FL 511 Second Language Acquisition

Provides students with an overview of the most current theories of second language acquisition and the teaching methodologies that result from these approaches. Students will detail differences between and similarities among the various models of second language acquisition as they learn how to identify and integrate them into the foreign language classroom.

Dr. Lindsy Myers myersll@umkc.edu    Syllabus

(3 credits)  

FL 514 Action Research

Introduces students to research methodologies that pursue action (change) and research (understanding) concurrently. Students will learn how to do a systematic inquiry into the teaching/learning environment of a classroom with the goal of developing reflective teaching practices. This course is intended as preparation for an action research project that students will conduct over the course of the following year.

Dr. Kristin Hoyt khoyt3@kennesaw.edu     Syllabus

 (3 credits) 

FR 503 Action Research: Presentation

Presentation of Action Research projects. This course is open to students presenting their final Action Research project. The course should be taken during the session when students present their project.

(1 credit) Dr. Kristin Hoyt khoyt3@kennesaw.edu    Syllabus

FL 515, Technology in the Classroom

Transforms knowledge into practice about Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and pedagogy, while focusing on the use of technology in the foreign language classroom. Fosters professional development as students formulate critical skills for creating, integrating, and assessing technology into the classroom. Topics may include interactive and non-interactive hypermedia technologies, Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), language testing and technology, distance learning, online discussions, and software selection.

 Syllabus

Kelly Conroy (3 credits) knconroy@gmail.com

FL 512 Teaching for Proficiency: Methods and Strategies

Explores how proficiency standards can be applied in the classroom in conjunction with state and local standards based on the national standards for foreign language education as established by the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Students learn how to integrate the five Cs of foreign language education: communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities, with clearly defined proficiency standards for foreign language performance.

Dr. Kimberley Healey kimberley.healey@ashland.k12.or.us    Syllabus

(3 credits) 

FL 513 Foreign Language Assessment: Principles and Strategies

Explores the many ways to assess foreign language proficiency. Compares traditional testing measures with more recent performance-based assessment methods and portfolio assessment models. Students study various assessment instruments and resources, as well as learning how to integrate assessment practices with foreign language standards.

Dr. Heather Willis Allen heatherwillisallen@gmail.com   Syllabus

(3 credits) 

FR 503 Action Research: Presentation

Presentation of Action Research projects. This course is open to students presenting their final Action Research project. The course should be taken during the session when students present their project.

(1 credit) Dr. Kristin Hoyt khoyt3@kennesaw.edu    Syllabus

1a. FR 528 L’Education en France/L'Education à la française

Une Etude de l’éducation en France et de l'éducation à la française - la manière d'élever les enfants et d'éduquer les enfants qui diffèrent de celle des Etats-Unis, avec une concentration principale sur l’école secondaire (collège et lycée) et l'adolescent. En commençant par un bref survol historique de l’éducation, on étudiera les principes et valeurs qui gouvernent l’enseignement en France, l'éducation de l'enfant, et « l’école républicaine », tels que la politiesse, la bonne tenue, le respect, la laïcité, l’égalité, la gratuité, la liberté de l’enseignement, ainsi que le fonctionnement quotidien des établissements scolaires et les problèmes actuels de l’enseignement.  Des articles, des extraits de films, et des intervenants (enseignants, administrateurs, élèves, etc.) venant des écoles à Angers informeront nos discussions, et nous permettront de mieux comprendre les études en France.

Dr. Daniel Morris morris@sou.edu   Syllabus

(3 credits) 

1b.  FR 516 Teaching and Learning through Creative Play

The aim of this course is to expose, analyze, and put into practice the linguistic and cultural gains that can be made from playing in the foreign language classroom including, but not limited to role-playing, alternative histories, story-telling and puppet performances. Students will reflect on best practices for enhancing student engagement and production through play; analyze and apply readings on related aspects of SLA theory, pedagogical practices and francophone culture; create and share annotated individual lessons and a unit plan involving structured target language play relevant to his/her own classroom; and guide classmates through play lessons. Course taught in French.

Dr. Lindsy Myers myersll@umkc.edu    Syllabus

(2 credits)  

2a. FR 528 Musique et culture 

Une société peut s'agiter, être bouleversée, émue, révoltée au gré des périodes qu'elle traverse et des événements qu'elle rencontre. Au même titre que le cinéma, la bande dessinée ou la littérature, la chanson reflète toutes les humeurs de cette société et constitue donc un objet d'étude à part entière. La chanson française avec toutes ses spécificités, n'échappe pas à la règle. Le but de ce cours sera dans un premier temps de présenter la grande diversité de la chanson française et son rôle dans la société à travers une approche thématique en rapport avec soit les grands événements historiques soit l'évolution des moeurs et des idées, du début du 20ème siècle à nos jours. Dans un deuxième temps, quelques pistes de réflexion seront abordées quant à l'utilisation de ces chansons en classe.

