Franais I Summer 2017

Saddleback College
Instructor: Bouchra Nadeau
E-mail: Bnadeau@saddleback.edu
Office # LRC 321B
Office phone# 949-582-4239
Skype: French Saddleback
Google Voice: 949-273-2728
Ticket# 10595 Units: 5
Lang. Lab. Ticket# 10385 (16 hours to be completed Online by August 10th using
Connect)
Required texts:
Terrell, Rogers, Kerr & Spielmann Deux Mondes, Seventh Edition (Ebook through
Connect)
Required materials:
You must have access to a computer that meets minimum requirements to access
Blackboard and Connect, as well as a microphone to participate during our oral
sessions via Collaborate or Voicethread.
Course Description
This course is designed to establish the fundamentals of communicative competence in
spoken and written French. It is also an introduction to French culture.

Please keep in mind that this is a short session: 8 weeks instead of 16 weeks.
Therefore, you will have to spend at least 10 hours a week reading the lessons, doing
class activities/ homework, then another 4 hours a week learning the vocabulary/
grammar & studying and finally 2 hours doing the LearnSmart activities which will count
towards the 16 hours of Language lab. You must log into Blackboard at least twice a
week.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Demonstrate comprehension of native daily spoken target language in selected social
situations.
2. Demonstrate ability to communicate with minimal adequacy in selected social
situations.
3. Manipulate basic grammatical structures.
4. Demonstrate reading comprehension of selected written passages in the target
language.
5. Compose original sentences that incorporate the material acquired through reading
and speaking activities.
6. List and identify a minimum of 800 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 target language
speaking population with that of student.
9. Develop appreciation for historic, political, and artistic
Course Guidelines
You are expected to attend each scheduled Online session. In the case you become
sick or have a family emergency, make sure to notify me by sending me an e-mail. If
you wish to drop the course, you must assume the responsibility.
Evaluation of the student will be based upon the following items:
1.Following a series of basic oral instructions in the target language and by answering in
speech or writing, questions about short dialogues or narrative. Students will relate
spoken French to visual stimuli identifying object or action described out of several
choices. 2. Naming concrete objects and describing high frequency actions presented
visually; asking and answering simple personal questions in French. 3. Discriminating
between correct and incorrect basic grammatical concepts and relationships. 4.
Answering comprehensive questions; discriminating between true and false; identifying
pertinent details about selected readings. 5. Reproducing, in writing, the material heard;
composing simple and compound sentences about persons, objects, and events based
on familiar materials. 6. Identifying, listing, selecting, and categorizing selected
vocabulary items. 7. Participating in directed situational role-playing. 8. Giving examples
of and distinguishing between culturally appropriate and inappropriate behavior;
naming, in French, prominent cities and geographical features. 9. Presenting and
discussing prominent historic, political, and artistic individuals and their
accomplishments.
French 1 SLOs
At the end of the semester, students will develop appreciation for the fundamental
aspects of the culture and historic, political and artistic individuals in the French
speaking world
Grade: Your grade in this class will be based on the following assignments:
Assigned activities/ homework 15%
2 Exams 25%
5 Quizzes 15 %
Discussions, Wikis, Collaborate 10 %
Oral Presentation 15%
Final Exam 20%
The grading scale in this class is:
100-90 %................................................A
89-80 %..................................................B
79-70 %..................................................C
69-60 %..................................................D
59% and below.......................................F
Online participation
In a language course, you are required to participate in order to acquire the language,
therefore you must coordinate with me at least 3 times a semester via Skype to work
on pronunciation, sentence structure as well as to converse with me.
How do I login to Blackboard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z60Y97WHng
Student technical support:http://www.saddleback.edu/de/student-technical-support/
Student help
http://www.saddleback.edu/oe/student-resources/StudentHelpDirectory.html
How to create a Voicethread account:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U1wlRrKyyk
Homework
You are expected to start your homework as soon as we start the corresponding
chapter and complete all assigned activities (written and oral) and submitted them on
the due date ( see the schedule). Each homework includes writing and listening
activities. You must purchase an account with Connect in order to do your homework
Online. Your homework will be deployed on Blackboard. Please keep in mind that the
grade given for the homework is based only on the completion of your responses not
the time you spend online.
Though both the homework and the lab are submitted thru the same program, they are
two different assignments. Homework consists of activities geared to prepare you for
the exams and quizzes; the lab activities are mostly listening activities.
The time you spend in the lab is given a separate.25 unit. (You must accumulate 16
hours under the columns titled LearnSmartand practice)
Oral Presentation
During the semester you will have to prepare an oral presentation that you will record
using Voicethread or Youtube. You will be given instructions when the date approaches.
(2 minutes long)
. Do not memorize it
. Practice it before the scheduled date
. It should be personal, do not copy it from a book or the Internet
Quizzes
We will have 5 scheduled quizzes during the semester that test your knowledge of what
was introduced in the previous sessions. All examinations are timed and must
completed in one setting.
Please ensure that you have power and a strong Internet connection
Exams
There will be 2 Exams during the semester and a Final. Each one may include listening
comprehension, reading and writing. All examinations are timed and must completed in
one setting.
We will cover from Premire tape to Chapitre 5.
Please ensure that you have power and a strong Internet connection
Final
The final exam is comprehensive and mandatory to pass the class.
Please ensure that you have power and a strong Internet connection

