FREN223-14S2 (C) Semester Two 2014

Introduction to French Linguistics 1

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2014
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 October 2014

Description

This course covers a range of topics relating to the French language; its sounds, words, history, how it is used in society and the linguistic situation in France.

This course is for students interested in languages and/or linguistics in general. Lectures, tutorials and reading materials are in English.

Learning Outcomes

  • At the end of this course, students will have developed:
  •   specialised knowledge in French phonetics, phonology, morphology, and sociolinguistic
        varieties;
  •   an ability to contextualise their understanding of the French language through its history, its
        regional and social linguistic differences;
  •   an enhanced intercultural understanding of French society and French language;
  •   an in-depth consideration for the French language and its use in society

Prerequisites

FREN124 or the equivalent

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Peter Low

Course Coordinator

Sylvie Gagnon

Lecturer

Sylvie Gagnon

Guest Lecturers

Professor Philip Carr and Dr Mari Jones

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Exercises 30% Best 2 out of 3
Mini essay (1000 words) 19 Aug 2014 30%
Essay (2000 words) 16 Sep 2014 40%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Battye, Adrian; Hintze, Marie-Anne; Rowlett, Paul; The French language today. A linguistic introduction ; 2nd edition; Routledge, 2000.

Course links

Library portal
LEARN The Course Outline is available for enrolled students on Learn.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $670.00

International fee $2,850.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

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