Stéphane Morin

(3 credits) 

2b.FR 516 Musique, chanson et pédagogie des langues 

Aujourd’hui, la musique et la chanson font partie intégrante des pratiques d’enseignement / apprentissage des langues. Riches d’un point de vue linguistique mais également culturel et socioculturel, elles servent de support à un grand nombre d’activités et peuvent être utilisées dans divers contextes pédagogiques. Le cours « Musique, chanson et pédagogie des langues : théorie et pratiques de classe » vise à proposer aux étudiants un état des lieux des pratiques actuelles relatives à la musique et à la chanson : comment les utilise-t-on ? Quels bénéfices pour l’apprentissage des langues leur attribue-t-on ? À quels objectifs et besoins leur utilisation répond-elle ? Le cours s’organisera autour d’apports théoriques (lectures…), de réflexions sur les pratiques existantes et aura un ancrage pédagogique très pratique puisque les étudiants seront progressivement amenés à produire des séquences de cours adaptées aux différents profils de leurs apprenants. 

Muriel Lannier

(2 credits) 

3a. FR 528 La Femme et la Famille en France 

Ce cours a pour but de tracer l’évolution du rôle de la femme dans la société, le mariage, la maternité et  la famille depuis le Moyen-Âge à l’aide d’articles de lois, d’extraits de textes littéraires et culturels, et de scènes de films.

Dr. Marianne Golding golding@sou.edu    Syllabus

(3 credits) - 

3b. FR 516 Social Structures and Community Building in the FL Classroom

The course will examine French social structures and norms and how to teach about them in the FL classroom.  These will include the position of women in French society, the French legal system, friendships and cultural norms in an intercultural setting and the notion of family in a changing Francophone world. This course will also focus on bringing improvisation, reading and French culture into the classroom in order to build a stronger community of learners.  We will focus on techniques that highlight social interactions: reading groups, creative writing, improvisational speaking, performance and increased student accountability and engagement.   This course will echo and highlight many of the themes in French 528 La Femme et la Famille en France, but also branch out into specific pedagogical techniques that emphasize the social structures of the FL classroom as well.

Dr. Kimberley Healey kimberleyhealey@ahsland.k12.or.us    Syllabus

(2 credits) - 

4a. FR 528 Comics—Seriously: French-Language bandes dessinées 

Every year, bandes dessinées outsell all other kinds of books on the French-language market. Public and school libraries stock a large selection, and so do the most serious bookstores—as well as supermarkets and newsstands. France has a national museum for bandes dessinées (the CNBDI in Angoulême), whose first director wrote a doctoral dissertation analyzing the "ninth art" as an original and complex system of communication and expression. Successful Bédéistes in France are as famous as rock stars and leading movie actors, and an anticipated new album may have a first printing of over a million issues (several milllions in the case of Astérix). Yet bandes dessinées are not just a sociological and economic phenomenon: they also enjoy a remarkable presence in the culture at large;  one cannot pretend to seriously understand the culture of contemporary France without a significant engagement with bandes dessinées. This course offers an introduction to the vast universe of French language bandes dessinées, including a historical survey of major trends, works and authors from 1929 (Hergé's Tintin chez les Soviets) to the present, and a particular focus on the notion of genre as it applies to this medium. 

(3 credits) - Dr. Guy Spielmann spielmag@georgetown.edu    Syllabus   (Note: This syllabus includes the syllabus for FR 516 Teaching [with] Bandes Dessinées as well)

4b. Fr 516 Teaching [with] Bandes Dessinées 

Bandes dessinées because of their visual-textual nature, are a particularly valuable pedagogical tool for language classes. Although many French teachers routinely use BD in class, the medium's potential remains largely untapped without a systematic approach to both form and content.

This course offers a comprehensive palette of teaching strategies that focus on little-used aspects of the medium—and on lesser-known titles with excellent potential for classroom use at all levels and for a variety of objectives: language proficiency, cultural understanding, and as a gateway to literary studies (both through adaptations and through analysis of narrative structures).

Dr. Guy Spielmann spielmag@georgetown.edu     Syllabus   (Note: This syllabus includes the syllabus for FR 528 Comics--Seriously: French-Language Bandes Dessinées)

(2 credits)

FR 507 Difficultés grammaticales pour anglophones

This course is designed to review high level grammatical structures that present particular problems in French for native English speakers. Topics may include grammatical structures such as the causative faire, object pronouns, relative pronouns, prepositions, the subjunctive, concordance of verb tenses, past participle agreement, etc.

(1 credit)  UCO Faculty

Summer Session 2 (July 10 - July 29, 2016)

FR 510 Advanced French Conversation

Designed to improve French conversational skills by focusing on linguistic functions appropriate to student levels. Students will narrate and describe, state and support opinions, and hypothesize using current events and topics from contemporary French culture as the content of discussion. This course may be taken for repeat credit. Up to 3 credits may be applied to degree requirements.

(1 credit) UCO Faculty