Some important guidelines and dates

.You have the option to take this class on a Pass/ No Pass basis and the instructor
cannot make this change for you. You must do this Online or go in person to the
Admissions. Be sure to check with a counselor if you are planning to use this course to
satisfy any requirement for your major area of study, as most universities will not allow
you to take courses in your major on a Pass/ No Pass basis.
. If you should decide that you need to withdraw from this course, please take the
initiative to contact the admissions or withdraw Online. Failure to withdraw from a
course that you are no longer attending will give you a grade of F.gistration and Grade
Related Dates

Guidelines
Please make sure to turn off all electronic devices before entering the Online
classroom: cell phones, ipods...
I am aware that the syllabus for French 1 class is posted on Blackboard and that it is
my responsibility to read it and I agree to abide by the guidelines set forth. If I am not
interested in a grade, it is my responsibility to sign up for the course on a Pass/ No Pass
basis. I understand that I will need 70% overall in order to get credit for the course.
Once you read this syllabus, you must email me by the end of the first week, only then,
can you receive 20 points. (Please use your Saddleback email address)

Important Dates

First Week of Class Begins: Monday, 6/19/2017

Add without Instructors Permission by: Sunday, 6/18/2017

Last Day to Add with APC*: Tuesday, 6/27/2017

Drop with Refund by: Friday, 6/23/2017

Elect Pass/No Pass by: Wednesday, 7/5/2017

Drop without 'W' Grade by: Tuesday, 6/27/2017

Drop with 'W' Grade by: Monday, 7/24/2017

Last Week of Class Ends: Thursday, 8/10/2017

EMAIL ETIQUETTE
Every student is required to use their Saddleback College email address to send and receive all
correspondence for the class. When e-mailing your instructor, include the words French 1 and
class ticket # as part of your subject field.
If you choose to use your personal e-mail address to receive messages, you must link it to your
Saddleback College e-mail address. Go to My Site, Exchange Email and follow these steps:
1. Select Options from top right bar
2. Choose Rules from left bar
3. Click New Rules drop down
4. Choose Create a new rule for arriving Messages
5. Under Do The Following choose Forward the message to people or distribution list
6. Click: Settings;
7. Click on People or Distribution Lists
8. Address Book page opens, at the bottom under Messages Recipient write your personal email
address and press OK and in the next screen Save
9. The following message This rule will be applied to every message that you receive, is it correct?
Click: OK, you have successfully completed this transfer.
Here is a link to video demonstration as how to do this:
http://www.saddleback.edu/faculty/vsenior/podcast/media/mailfwd.mov

Accommodations for Students with Disabilities :

This course meets the requirements set forth in the accessibility checklist and universal
design grid provided by Special Services. The Web pages, video presentations,
textbooks and class materials used in this course are accessible to students with
disabilities. If you have questions on how to make accommodations, please contact
Mike Sauter, the Alternate Media Specialist.

