Intermediate French (121-B-62)
Instructors
Dominique Mary Licops
847/497-3930
1860 S. Campus Drive, Crowe Hall #2-175
Professor Licops, Associate Professor of Instruction, holds a Licence in Germanic Philology from Université Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve (Belgium), an M.A. in Literature from Commonwealth Countries from Leeds University (UK), a Ph.D. in Comparative Literary Studies and a graduate certificate in Gender Studies from Northwestern University. She is the Director of the French Language Program, Assistant Coordinator of Placement for French, and Administrator for the Paris Program in Critical Theory. She is a member of the Council on Language Instruction (CLI). She is a member of the Council on Language Instruction (CLI). In Summer 2016, she attended the Office for Teaching French Language and Civilization (BELC) Summer Institute “Les métiers du français dans le monde” (French teaching professions in the World) in Nantes, France, and has since been offering professional development workshops for French teachers in collaboration with the French Cultural Services.
Meeting Info
Kresge Centennial Hall 2-420: Mon 6:15PM - 8:15PM
Overview of class
This course is the second quarter of the three-quarter Intermediate French sequence for students who have completed FRENCH 121-A (or 102-A) or an equivalent French course.
The primary goal of this course is to strengthen oral and written communication and comprehension skills as well as cross-cultural competence by immersing students in authentic cultural contexts, materials, and language and by engaging in a variety of communicative activities. A review and deepening of essential grammar will reinforce linguistic foundations. The teaching methodology for this course uses the flipped model: students learn grammar and vocabulary at home with Flipped French, a pioneering courseware developed by faculty in the French Department at Northwestern. Class activities are devoted to conversation and other communicative activities that allow students to practice what they learned while exploring contemporary French and Francophone cultures. This course enables students to actively participate in a French-speaking environment, prepare for further studies in French, and provide a path to proficiency.
This hybrid course meets on campus/in person once weekly with online activities during the week. Students are expected to attend the weekly in-person class and actively participate, to complete the online activities during the week, and to spend at least two hours of work outside of class for each hour of class.
Carries humanities credit (two-course limit for language courses).
This course was formerly FRENCH 102-B.
Registration Requirements
Prerequisite: FRENCH 121-A or 102-A, or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Students with questions about course prerequisites and equivalents should contact the instructor directly prior to registering.
Note: FRENCH 121-B is available to for students to audit—credit will not be earned, but tuition is reduced. Students enrolled to audit the course must meet prerequisites, as well as participation and assessment requirements as outlined in the course syllabus.