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Senate ? 

From,

Office of the Dean ... of Graduate Studies. 

Subject ......

Graduate. Curd ciitum Changes. .. ..Master.....Date...........JulY......4. .1 

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of Arts - Teaching of French Program 

MOTION: That Senate approve and recommend approval to the 

Board, as set forth in 

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s.80-109 - Graduate Curriculum 

Changes in the Master of Arts - Teaching of French Program. 

MOTION: That Senate approve and recommend approval to the 

Board, as set forth in 

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- new graduate course 

proposal, DLLL 603-5 

These changes were approved by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee 

on July 14, 1980. 

Bryan P. Beirne 

Dean of Graduate Studies 

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SiMON FRASER

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Faculty 

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Arts Gradiate •3'• Committee 

CURRICULUM CHANGES: Master of Arts - 

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At its meeting of 

May, 1980, the Faculty of Arts Graduate Studies 

Committee approved the attached modifications to the degree requirements of 

the Master of Arts Teaching of French Program. The Committee also agreed to 

recommend to you that the changes be in effect so as to govern students 

entering the program for the first time in 80-2. Naturally, these students 

would have the option of choosing to be subject to the requirements of the 

current calendar. Thank you for your consideration of this matter. 

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W. L. Cleveland 

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R. DeArmond, D.L.L.L. 

These changes were approved by the Executive Committee, Senate Graduate Studies 

Committee at their meeting on June 16, 1980. 

Proposed calendar change: Master of Arts - Teaching of French Program 

Delete: 

Procts

Project 1

(5)

to be

carried

out between the Ant and second sessions.

These projects - set up individually - will deal with the study and dooumenta-

tion of the ptublems related to the behavlo Of the lazigua.. learner., An outline

of the project must be submitted by December 15 and the definitive project

must be submitted by the following June 1

Project

II

(5) to be carried out between the second and thfrd sessions.

These projects will be directed at the practical problems encountered In the pte-

paration of classroom material and óvaluitloà procedures. The seme tula

tions apply u for Project I.

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p.

98 - 1979/80 Graduate Calendar) 

Substitute: 

Project (5) 

Graduation from the program requires the completion of a 

project dealing with a theoretical, experimental, evaluative 

or practical aspect of the teaching of French as a second 

language. 

Students should attempt to select and delimit a project 

topic before arriving for the second Summer Semester. 

Topics most be approved by the supervisory committee. 

Before the project is undertaken, students must submit for 

approval a fully developed outline..and bibliography. Work 

on the project is undertaken between the second and third 

sessions. In the third session, time will be provided for 

what should be final work on the project and for detailed 

discussion, where required. 

Students can realistically expect to complete the project 

requirements (as per General Regulations) no later than 

April following the third and final session and thereby to 

graduate at the first Spring Convocation following 

completion of the course work. 

Add (immediately after above) 

DLLL 603 (5) - Reading course 

At the end of the first Summer Session, students will be 

furnished with a reading list which they should have 

completed by the beginning of the third Summer Session. 

This reading course will be evaluated on a satisfactory/ 

unsatisfactory basis by written_inatton 

the

third Summer Session. The examination may not be 

taken more than twice. Students will register for 

the course concurrently with DLLL 602. 

Approved: M.A. -Teaching of French Cttee. March 5, 1980 

DLLL Graduate Studies Committee. March 13, 1980 

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Justification of above Deletion, Substitution and Addition. 

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Deletion 

The deadlines for the planning, execution and submission 

of the projects have proved to be impractical. This is due to the 

fact that: 

1)

students in this program are all full-time teachers 

who, upon their return to school in the fall, are far too busy to be 

giving time to meeting the deadline for outlines, 

2)

after only one session in the program, students are 

still ill-prepared to undertake a project, 

3)

any such projects undertaken generally require 

substantial reworking by the student in the light of knowledge. and 

experience gained in the subsequent sessions of the program. 

In practice, few of the students succeed in delimiting a 

topic, submitting an outline and starting work on even the first of 

the

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two' projects before the third year of the program. 

The requirement of two projects proves to be unduly 

onerous for both the student and the supervisory committee. Thus, 

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students undertake the projects either between summer sessions or 

after completion of all three summer sessions, i.e. always in off- 

campus (on leave) status, while working full-time, and while dispersed 

virtually across Canada. This means that the on-going supervision is 

maintained, for the most part, only by mail (with, where possible, the 

occasional visit by some of the students to campus). Working under 

such conditions on their first project, students tend to become 

frustrated and discouraged, particularly by the inevitable hiatuses 

in communication; the realization that they must undertake yet another 

project under similar circumstances-'frequently leads to the abandonment 

of both projects (and consequently to the loss of their and the 

supervisory committee's work on the first) and, of course, to a failure 

to graduate even after the successful completion of three years' course- 

work. 

On the basis of these arguments, we request the proposed 

deletion. 

2. Substitution 

Para. 1 - self-explanatory 

Para. 2 - Experience of four cycles of the program shows 

that this timing is more realistic. The approval of topic, outline and 

research bibliography ensures that the work undertaken in on-leave 

status is well-founded. Supervision of drafts of the projects will 

continue as before. Providing time for work on the projects in the 

third session will ensure that the final details that are so difficult 

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write about in a letter can be thoroughly discussed so that students 

will be in a position to prepare the final manuscript form. 

