Introduces understanding, speaking, reading and writing skills and emphasizes basic French sentence structure. Lecture 5 hours per week.

French in Action is an integrated series of 52 lessons designed to fulfill a two-year
language requirement at the university level. Level I includes Lessons 2-14.
Students completing Level I can reasonably expect to achieve the same level of
proficiency in French as those who take French 101 on campus.

If you do well in this course, you will be able to:

• Communicate and survive in a French-speaking environment.
• Understand short conversations and responses to your questions. Participate
  in simple conversations: talk about yourself and your family, ask for directions,
  go to the bank, order a meal, find a hotel, buy items, and read ads.
• Write information on simple forms and documents, write autobiographical
  information and short lists. Acquire an unusually high level of cultural
  awareness and sensitivity.

The required textbook for this course is:

• Capretz, Pierre J. French in Action: A Beginning Course in Language and
  Culture. 2nd Edition. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 1994.
• Capretz, Pierre J. French in Action. Workbook, Part I. 2nd Edition. New
  Haven and London: Yale University Press. 1994.
• French in Action Audiocassettes. Lessons 1-14 (optional). It is online, but you could purchase it on audiocassette or CD.

  For information on how to order your textbooks, go to http://eli.nvcc.edu/books/

The course grading criteria are listed below:

There are 4 exams in this course. You are expected to take your examinations at one of the NVCC campus Testing Centers (Note: ELI exams are not given at the Medication Education Campus.) Be sure to allow enough time to complete your exam before the Testing Center closes; Testing Centers have specific policies relating to the administration of ELI exams. You will need to take a photo ID, your NovaConnect empl ID number, and the appropriate Exam Pass when you go to the Testing Center.  

For Testing Center locations, hours of operation and policies, click here.

For information on taking exams outside of the metropolitan area, click here.

I am here to help you succeed in this course. Occasionally questions or problems may arise. Here is how to contact me when they do:

E-mail : ebull@nvcc.edu
Telephone : (703) 845-6567

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4. Click on this course under "My Courses." Review the entire course to make sure you understand what will be required of you. Then start completing the assignments.

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