Sheridan Course Outlines

Section I: Administrative Information

Total hours: 42.0
Credit Value: 3.0
Credit Value Notes: N/A
Effective: Winter 2022
Prerequisites: LANG70031
Corequisites: N/A
Equivalents: N/A
Pre/Co/Equiv Notes: Students with French language skills should call for a free telephone placement test.

Program(s): French Convers. Proficiency
Program Coordinator(s): N/A
Course Leader or Contact: N/A
Version: 20220110_00
Status: Approved (APPR)

Section I Notes: Access to course materials and assignments will be available on Sheridan's Learning and Teaching Environment (SLATE). Students will need reliable access to a computer and the internet.

Section II: Course Details

Detailed Description
Build upon your oral and written skills developed in French Advanced 1. Increase your vocabulary and advance your communication skills. Practise oral and written exercises in all verb tenses, how to express yourself on any subject. Prerequisite(s): LANG70031 French Advanced 1

Program Context

French Convers. Proficiency	Program Coordinator(s): N/A
This course follows French Advanced 1 and is the last compulsory course of the Proficiency in Conversational French Program. It is an advanced course for students who can speak with spontaneity on most subjects, using complex sentence structures.

Course Critical Performance and Learning Outcomes

	Critical Performance:
	By the end of this course, students will have demonstrated the ability to communicate in oral and written French using advanced verb tenses, past conditional & future perfect, indefinite adjectives, pronouns & possessive pronouns.

	Learning Outcomes: To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated the ability to:
	Use advanced verb tenses. Express feelings on past events. Learn about the past subjunctive. Perform presentations and debates to practise oral proficiency in French.

Evaluation Plan
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:

Evaluation Plan: IN-CLASS

	In class activities, exercises, quizzes	40.0%
	One assignment to be completed at home	15.0%
	Grammaire	15.0%
	Participation	10.0%
	Final Presentation	20.0%
	Total	100.0%

Evaluation Notes and Academic Missed Work Procedure:

Students should spend a minimum of three hours per week on independent study to further cement the acquisition of French lessons.

If you must miss a class, please advise your instructor, if possible, in advance. Your instructor will be pleased to give you the outline for the day in question. Your work at home will allow you to keep up to the rest of the class.

Provincial Context
The course meets the following Ministry of Colleges and Universities requirements:

Essential Employability Skills
Essential Employability Skills emphasized in the course:

Communication
Interpersonal
Personal

Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
PLAR Contact (if course is PLAR-eligible) - Office of the Registrar

Not Eligible for PLAR

Section III: Topical Outline

Some details of this outline may change as a result of circumstances such as weather cancellations, College and student activities, and class timetabling.
Instruction Mode: In-Class
Professor: Multiple Professors
Resource(s):

	Type	Description
Required	Textbook	En Bons Termes, Michel A. Parmentier and Diane Potvin, Pearson Canada, 10th, ISBN 9780134391960, 2017

Applicable student group(s): Continuing Education Students
Course Details:

Brève révision du niveau précédent, pratique de la grammaire en utilisant des exercices selon les besoins et connaissances des étudiants, perfectionnement de la prononciation des étudiants en participant à des conversations sur des sujets différents d'intérêt général.

Apprendre à conjuguer les verbes au subjonctif passé, se familiariser avec des expressions exprimant ses sentiments tels que l'incertitude, le doute, une opinion. Comprendre les usages distincts du verbe Manquer, la différence entre Fuir et S'enfuir ainsi que l'utilisation des verbes se terminant en -indre tels que craindre, preindre, atteindre.

Sheridan Policies

All Sheridan policies can be viewed on the Sheridan policy website.

Academic Integrity: The principle of academic integrity requires that all work submitted for evaluation and course credit be the original, unassisted work of the student. Cheating or plagiarism including borrowing, copying, purchasing or collaborating on work, except for group projects arranged and approved by the professor, or otherwise submitting work that is not the student's own, violates this principle and will not be tolerated. Students who have any questions regarding whether or not specific circumstances involve a breach of academic integrity are advised to review the Academic Integrity Policy and procedure and/or discuss them with the professor.

Copyright: A majority of the course lectures and materials provided in class and posted in SLATE are protected by copyright. Use of these materials must comply with the Acceptable Use Policy, Use of Copyright Protected Work Policy and Student Code of Conduct. Students may use, copy and share these materials for learning and/or research purposes provided that the use complies with fair dealing or an exception in the Copyright Act. Permission from the rights holder would be necessary otherwise. Please note that it is prohibited to reproduce and/or post a work that is not your own on third-party commercial websites including but not limited to Course Hero or OneNote. It is also prohibited to reproduce and/or post a work that is not your own or your own work with the intent to assist others in cheating on third-party commercial websites including but not limited to Course Hero or OneNote.

Intellectual Property: Sheridan's Intellectual Property Policy generally applies such that students own their own work. Please be advised that students working with external research and/or industry collaborators may be asked to sign agreements that waive or modify their IP rights. Please refer to Sheridan's IP Policy and Procedure.

Respectful Behaviour: Sheridan is committed to provide a learning environment that supports academic achievement by respecting the dignity, self-esteem and fair treatment of every person engaged in the learning process. Behaviour which is inconsistent with this principle will not be tolerated. Details of Sheridan's policy on Harassment and Discrimination, Academic Integrity and other academic policies are available on the Sheridan policy website.

Accessible Learning: Accessible Learning coordinates academic accommodations for students with disabilities. For more information or to register, please see the Accessible Learning website (Statement added September 2016)

Course Outline Changes: The information contained in this Course Outline including but not limited to faculty and program information and course description is subject to change without notice. Any changes to course curriculum and/or assessment shall adhere to approved Sheridan protocol. Nothing in this Course Outline should be viewed as a representation, offer and/or warranty. Students are responsible for reading the Important Notice and Disclaimer which applies to Programs and Courses.

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