needed to communicate in a limited range of situations referring to the present, future
  2. Talk about, write about and understand others talking about self, family, studies and basic needs
  3. Communicate effectively in French, with a minimum of misunderstandings, in a limited range of situations in France and Australia e.g. carrying out everyday tasks such as shopping, eating out, travelling, attending university
  4. Skim read or read in detail straightforward, short texts in French e.g. advertisements, cartoons, brochures
  5. Demonstrate a knowledge of the basic structures and sounds of the French language e.g. present and near future tenses, articles, adjectives
  6. Demonstrate a knowledge of a range of vocabulary appropriate to the situations described above
  7. Develop an awareness of different language learning strategies
  8. Adopt learning strategies most appropriate to their preferred learning style. Socio-cultural awareness
  9. Acquire a greater critical knowledge and understanding of modern French society, its values and their evolution
  10. Develop a critical understanding of issues of identity in France since the beginning of the 20th century
  11. Develop an explicit understanding and more sophisticated practice of text analysis, especially in relation to film
  12. Develop individual and cooperative research skills.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Exam: 40%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Mrs Jessica Chakowa

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

French studies

Prohibitions

AZA1061