97401 French Language and Culture 1

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This subject is designed to provide students, who have no prior knowledge of the French language, with basic reading, listening, speaking and writing skills in French. The subject allows for an understanding of the sociocultural context in which the language is used. By the end of the semester, students are able to understand and use familiar words and basic sentence structures. They learn to answer and ask simple questions about themselves and others, describe people and surroundings, give directions and interact in a simple way on a familiar topic such as an invitation to go out or a restaurant situation.

Assessment: This subject has a combination of continuous assessment and final examinations for speaking, listening, reading and writing. Further details are available in the subject outline distributed in class during the first week of teaching.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Also offered in Spring semester at City campus subject to demand.

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $832.67
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,760.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.167
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.