Course Outline
Saddleback College
Saddleback - Course Modification: FR 1 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH
Catalog Id 344010.00
State Id CCC000395340
Division/School Liberal Arts
Department International Language
Program FRNCH - French
Subject French
History and Status
Course Status Approved
Course Originator Yassine, Amina
Tech Review Approval
02/24/2022
Division Approval
02/24/2022
Curriculum Committee Approval
02/24/2022
Board of Trustees
03/28/2022
State Approval
04/10/1989
Technical Change Date
04/19/2001
Technical Change Comment
SC GE code
Brief Description
Short Title ELEMENTARY FRENCH
Full Title ELEMENTARY FRENCH
Catalog Description
Designed to develop the fundamentals of communicative competence in colloquial French. The emphasis is on listening, comprehension, and conversational skills. Early
reading and writing skills are introduced, as well as fundamental aspects of culture. Equivalent to two years of high school French.
Course Requisites
Recommended Preparation: College level reading ability
Course Functions
Course Prior To Y - Not applicable
Course Classification Y - Credit Course
Degree Transfer Applicability
CB04: Credit Status D - Credit - Degree Applicable
Proposed Transfer Types
Acceptable to CSU, UC or Private
Explanation
General Education
UC Approval Date
CSU Approval Date
GE Approval Date
IGETC Approval Date
Local GE Approval Date
Comparable Irvine Course(s)
1. 2930.10
Description FR 1B
Subject
Course
2. 2930.05
Description FR 1A
Subject
Course
3. 2930.00
Description FR 1
Subject
Course
4. 2935.00
Description FR 1A
Subject
Course
5. 2940.00
Description FR 1B
Subject
Course
6. 2930.15
Description FR 1H
Subject
Course
Comparable Transfer Courses
1. Fundamentals of French
Course ID
FRENCH 1A
Articulation College System
UC
4-yr Institution
UC Irvine
2. Fundamental French 1
Course ID
FREN 101
Articulation College System
CSU
4-yr Institution
CSU Fullerton
SC/IVC Code Yes
4 - Arts and Humanities
Rationale
Approval Date
CSU GE Yes
C2 - Humanities
Approval Date
IGETC Yes
6A - Languages other than English
Approval Date
UC Transferable Course Y - UC Credit
General Education Status Y - Not Applicable
TOP Code 1102.00 - French
SAM Code E - Non-Occupational
CAN Code
C-ID
Course Options
Grading Option Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass
Open Entry No
This course is variable No
Repeatable No
Is this a cross listed course? No
Course Values
Method of Instruction Lecture Instruction Only
Maximum Enrollment 45
Average Enrollment 22
Maximum WSCH 225.000
Average WSCH 110.000
Total Min Units/Hours Calculation
Lecture Lab Learn Ctr Total
Weekly Faculty Contact Hours 5.00 0.00 0.00 5.00
Total Contact Hours 83.00 0.00 0.00 83.00
Lecture Hour Equivalent 5.00 0.00 0.00 5.00
Full Time Equivalent Faculty 33.33 0.00 0.00 33.33
Units 5.00 0.00 0.00 5.00
Outside of Class Hours 166.00
Total Student Learning Hours 249.00
Schedule Description
Designed to develop the fundamentals of communicative competence in colloquial French. The emphasis is on listening, comprehension, and conversational skills. Early
reading and writing skills are introduced, as well as fundamental aspects of culture. Equivalent to two years of high school French.
Course Content - Topics Covered
Lecture Topics
1. Semantic topics covered chosen from, but not limited to, the following:
1. Greetings
2. Description of self and others
1. Physical characteristics
2. Personality traits
3. Moods, emotions, likes, and dislikes
4. Part of the body
3. Clothing
4. Colors
5. Dates and numbers (from one to the million)
6. Daily activities
7. Seasons, weather, months of the year, and days of the week
8. Classroom objects
9. Geographical terminology
10. Shopping terminology
11. Jobs and professions
12. Obligations
13. Foods
14. Materials
15. Transportation
16. Some sports and leisure activities
17. Location of objects
18. Family
19. Animals
20. Neighborhood
21. Past experiences
2. Functional topics covered:
1. Ask for information
2. Express likes and dislikes
3. State simple opinions
4. Describe
5. State daily routine and future plans
6. Offer appropriate greetings
7. Respond to questions and commands
8. Give directions
9. State possession
10. Apologize
11. Additional statement of possession
12. Share obligations
13. Indicate location
14. Accept invitation
15. Refuse requests or offers
16. Give opinions
17. Explain
18. Express wishes
3. Grammar topics covered:
1. Present and past tense formation of regular and stem-changing verbs
2. Subject, direct and indirect objects, case pronouns
3. Gender
4. Question formation and interrogation
5. Imperative
6. Negation
7. Possessive adjectives (my, your, his, hers, our their)
8. Comparatives
9. Use of adverbs and adjectives
10. Modal verbs
11. Prepositions
12. Indirect objects and indirect object pronouns
13. Introduction to conversational past (perfect) tense
4. A core vocabulary of 400 words relating to the above topics:
1. Reading of one-page length
2. Narration and description using simple and compound sentences
5. Culture:
1. Holidays
2. Culturally appropriate behavior; i.e., customs, answering the phone, body language, gesture, accepting and refusing invitations politely.