Students Rights and Responsibilities Rules and Regulations for Student Behavior
Saddleback College students are responsible for regulating their own conduct and for
respecting the rights and privileges of others in accordance with the Code of Conduct
set by the district Board of Trustees (AR 5401). Saddleback students are expected to
conduct themselves in a manner compatible with
the function of the college as an educational institution and respect and obey all civil
and criminal laws. Failure to show respect for the standards as set forth by Saddleback
College is cause for disciplinary action.
Code of Conduct
In compliance with California Education Code Section 66300 and in keeping with the
above, the following regulations have been established to effectively and efficiently
guide the approved educational programs, approved student activities, and community
services.
Students may be disciplined for one or more of the following causes related to college activity or
attendance:
A. Continued disruptive behavior, continued willful disobedience, habitual profanity or vulgarity,
or the open and persistent defiance of the authority of, or persistent abuse of, district or college
personnel.
B. Assault, battery, or any threat of force or violence upon a student, district or college
personnel, or an authorized college visitor.
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matriculation process.
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site using the password or identity of another.
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8. Including in a reference list of works cited a text or other information source which was not
used in constructing the essay, paper or other academic exercise.
9. Submission in a paper, lab report or other academic exercise of falsified, invented, or fictitious
date or evidence, or deliberate and knowing concealment or distortion of the true nature, origin,
or function of such data or evidence.
10. Submitting as the students own work any academic exercises (e.g., written work printing, sculpture,
etc.) prepared totally or in part by another.
11. Taking a test for someone else or permitting someone else to take a test for a student.
ii. Plagiarism is any conduct in academic work or programs involving misrepresentation of someone
elses words, ideas or data as ones original work, including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Intentionally representing as ones own work the work, words, ideas or arrangement of ideas, research,
formulae, diagrams, statistics, or evidence of another.
2. Taking sole credit for ideas and/or written work that resulted from collaboration with others.
3. Paraphrasing or quoting material without citing the source.
4. Submitting as ones own a copy of or the actual work of another person, either in part or in entirety,
without appropriate citation (e.g., term-paper mill or internet derived products).
5. Sharing computer files and programs or written papers and then submitting individual copies
of the results as ones own individual work.
6. Submitting substantially the same material in more than one course without prior
authorization from each instructor involved.
7. Modifying anothers work and representing it as ones own work.
iii. Cheating is the use of any unauthorized materials, or information in academic work, records
or programs, the intentional failure to follow express directives in academic work, records or
programs, and/or assisting others to do the same including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Knowingly procuring, providing, or accepting unauthorized examination materials or study
aids.
2. Completing, in part or in total, any examination or assignment for another person.
3. Knowingly allowing any examination or assignment to be completed, in part or in total, for
himself or herself by another (e.g., take-home exams or online assignments which have been
completed by someone other than the student).
4. Copying from another students test, paper, lab report or other academic assignment.
5. Copying another students test answers.
6. Copying, or allowing another student to copy, a computer file that contains another students
assignment, homework lab reports, or computer programs and submitting it, in part or in its entirety, as
ones own.
7. Using unauthorized sources of information such as crib sheets, answers stored in a
calculator, or unauthorized electronic devices.
8. Storing answers in electric devices and allowing other students to use the information without
the consent of the instructor.
9. Employing aids excluded by the instructor in undertaking coursework.
10. Looking at another students exam during a test.
11. Using texts or other reference materials (including dictionaries) when not authorized to do
so.
12. Knowingly gaining access to unauthorized data.
13. Altering graded class assignments or examinations and then re-submitting them for
regarding or reconsideration without the knowledge and consent of the instructor.
R. Violation of Copyright Laws
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