Basic French I
Overview
In this course, students develop their language skills for purposes of: 1) participating in day to day personal, social and professional situations, 2) improving their employment opportunities, 3) participating in intercultural and/or international community activities, 4) preparing for further education or training. Students will acquire basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through the study of vocabulary, grammar and culture.
French is spoken in class as much as possible.
- Basic sentence structures
- Basic vocabulary
- Pronunciation system of French
- Cultural aspects of the Francophone world
The functional and communicative approach is used.
In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as:
- lecture material presented by the instructor, in person or online synchronously or asynchronously;
- task-based practice in pairs and small groups, in class and in lab, presented in person, or online synchronously, or asynchronously with instructor facilitation;
- listening comprehension;
- audio-visual activities;
- online computer assisted learning.
Instructor feedback and revision of submitted work is provided.
Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation in a course as part of the student’s graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation must be clearly defined in the Instructor Course Outline. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. This is a graded course.
Example evaluation scheme:
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Written Evaluations |
50% |
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Oral Evaluations |
50% |
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Total |
100% |
No single evaluation will be worth more than 20%.
Evaluations may be done in person and/or online.
Nota Bene: This course includes testing worth more than 10 % during the last 14 days of classes. A standing variance to the Douglas College Evaluation Policy was granted by Education Council on April 24, 2017.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of simple spoken discourse;
- Demonstrate understanding of simple written texts;
- Construct simple speech: extend greetings, express needs, ask questions and give replies;
- Construct simple written expression: write simple sentences and short dialogues;
- Articulate an understanding of target cultures;
- Formulate sentences with present and immediate future tenses;
- Apply use of the target language in professional contexts;
- Apply intercultural competency skills.
Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of required textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of the semester.
Example texts may include:
- Terrell, et al. Deux Mondes: A Communicative Approach. McGraw Hill (current edition).
Requisites
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Equivalencies
None
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
| Institution | Transfer details for MODL 1101 |
|---|---|
| Camosun College (CAMO) | CAMO HUM 1XX (3) |
| Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU FREN 100 (4) |
| Coquitlam College (COQU) | COQU FREN 101 (3) |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU FREN 1100 (3) |
| Langara College (LANG) | LANG FREN 1115 (3) |
| Okanagan College (OC) | OC FREN 105 (3) |
| Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU FREN XXX (3) |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU FRAN 1110 (3) |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU FREN 101 (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO FREN_O 1st (3) |
| University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV FREN_V 101 (3) |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC INTS 171 (3) |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV FREN 1XX (3) |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | DOUG MODL 1101 (3) & DOUG MODL 1102 (3) = UVIC FRAN 120 (3) |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC FRAN 1XX (1.5) |
| Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU FRCH 1st (3) |
Course Offerings
Summer 2025
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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CRN
24069
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Instructor last name
Sutherland
Instructor first name
Kimberley
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Course status
Waitlist
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MODL 1101 090 is a condensed ONLINE course offered May 06 to June 22. Students must ALSO register in TWO conversation labs: one of MODL 1101 L07, L08 or L09 AND one of MODL 1101 L10, L11 or L12.
This course is for students with no previous knowledge of French. If you already know some French, please see the Calendar for other French course pre-requisites and placement test information.
This course can count as a relevant course in an Associate of Arts specialization in Modern Languages or in an Associate of Arts specialization in Intercultural and International Studies.
All course activities will be asynchronous. Students will not be required to be online at specific scheduled times.