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Para. 3 - Experience again shows that only such a 

statement honestly reflects a reasonable and achievable completion 

date for graduation. It is therefore important if only in terms of 

'fair advertising'. 

On the basis of these arguments, we request the proposed 

substitution. 

3. Addition 

Practical justification 

1)

This M.A. program must maintain a total of 40 credits. 

Hence the 5 credits assigned to this course. 

2)

The proposed entry is designed to ensure that students 

who are full-time teachers are fully aware, right from the start of 

the program, of this requirement and that they will have time to 

a) obtain the books, and b) organize their study of them. 

Academic justification 

It is believed that the proposed reading list will provide 

a broad context and setting for the course-work (and the readings 

required for each course) and that it will therefore furnish the basis 

for an even greater coherence of the total program. 

The readings have been selected to cover three major 

areas: a) an historical view of second-language teaching developments 

in the twentieth century with particular emphasis on b) the 

philosophical and psychological foundations of the audiolinguãl method 

(almost exclusively the method used in B.C. schools) and on the 

aüdiolingual method; c) a selection of current views and developments 

emerging in opposition to both a) and b). 

The restricted reading list lends itself to a final 

written exam. To a certain extent - given the coherence of the total 

program and the timing of the examination - the exam will inevitably 

act, in some degree, as a comprehensive exam without, however, this 

being its principal purpose. 

On the basis of these practical and academic arguments, 

we request the proposed addition. 

SIMON

FRASER

UNIVERSITY 

New Graduate Course Pro

p osal

Form

CALENDAR INFORMATION:

Department: 

Languages, Literatures and Lin

g uistics

Course

N umber :

DLLL 603 

Title:

Reading Course

Description:

A reading course covering_ the broad categories of audiolingual

audiovisual and other diverse SL teaching philosophies. 

Credit Hours:

5 ?

Vector:

Prerequisite(s) if an":

ENROLLMENT

Estimated Enrollment. 20 

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When

will 

the course first be

offered:

1982

How

often will the course be offered:

as

art of each

_M.A._

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Teaching _of_French 

program. 

JUSTIFICATION: 

see attachment,

RESOURCES:

Which

Faculty member will normally teach the course: 

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nil

What

are the budgetary implications of mountin 

the course: 

nil

Are there sufficient Library resources (a 

end details): 

yes

Appended: a) Outline of the Course 

b)

An indication of the comDetnce of the Faculty member to 

give

the course. 

c)

Library resources 

Approved: Departmental Graduate Studies 

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Senate Graduate Studies Committee:— 

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DLLL 603 (5) Reading Course 

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Outline: 

The assigned readings have been selected to cover three 

major areas: a) an historical view of second-language teaching 

developments in the twentieth century, with particular emphasis on: 

b)

the philosophical and psychological foundations of 

the audiolingual method and of the audiovisual method, and 

c)

a selection of. current views, trends and developments 

emerging in opposition to both a) and b). 

Bibliography: 

Besse, H., 1974. 

uSignes 

iconiques, signes linguistiques", in 

Langue francaise, 24, December. 

Brooks, Nelson, 1964. Language and Language Learning. Harcourt, 

Brace and Jovanovich. 

Diller, Karl C., 1978. The Language Teaching Controversy, Newbury 

House. 

Girard, Denis, 1972. "Mthodes directes et méthodes audio-visuelles", 

in R. 

Filipovic.

Filipovic,

R. (editor), 1972. Active methods and modern aids in the 

teaching of foreing languages, Oxford University Press. 

Mackey, William 

F.,

1965. Language Teaching Analysis, Longmans. 

Mirand, S., 1974. 

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"'AUdio-visuel intégré' et coniunications(s)"., 

in Langue francaise, 24, December. 

Montani, Kiara. "Les procédés didacticques en fonction des étapes 

successives dans l'apprentissage des langues vivantes", 

in R. 

Filipovic.

Porquier, R. and R. Vives, 1974. "Sur quatre méthodes audio- 

visuelles, essai d'analyse critique", in Langues francaise, 

24, December. 

Reboullet, Andre, 1973. L'enseignement de la civilisation francaise, 

Hachette, Paris. 

Rivers, Wilga M., 1964. The Psychologist and the Language Teacher, 

University of Chicago Press. 

Roullet, E., 1979. Theories grammaticales: description et 

enseignement des langues. Nathan, Paris. 

Savignon, Sandra J., 1972. Communicative competence: an experiment 

in foreign-language teaching. The Center for Curriculum 

Development, Inc. 

Taggart, G., 1974. "L'utilisation de l'image dans les exercices 

structuraux", in Langue francaise, 24, December. 

Titone, Renzo, 1968. Teaching foreign languages - an historical 

sketch. Georgetown University Press. 

Wilkins, David A., 1976. Notional syllabuses: a taxonomy and its 

relevance to foreign language curriculum development, 

Oxford University Press. 

Competence of Faculty to give course 

Not a consideration. 

The M.A. - Teaching of French Committee will be responsible 

for setting and evaluating the final written examination. 

Library resources 

Most of the books are currently available in the Library 

with at least one copy. 

A series of journal articles will be provided in photo- 

copy form. 

All published books in print will be ordered through the 

bookstore for purchase by students. 

Library copies will hopefully be available through the 

Telebook service. 

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