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

Class Schedule:               T & Th: 12:00pm-1:30pm
                                           BAC 227

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 1 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.

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 5^th, November 4^th and November 23^rd.