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CN305a/CN305b/CN305c Introductory Chinese One year Credit: Three units core World Language credit. Meeting pattern: Four periods per week. Introductory Chinese is designed to provide students with the fundamentals for learning to understand, speak, and begin to read and write Mandarin Chinese. The course focuses on developing accurate pronunciation and tones, learning to understand the spoken language in context, and developing a foundation of basic sentence patterns, questions, and everyday vocabulary. The writing system (radicals and stroke order) is introduced and computers are used to help students develop their character recognition skills. The course is proficiencybased and focus is on the development of aural and oral skills. By the third trimester, class is conducted entirely in Chinese. CN307a/CN307b/CN307c Intermediate Chinese One year Credit: Three units core World Language credit. Prerequisite: CN305 Introductory Chinese or equivalent, or permission of the Dean of Humanities. Meeting pattern: Four periods per week. Intermediate Chinese is designed for students who are able to carry out simple conversations about everyday topics in Mandarin. Students are expected to have mastery of pinyin, knowledge of stroke order, and recognition of approximately 45 radicals and 200 characters. The focus continues to be on the development of aural and oral skills, with the specific goals of expanding vocabulary, strengthening listening and comprehension, and exposing students to more complex sentence patterns. There is an additional focus on word/character analysis and reading strategies. The course is proficiencybased and class is conducted entirely in Chinese. This course is generally not suitable for Chinese heritage speakers, those who grew up speaking or hearing Mandarin, who attended weekend Chinese school, or who are able to converse comfortably in Mandarin for ten minutes. Such students should select to study a different language at NCSSM or, if they wish, apply for exemption from the NCSSM World Language graduation requirement. FR305a/FR305b/FR305c Introductory French One year Credit: Three units core World Language credit. Meeting pattern: Four periods per week. Emphasis in this first-year course is placed on the acquisition of basic language skills: speaking, listening, comprehension, reading, and writing. Students acquire 38
a base vocabulary and learn the simple grammatical constructions needed for essential communication. Cultural aspects of French-speaking peoples are also introduced. Students have access to web-based exercises, videos, and the language lab to aid them in the acquisition of grammatical concepts and new vocabulary. FR307a/FR307b/FR307c Intermediate French One year Credit: Three units core World Language credit. Prerequisite: Completion of FR305 Introductory French or equivalent, or permission of the Dean of Humanities. Meeting pattern: Four periods per week. This is an accelerated second-year French course. Emphasis on basic language skills and grammatical construction is continued. Students’ proficiency in the language is further increased by reading short texts, viewing video programs, and using the language in everyday conversational situations. Most of the grammatical constructions are learned. FR354 Advanced French I FR356 Advanced French II FR358 Advanced French III One trimester each Credit: One unit each world language credit. Unless exempt, junior students using this sequence to meet the World Language graduation requirement must complete all three one-trimester courses. Junior students who have exempted the World Language requirement and seniors taking this for core-elective credit may choose to take only one or two trimesters, if they wish. Prerequisite: FR307 Intermediate French or equivalent, or permission of the Dean of Humanities, is prerequisite for FR354. Then, each course in the sequence, or permission of the Dean of Humanities, is prerequisite for the next course. Meeting pattern: Three periods per week including lab. These three one-trimester courses constitute a third-year level of French study. The courses are conducted entirely in French and students are encouraged to use French in all their classroom interactions. More advanced grammatical concepts are learned that build on structures studied in FR307 Intermediate French. More emphasis is placed on reading and writing, and students read excerpts of literary and journalistic writings. Short compositions on these writings are also emphasized. A large part of FR358 Advanced French III is dedicated to reading and studying Antoine de Saint Exupery’s novel Le Petit Prince. Short videos, films, and songs are also used to enhance students’ listening skills. 39
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a base vocabulary <strong>and</strong> learn the simple grammatical constructions needed for<br />
essential communication. Cultural aspects <strong>of</strong> French-speaking peoples are also<br />
introduced. Students have access to web-based exercises, videos, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
language lab to aid them in the acquisition <strong>of</strong> grammatical concepts <strong>and</strong> new<br />
vocabulary.<br />
FR307a/FR307b/FR307c Intermediate French<br />
One year<br />
Credit: Three units core World Language credit.<br />
Prerequisite: Completion <strong>of</strong> FR305 Introductory French or equivalent, or<br />
permission <strong>of</strong> the Dean <strong>of</strong> Humanities.<br />
Meeting pattern: Four periods per week.<br />
This is an accelerated second-year French course. Emphasis on basic language<br />
skills <strong>and</strong> grammatical construction is continued. Students’ pr<strong>of</strong>iciency in the<br />
language is further increased by reading short texts, viewing video programs,<br />
<strong>and</strong> using the language in everyday conversational situations. Most <strong>of</strong> the<br />
grammatical constructions are learned.<br />
FR354 Advanced French I<br />
FR356 Advanced French II<br />
FR358 Advanced French III<br />
One trimester each<br />
Credit: One unit each world language credit.<br />
Unless exempt, junior students using this sequence to meet the World Language<br />
graduation requirement must complete all three one-trimester courses. Junior<br />
students who have exempted the World Language requirement <strong>and</strong> seniors<br />
taking this for core-elective credit may choose to take only one or two<br />
trimesters, if they wish.<br />
Prerequisite: FR307 Intermediate French or equivalent, or permission <strong>of</strong> the Dean<br />
<strong>of</strong> Humanities, is prerequisite for FR354. Then, each course in the sequence, or<br />
permission <strong>of</strong> the Dean <strong>of</strong> Humanities, is prerequisite for the next course.<br />
Meeting pattern: Three periods per week including lab.<br />
These three one-trimester courses constitute a third-year level <strong>of</strong> French study.<br />
The courses are conducted entirely in French <strong>and</strong> students are encouraged to<br />
use French in all their classroom interactions. More advanced grammatical<br />
concepts are learned that build on structures studied in FR307 Intermediate<br />
French. More emphasis is placed on reading <strong>and</strong> writing, <strong>and</strong> students read<br />
excerpts <strong>of</strong> literary <strong>and</strong> journalistic writings. Short compositions on these writings<br />
are also emphasized. A large part <strong>of</strong> FR358 Advanced French III is dedicated to<br />
reading <strong>and</strong> studying Antoine de Saint Exupery’s novel Le Petit Prince. Short<br />
videos, films, <strong>and</strong> songs are also used to enhance students’ listening skills.<br />
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