Instructor:                R. Worvill, BAC 331
                                   Tel.: 1262 e-mail: rworvill@ace.acadiau.ca

Class Schedule:         MWF: 1:30pm-2:30pm.
                                    BAC 206

Office hours:             M & W:. 2:30pm – 4:30pm
                                   T & Th: 1:30pm – 2:30pm

Description:               This course is intended for students who have completed Grade 11 or Grade 12 High School
                                   French. The object is to help you improve your communication skills, both oral and written, by
                                   strengthening your knowledge of grammar, developing your ability to comprehend what you read
                                   and hear and broadening your vocabulary. There will be regular grammar and vocabulary
                                   exercises, reading assignments, and compositions, all of which are a compulsory part of the
                                   course. In addition, students are expected to work independently in the language laboratory (two
                                   short labs for each chapter in the textbook). The lab provides useful oral practice of the structures
                                   and vocabulary studied. It is helpful, but not necessary, to purchase the Lab Exercise book in
                                   order to do the labs.

Language laboratory: This is located in the Educational Technology Centre on the ground floor of the BAC. It is open
                                     mornings and afternoons as well as four evenings per week. Check the timetable in the
                                     Educational Technology Centre for details.

  Required texts:

Dictionaries:  Students are advised to invest early in a reliable and comprehensive dictionary. If you intend to
                                       specialize in French, this would be a good time to acquire a dictionary which will serve you well
                                       throughout your course of study here. In this category, the following are recommended :

Either: Collins Robert English-French French-English Dictionary (fifth edition)

Or: Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary. French-English. English-French (Oxford University Press, 1994).

If you expect this to be your only French course, the recommended dictionary is Compact Oxford-Hachette Dictionary, ed. Marie-Hélène Corréard & Mary O'Neill.

  Evaluation:

Test dates: Class tests will take place on October 4^th, November 5^th and November 19^th.