Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group activities on campus, and most will keep an online version available to those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face-to-face and online activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Alexandra Kurmann
Contact via Email
B346, Level 3, 25 Wally's Walk
Thursday 2-3pm
Tutor
Benedicte Andre
Contact via Email
Level 3, 25 Wally's Walk
By appointment
Tutor
Florence Bequart
Contact via Email
N/A
Email for an appointment
Benedicte Andre
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
HSC French Continuers Band 4 and above or French Extension band E3 and above
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit aims to enable students to become independent users of the French language. It seeks to develop students' skills in reading, writing, comprehension and speaking in French and further develops students' knowledge of contemporary French culture. The work in this unit is of a very intensive nature. The unit aims to develop students' language skills to B1 level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL).
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Indicative examples of assessment tasks will be available on iLearn.
Late Assessment Penalty
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Engagement in Online and Classroom Activities | 5% | No | Weeks 1-13 |
Grammar and Vocabulary Tests | 30% | No | Week 3,7,10 |
Aural Comprehension Test | 15% | No | Week 6 |
Written Tasks | 20% | No | Week 12 |
Written Comprehension Test | 15% | No | Week 13 |
Speaking Test | 15% | No | Week 13 |
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 0 hours
Due: Weeks 1-13
Weighting: 5%
Role plays, group and individual speaking and writing tasks
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Week 3,7,10
Weighting: 30%
Tests consisting of short-answer grammar and vocabulary questions
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 5 hours
Due: Week 6
Weighting: 15%
Test checks comprehension of spoken French
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 20%
Short written tasks on set subjects
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 5 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 15%
Test checks comprehension of Written French
Assessment Type 1: Simulation/role play
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 15%
Test of oral production abilities
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED
Online Unit
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Technology
Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.
For students attending classes on campus we strongly encourage that you bring along your own laptop computer, ready to work with activities in your online unit. The preferred operating system is Windows 10.
Students are required to access the online unit in iLearn by the end of Week 1 and follow any relevant instructions and links for downloads that may be required. If applicable, students are required to download the relevant language package prior to Week 2.
Please contact your course convenor before the end of Week 1 if you do not have a suitable laptop (or tablet) for in-class use.
Textbooks required: (digital or hardcopy)
Latitudes, Niveau 3 - B1 - Livre + CD ; ISBN: 9782278064069.
Latitudes, Niveau 3 - B1 - Cahier d'exercices; CD ; ISBN: 978-0320086007.
Available in digital form
Reliable supplier in Melbourne: www.languageint.com.au
Postage paid code: MAC-KUR
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This unit prepares students to the Level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Level B1 reflects the Threshold Level specification for a visitor to a foreign country and is perhaps most categorised by two features. The first feature is the ability to maintain interaction and get across what you want to, in a range of contexts, for example: generally follow the main points of extended discussion around him/her, provided speech is clearly articulated in standard dialect; give or seek personal views and opinions in an informal discussion with friends; express the main point he/she wants to make comprehensively; exploit a wide range of simple language flexibly to express much of what he or she wants to; maintain a conversation or discussion but may sometimes be difficult to follow when trying to say exactly what he/she would like to; keep going comprehensively, even though pausing for grammatical and lexical planning and repair is very evident, especially in longer stretches of free production.
The second feature is the ability to cope flexibly with problems in everyday life, for example cope with less routine situations on public transport; deal with most situations likely to arise when making travel arrangements through an agent or when actually travelling; enter unprepared into conversations on familiar topics; make a complaint; take some initiatives in an interview/consultation (e.g. to bring up a new subject) but is very dependent on interviewer in the interaction; ask someone to clarify or elaborate what they have just said.
Date | Description |
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17/02/2021 | Joined with Fully online/Virtual. |
Unit information based on version 2021.02 of the Handbook