Class site: potasznik.blogspot.com Office Hours: Thurs 9:30 -11:30, 41 Tanneurs.
Course: Langue Vivante UE 50.1. Meets Fridays, 16:30 – 18:00, Fromont 01
Late work:
No late work will be accepted. No "make-up" exams will be given. On an urgent basis, you may consult the English department regarding "rattrapage."
This website:
I will post updates from our sessions every day. I may ask you to bring certain documents from the site to class. You may check your grades online by entering your ID number in the section titled "What's my grade?"
Final Grade Rubric:
25% - Listening:
You will be graded on your ability to paraphrase and summarize an audio clip played at the beginning of each class. You should keep these summaries in a journal or other safe place; you may be called to present them at random for multiple grades.
25 % - Presentations:
multiple grades per semester, may be replaced by debate
· Preparation and presentation of your own topic within specified guidelines. Should last 8 – 10 minutes. Must include at least 2 discussion questions for your group. Must come from newspaper, magazine, online article, podcast, or book in English.
· Participation and contributions to discussions of all presentations (active listening, posing and answering pertinent questions)
25% - Exam Grade 1: Book Report
· Choose a book you like. Original may be in English or French, but report will be in English.
· Present: The title, the author, the characters, the story, the main themes, the style, a quotation or short passage that represent the style, a person who would benefit from reading this book and why, questions for audience discussion
· 10 minutes maximum; will be presented to small audience on a day that you sign up for. [Book: _______________ Presentation date: _________]
· Your grade will include: overall impression, audience engagement, enthusiasm, articulation and ability to be understood, professional conclusion of report
Minimum 5 minutes, maximum 10.
25% - Exam Grade 2: Personal Diary, Due: Week 10 _
· The final 30 minutes of each class will be dedicated to self-assessment and reflection in the form of a personal diary. The secret word for your class is facetious. Each entry should be around half a page in length, and include:
o Your overall impression of class that day
o What you learned from the topic you presented [information/grammar/vocabulary]
o What you learned from topics that others presented [information/grammar/vocabulary]
o Areas of weakness and how you will address them
