Practical French

Couscous

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Psychological Effects of the Pursuit of the Perfect Female Body (paper about the notion of beauty)

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Bonne année du cochon!

En astrologie chinoise, la nouvelle année commencera le 17 février 2007. L'année 2007, est placée sous le signe de l'animal symbolique cochon et de l'élément cosmogonique Feu, sera donc une année Cochon de Feu.

Senior, 3 credits, Monday, 13-16h, T.142

French Textbook

Second Semester

Teacher: Dr. MONTONERI Bernard

Email: bmon@pu.edu.tw

Website: http://www1.pu.edu.tw/~bmon

Extension: 12228

Office number: 305 (Second Research Building)

More info: http://www1.pu.edu.tw/~bmon/me.html

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The exams and the rules

  1. Paper (5 pages about France-Free topic; late or copy=zero)
  2. Behavior (attendance and attitude-copy or absent without excuse=zero)
  3. Mid-term: written test (question of grammar, vocabulary and culture from the Textbook, lesson 5 to 10)
  4. Final: oral exam (role playing, one by one, no group; 5 minutes per student)

About role playing: choose one French man or woman and introduce him or her at the first person (as if you were this character)

Syllabus for the Second Semester

Date

Time

Room

Topics

Monday 05/03
13-16h
T.142

Textbook: Lesson 8

Music: "Je t'aimais, je t'aime et je t'aimerai" Francis Cabrel (lyrics)

French Literature: "20000 Leagues under the Sea" Jules Verne (book, extract, info)

Culture: Rochegude

Monday 12/03

13-16h

T.142

Textbook: Lesson 9

Music: "La tribu de Dana" Manau (lyrics)

French Literature: "Little Prince" Saint-Exupery (book, extract, info, notes)

Culture: Liberty leading the people-Delacroix

Monday 19/03

13-16h

T.142

Textbook: Lesson 10

Music: "Le blues du businessman" Starmania (lyrics)

French Literature: "Puss in boots" Perrault (book, extract, info, notes)

Culture: Chambord (French Castles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Monday 26/03

13-16h

T.142
Paper (print it and bring it to the classroom-late=zero)

Conversation: Hotel

Music: "Ziggy" Starmania (lyrics)

Culture: Versailles (Wiki)

Monday 02/04

13-16h

T.142

Conversation: Restaurant

Music: "Belle" Notre Dame (lyrics) Website

Culture: Carcassonne

Monday 09/04

13-16h

T.142

Conversation: Telephone

French Literature: "The Blue Bird" Aulnoy (book, extract, info, notes)

Culture: French cartoons

Monday 16/04

13-16h

T.142
Movie: Une chance sur deux

Textbook: Lessons 5 to 10 revision

Monday 23/04

13-16h

T.142
Mi-term: Written exam (Lessons 5 to 10)
Monday 30/04

13-16h

T.142

Conversation: Visit a city, ask for direction

Music: "Les Champs-Elysées" Joe Dassin (lyrics)

Culture: Rodin

Monday 07/05

13-16h

T.142

Vocabulary. Holidays in France

French Literature: "Cyrano" Rostand (book, extract, info, notes)

Music: "ABC pour casser" Peter Kitsch (lyrics)

Culture: Paris

Monday 14/05

13-16h

T.142

Vocabulary. Internet and computers

Music: "Salut Les Amoureux"  Bruel, Garou (lyrics)

Culture: Queen Mary II

Monday 21/05

13-16h

T.142
Movie-Alexandre Dumas
Monday 28/05

13-16h

T.142
Final: Oral exam. Each student 5 minutes

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Learning Websites and Encyclopedias

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Answers

Great links

Culture Links
Wikipedia
Fashion France

History Links

Art History
Web Gallery

Encyclopedia

English Literature (Encarta)

Literature About

Encarta (Dictionary and pronunciation)

Country profiles

History About

Cinema

Dictionnaire chinois- français French Vocabulary Lexique anglais-français
BBC French Enchanted Learning

Vocabulary Internet

Professions French-English translation Read a French Menu

French Gestures

Étymologie mythologique

Quality of Life 2007