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LANG126FrenchI
Fall201516
Instructor
RoomNo.
OfficeHours
Email
Telephone
Secretary/TA
TAOffice
Hours
CourseURL(if
any)
AsmahAhmadHyat
210NewSSWing
TBA
Asmah.hyat@lums.edu.pk
TBA
TBA
COURSEDESCRIPTION
TheFrenchcourseforbeginnersatLUMSaimstoendowthestudentswithnotjustgrammaticalskillsorthe
abilitytorolltheirrsbutalsoprovidethemwithaninsightintothedelectableworldofallthatisFrench.
Theveryfirstlessonendeavorstoenamorthemwiththesoundsofalanguagethatis
spokenaroundtheworldby65to80millionpeopleasanativelanguage,andbyabout190to200million
peopleasasecondorthirdlanguage,withsignificantspeakersin54countries.
ThemanualthatwilldictatetheclassprogressionisStudio100,astructuredguidebookinwhichprogression
insyntaxandgrammarisaccompaniedbyacquisitionofinterculturalskills.Thelinguisticcapabilitiesare
attainedwhilepracticingcommunicationintheframeworkofeverydaysituations.
Evaluation
Midtermtest:25%
Endtermevaluation:50%
Classparticipation:25%
LearningOutcomes
Introducethemselvesandotherpeople
Understandandusenumbersandfigures
Specifyquantitiesandamounts
Askforandgivesimpledirections,informationandinstructions
Expressoneslikesanddislikes
Answerbasicqueries
Givepersonalopinionsinsimplesentences
Interpretgesturesandexpressions(nonlinguisticelements)
Readandwritepostcards/letters/simplepersonalandofficialcorrespondence
Identifyanddeveloppositive/negativeargumentsinaconversation
Felicitateandappreciate/giveacompliment
Apartfromtheprescribedmanual,studentswillalsodiscoverFrenchmusic,filmclipsandexcerptsfrom
Frenchpoetry.Classassignmentswillincludeinteractiveonlinetasksandsimplecreativewritingprojects.