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Would you please review the new course proposal - Education 1+-1+ 

Designs for Learning: French as a Second Language - for any concerns 

regarding overlap with other courses within your departments. 

Thank you, 

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Kieran Egan

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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM 

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1. Calendar Inform 

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Department: 

Department: 

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Education 

Abbreviation Code:EDUC 

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Course Number 

4L.._

Credit Hours:4_ Vector: 2-2-0 

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

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

appropriate for teaching French as a second language in elementary and 

secondary schools. It also examines prominent assumptions underlying 

the current French language curriculum. 

Nature of Course lectures, seminars, workshops 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

.. Knowledge of French at least equivalent to DLLL, French 206. 

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped frofn the calendar if this course is 

approved: 

None 

2. ScheduljJ& 

How frequently will the course be offered? Once or iwice each year 

Semester in which the course will first be offered? 1981-82 

Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering possible? 

Michael Massey 

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To enable students to master a variety of approaches and methods of teaching 

French as a second language, and to understand the assumptions on which the 

current curriculum is based. 

4. Bud etar and Space Req 

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(for information only) 

What additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

Faculty ? 

1/6 FTE 

Staff None 

Library Noneh 

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Space None 

Equipment None 

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EDUCATION 470 

DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: FRENCH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 

RATIONALE 

This cpurse is intended for teachers teaching French as a second language 

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

currently in use in French as a second language programs in B.C. Because 

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

second language programs, a separate course design will be 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 and method levels. 

GOALS 

To enable the participants to familiarize themselves with the approaches, 

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

elementary and secondary school levels. 

OBJECTIVES 

By the end of this course, the participants should: 

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be able to identify the assumptions that underly French as a second 

language curriculum 

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be familiar with current methods of teaching French as a second 

language 

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be able to compare and contrast different approaches, methods and 

techniques of teaching French as a second language 

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be able to evaluate the appropriateness of the different approaches, 

methods and techniques 

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have the knowledge required to plan and organize teaching material 

according to various approaches 

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have the skills required to implement and evaluate the different 

approaches and methods in French as a second language 

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-COURSE 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 community language 

teaching approaches. 

The assumptions underlying the approaches will then be related to the 

corresponding methods and techniques appropriate 

for

classroom implementation 

of these approaches will be modelled. 

The emphasis will be especially on the approaches, methods 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 2068 

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R5)

Recommended Readings 

Cougher, R.L., Ed., Individualization of Instruction in Foreign Languages: 

A Practical Guide (P 11 L35 V13) 

Billows, F.L., The Techniques of Language 

Teachin& 

(P 51 B54) 

Brooks, N., Language and Language Learning: Theory and Practice (P 51 B73 1964) 

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

Altman, H.B. and Politzer, R.L.., Individualization Foreign Language 

Instruction (PB 11 C66) 

Allen and Valette, Modern Language Classroom Techniques (PB 35 A57) 

Finocchiaro, Mary and Bonotno, Michael, The FL Learner: A Guide for 

Teachers (PB 35 F56) 

Rivers, W.M.,Teaching Foreign Language Skills (PB 35 R43) 

Altman, H.B., Individualizing the Foreign Language Classroom: 

Perspectives for Teachers (PB 36 A4) 

Lee, W.R. and Coppen, Helen, Simple Audio-Visual Aids to FL Teaching 

(PB 36 L38 1964) 

Politzer, R.L., Foreign Language Learning (PB 36 P6 1970) 

Rivers, W.M., The Psychologist and the Foreign Language Teacher (PB 36 R58) 

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Papalia, Anthony, 

Learner-Centered Language Teaching Methods & Materials 

(PB 36 U6 P3) 

Smith, George E. and Leamon, M. Phillip, Effective Foreign Language 

Instruction in the Secondary School (PB 38 U6 S59) 

Stanislawczyk, Irene E. and Yauener, Symond, Creativity in the Language 

Classroom (PB 38 U6 S73) 

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 S4) 

Graham, Victor E., How to learn French in Canada: A Handbook for 

English Canadians (PC 2068 C3 G7) 