3. Name prominent historical, political, and artistic individuals.
4. Identify important geographical sites.
6. Enhancement of international language skills:
1. Through CDs, digital audio DVDs, hardware, software, and videos available in the Language Lab and online at Connect.com.
Lab/Learning Center Content
Course Content - Learning Objectives
Students participating in this class will:
1. Comprehend native daily spoken French in selected social situations.
2. Communicate in selected social situations.
3. Recognize and utilize basic grammatical structures.
4. Comprehend reading of selected written passages in French.
5. Compose original sentences that incorporate the material acquired through reading and speaking activities.
6. Identify an additional 400 vocabulary words and relate them to selected social situations.
7. Identify, select, and give examples of appropriate social levels of speech.
8. Compare and contrast general aspects of culture and daily life of French speaking population with that of students.
9. Develop appreciation for historic, political and artistic individuals.
10. Use software appropriate to the material being taught.
11. Generate solutions to a variety of problems and exercises dealing with vocabulary expressions, grammar, pronunciation, listening, speaking, reading and
writing.
Course Content - Methods of Evaluation
Evaluation of the student will be based upon the following items:
Writing Assignments
term or other paper(s)
Description
written assignments
Description
reading report(s)
Description
Other (please describe)
Description
Students will be evaluated on their ability to paraphrase or summarize selected course readings such as following a series of oral instructions in French and by
answering, in speech or writing, questions about dialogues or narrative. b. Students will be evaluated on their expanded use of spoken French to visual stimuli,
identifying objects or actions described out of several choices. c. Students will be evaluated on their presentation, discussion and writings about prominent historic,
political, and artistic individuals.
Problem Solving Demonstrations
exams
Description
quizzes
Description
homework problems
Description
Other (please describe)
Description
Students will be evaluated on their ability to discriminate between correct and incorrect use of the basic grammatical concepts.
Skill Demonstrations
class performance(s)
Description
performance (exam)
Description
Other (please describe)
Description
Students will be evaluated on their ability to present, discuss and write about prominent historic, political, and artistic individuals. b. Students will be evaluated on their
ability to present an oral presentation on the accomplishments of prominent historic, political, and/or artistic individuals.
Examinations
multiple choice, true/false
Description
essay
Description
matching items
Description
Other (please describe)
Description
Students will be evaluated on their ability to answer comprehension questions. b. Students will be evaluated on their ability to discriminate between true and false
statements. c. Students will be evaluated on their ability to identify pertinent details about more complex readings. d. Students will be evaluated on their presentations
and discussions of prominent historic, political, and artistic individuals and their accomplishments.
Other
Course Content - In and Out-of-Class Assignments
Typical Reading Assignments
Textbook readings of cultural and linguistic interest in target language; grammatical explanations may be in English.
Typical Writing Assignments
1. Simple and compound sentences in French, such as descriptions of self, daily routines, familiar objects, obligations, family, leisure activities and childhood. 2. Write short
paragraphs in French about the accomplishments of prominent historic, political, and/or artistic individuals.
Typical Oral Assignments
1. Oral directed presentations in everyday situations in the form of monologues, dialogues and short skits. 2. Presentation of the accomplishments of prominent historic,
political, and/or artistic individuals. 3. Classroom discussions.
Typical Other Assignments
1. Supplementary texts and optional field trips 2. Utilization of related CDs, digital audio, DVDs, hardware, software, and videos in the Language Lab or online at connect.com
for two weekly hours of focused, individual practice in French.
Course Content - Other Requirements
Textbooks / Supplies
Terrell, Rogers, Kerr, Spelman, Deux Mondes , 8th Ed. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.. 2021
The latest edition is from 2021.
Material Fee 0.00
Requisite Validation
1. Recommended Preparation
Comment
College level reading ability
Validation
A student reading at college level should be able to:
1. Identify main idea, major details, and minor details in expository composition.
2. Make inferences, draw conclusions, formulate judgments, identify author's purpose, and separate fact from opinion when reading critically.
3. Apply contextual cluing strategies to unlock the meaning of words.
4. Define and respond to college level vocabulary at the denotative and connotative levels.
Legacy Validation
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