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FRENCH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE 

STUDIES 

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•18,• 1981 

Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

Studies at its meeting of March 10, 1981 gives rise to the following 

motion: 

MOTION: That Senate approve and recommend approval to the 

Board of Governors the proposal for the new course 

EDUC 480-4 - Designs for Learning: French as a 

Second Language. 

Note: Subject to approval of the course by Senate and the Board of 

Governors, SCUS approved waiver of the two semester time 

lag requirement in order that the course may be offered in 

Fall 81-3. It has been offered previously through Special 

Topics. 

Harry   

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Harry Evans, Secretary 

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V. George Ivany,Dea 

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Faculty of Education 

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The Faculty of Education at 

its meeting of 

January 26, 1981 

approved the attached new course proposal: EDUC. 480-4 

(Designs for Learning: French as a Second Language). 

Please include it on the agenda for the next meeting of 

the Senate. Committee on 

Undergraduate Studies. 

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Attach. 

Equipment 

S. Approval 

none 

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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM 

1. Calendar Information 

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Department: ? 

Education 

Abbreviation Code:EDUC 

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Course Number: _4O 

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Credit Hours: 

Title of Course: Designs for Learning: French .as a Second Language 

Calendar Description of Course: This course deals with a variety of methods 

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appropriate for teaching French as a second language 

in elementary 

and secondary schools. It also examines prominent assumptions underly 

the current French language curriculum. 

Nature of Course ? 

lecture, seminars, workshops 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

Knowledge of French at least equivalent to DLLL, French 206 

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped fro the 

caleadar if this course is 

approved: 

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none 

2. Scheduling 

How frequently will the course be offered? once or 

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twice each year 

Semester in which the course will first 

be offered? ? 

1981-2 

Which of your present faculty would 

be available 

to make the proposed 

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possible? Michael Massey/new position approvec 

To

enable students to master a 

variety 

of methods of teaching 

French as a second language, and to understand 

the assumptions 

on

which the current curriculum is based. 

4. Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information oniy) 

What additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

Faculty ? 

1/6 FTE 

Staff ? 

none 

Library none 

(see 

attached evaluation by Gall Tesch) 

Audio Visual none 

Space ? 

none 

This cpurse is intended for teachers te;ching 'rench as a second language 

at the elementary and secondary levels. The course will focus on designs 

currently 

in use 

in French as a 5ccond language programs in B.C. Because 

the nature of immersion programs is quite different from French as a 

second language programs, 

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a separate course design 

he submitted for 

French immersion teaching. 

There is a need for a course that will give students an awareness of the 

different teaching approaches in French as a second language, the methods 

that result from these approaches and the appropriate techniques for 

classroom implementation. 

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The

course will study 

the three levels of approach, method and technique - 

with special emphasis on the approach ant method levels. 

GOALS 

To enable the participants 

tamillarize themselves with the approaches, 

methods and techniques of teaching French as a second language, at the 

elementary and secondary school levels. 

By the end of this course, 

particip(.fltS should: 

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be able to identity the asumptions that underly French as a second 

language curriculum 

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be familiar with current methods of teachit rrench as a second 

language 

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be able to compare and contrast .differtmt approaches, methods and 

techniques of teaching French as a second language 

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be able to evaluate the appropriatenes 

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of the different approaches, 

methods and techniques 

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have the knowledge required to plan and 

tiching material 

according to various approaches 

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have the skills required to implement and evaluate the different 

approaches and methods in 

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French as a second language 

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OURSE 

CONTENT 

This course will examine, compare and contrast different approaches to 

/ second language teaching such 

as:

grammar, translation, direct approach, 

audio-lingual, cognitive, audio-visual, functional and covunity language 

teaching approaches. 

The assumptions underlying the approaches will then he related to the 

corresponding methods aNid techniques appropriate f"r- classroom Implementation 

of these approaches will be modelled. 

The emphasis will be especially on the approach 

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es, mthods 

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and techniques 

currently used at 

the elementary and secondary programs in French as a 

second language. 

READINGS 

Required Text 

Chastain, Developing Second Language Skills (PB 35 C532 1976) 

Rivers, W.M., 

A

Practical Guide to the Teaching of French (PC 298 Ui R5) 

Recommended Readings 

Gougher, R.L., Ed., Individualization of Instruceton In Foreign Languages: 

A

Practical Guide (P 11 L3:5 V13) 

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The Techniques 

of

Language Teachinp, (P 

Brooks, N., Language and Language Learning: Theory and Practice (P 5]. 373 1964) 

Lado, R., Language Teaching: A ScIentifiçpproach (P 51 L3) 

Altman, H.B. and Politzer, R.1.., Individualization Foreign Language? 

Instruction 

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(PB 11 Cob) ? ' ? ''' 

Allen and Valette, Modern Language Classroom T&hktins 

(PB 35 A57) 

Finocchlaro, Mary and Bonomo, Michael, The F!. 

Learner: 

A çuide for 

Teachers (PB 35 F56) 

Rivers, W. 

M.,Teaching Foreign Language Skills (PB 35 R3) 

Altman, H.B., Individualizing the Fa>reign   

gCIassroom: 

Perspectives for T 

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ichers (PB 36 A4) 

Lee

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W.R. and Coppen, Helen, Simple Aud1oVisu.il ALkto FL Teaching 

(PB 36 L38 1964) 

Poliizer, R.L., Foreign Language 

L earnin& 

Rivers, W.M., 

The Psychologist and the Foreign 

Languae Teacher (PB 36 P38) 

Total 

19 Feb. /81 

Date: 

SF1.1 LIBRARY COLLECTION EVALUATION 

(To be completed only for new course 

program proposals.) 

No. and Name 

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EDUC 480 

Date to be 

1981-82 

2.

Resources 

currently in collection: 

Reading lists. 

No. and 

2 of titles available: 

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20 ? 

100% 

Related materials in general collection: 

Monographs: ? 

400-500 

Serials 

Subscriptions: ? 

10

Back! ties: 

Other: 

3. Recommended 

additions to 

(Indicate approx. no. 

of titles, vols., 

date, as appropriate) 

Monographs: 

New

serials subscriptions: 

Serials 

lies: 

Other (specify): 

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Comments 

The library can adequately support this course. Materials 

is purchased on several accounts and arrives also on BNA 

Approval plan. 

For Faculty 

Papalia, 

Anthony, Learner-Centered Language Teaching Methods & Materials 

(PB 36 U6 P3) 

Smith, 

Instruction 

George E. 

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and

the

Leamon, 

Secondary 

Effective 

Foreign Language 

Stanislawczyk, 

Classroom (PB 

Irene 

38 U6 

E.

S73) 

and Yauener, Syond, Creativity in 

the

Language 

Valette, Rebecca 

U. ,Modern Language Testing (PB 71.5 V3) 

Seibert, Louise C. and Crocker, Lester C., Skills and Techniques for 

Reading French (PB 2065 54) 

Graham, 

En

glish 

Victor 

Canadians 

B., How to 

(PC

learn 

2068c3

French 

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in

Canada: .AHandbook for 