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Elementary French, first semester (Summer Session C -- 8 weeks)
1
Summer 2021
Class No: 13571
remote; synchronous with asynchronous elements
MTWThF
R. Weiher
10am-12pm
Readings:
Chez nous: Branché sur le monde francophone, 5th Edition; MyLab, Chez nous: Branché sur le monde francophone, 5th Edition, or Student Activities Manual, 5th Edition.
Course Description:
Elementary French is a whirlwind introduction to French language and culture. It assumes no prior study of the language. In this class, you’ll learn to navigate simple interactions in a French-speaking environment; to converse informally on familiar topics; to express thoughts simply and clearly in essentially-correct French prose; and to read and understand a variety of texts, from menus to poems. We’ll develop these skills through a sustained engagement with various aspects of Francophone cultures from around the world—including art, music, film, and of course, food! We’ll learn how to think about these cultures with a critical and historical perspective. This class is conducted entirely in French.
Prerequisites/Placement:
No previous French experience required. This course is also appropriate for students with one quarter of college-level French, 2 years of high school French, or less. For additional placement information please see Placement Guidelines.
Additional information:
During remote instruction, this class will be a blend of synchronous (or “live”) and asynchronous instruction. Synchronous elements of the course will be conducted by your instructor via Zoom, while asynchronous work (including videos, discussions, vlogs, and music) will be completed through various online portals, primarily bCourses.
**Please note that time conflicts are incompatible with the demands on this course.**
Course not open to native or heritage speakers of French.
Elementary French, second semester (Summer Session C -- 8 weeks)
2
Summer 2021
Class No: 13575
remote; synchronous with asynchronous elements
MTWThF
K. Thomson
10am-12pm
Texts:
Chez nous: Branché sur le monde francophone, 4th Edition; Student Activities Manual, 4th Edition; Answer Key, SAM, 4th Edition.
Course Description:
This is a second-semester course on French language and culture. It assumes prior engagement with the language: either French 1 at UC Berkeley or three years of high school French with the consent of the instructor. In this class, you’ll develop your ability to interact in a French-speaking environment; to read and understand a variety of texts, from menus to poems; and to converse on topics of increasing complexity. We’ll develop these skills through a sustained engagement with various aspects of Francophone cultures from around the world: art, music, film, and of course, food! We’ll learn to think about these cultures with a critical and historical perspective. This class is conducted strictly and entirely in French.
Prerequisites:
French 1 at UC Berkeley or 1 semester (or 2 quarters) of college-level French at another university or 3 years of high school French or consent of the instructor.
For additional placement information please see Lower Division Placement Guidelines.
Additional information:
During remote instruction, this class will be a blend of synchronous (or “live”) and asynchronous instruction. Synchronous elements of the course will be conducted by your instructor via Zoom, while asynchronous work (including videos, discussions, vlogs, and music) will be completed through various online portals, primarily bCourses.
**Please note that time conflicts are incompatible with the demands on this course.**
Course not open to native or heritage speakers of French.
Intermediate French (Summer Session C -- 8 weeks)
3
Summer 2021
Class No: 14054
remote; synchronous with asynchronous elements
MTWThF
B. Beitler
10am-12pm
Readings:
Required: Réseau: Communication, Intégration, Intersections, 2nd Edition, Pearson (Textbook, Student activities manual, and Answer key, access to My French Lab, and complimentary Oxford New French Dictionary); select outside readings
Please note: The program uses the second edition only. All of the required materials (textbook, student activities manual, answer key and MyFrenchLab) will be available in package form at the Cal Student Store. In most cases, purchasing a package turns out to be cheaper than buying the components separately. Oxford New French Dictionary is included in package.
ISBN for package: 9780134669281
Recommended: Morton, English Grammar for Students of French
Course Description:
Conducted in French, this is an intermediate language and culture class that aims to consolidate and expand the skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing in French while introducing students to texts from the French and Francophone cultures. The course aims to promote cross-cultural understanding through the use of authentic materials such as literary works and journalistic texts, multimedia, film, pop songs, and television/radio broadcasts, and other cultural artifacts. The study of these materials will be supported by several technological tools.
Topics covered include family, education, gender roles, urban and suburban life, environmental sustainability, politics, individual and national identities and cultural icons. The course invites comparisons between American and other cultures and those of the French and Francophone worlds through individual reflection, class discussion, work in small groups, and other collaborative formats. In addition to a review and refinement of grammar and vocabulary in a culturally rich context, students also experiment with their written expression through a variety of formats, including journals, creative writing and independent projects using the Internet, as well as textual analysis in French.
Prerequisites/Placement:
For students with one of the following: 4 years of high school French; a passing grade in French 2 at UC Berkeley; 2nd or 3rd semester college French; 3rd or 4th-quarter college French; a 3 on the AP French exam. Students who have lived for an extended time in a French-speaking environment should consult with Vesna Rodic, the Second Year Coordinator. For additional placement information please see Lower Division Placement Guidelines.
Additional information:
Course not open to native or heritage speakers of French. All sections are conducted entirely in French
**Please note that time conflicts are incompatible with the demands on this course.**
Advanced Intermediate French (Summer Session C -- 8 weeks)
4
Summer 2021
Class No: 13576
remote; synchronous with asynchronous elements
MTWThF
L. Dixon
10am-12pm
Readings:
Réseau: Communication, Intégration, Intersections, 2nd Edition, Pearson (Textbook, Student activities manual, and Answer key); Jean-Paul Sartre, Huis-clos, (Gallimard, 2000). selected outside readings
Recommended: My French Lab access; Morton, English Grammar for Students of French
The program uses the second edition only. All of the required materials (textbook, student activities manual, answer key and MyFrenchLab) will be available in package form at the Cal Student Store. In most cases, purchasing a package turns out to be cheaper than buying the components separately. Oxford New French Dictionary is included in package.
ISBN for package: 9780134669281
ISBN for Huis clos: 9782070368075
Recommended: Morton, English Grammar for Students of French
Course Description:
This course is conducted entirely in French. French 4 is an advanced intermediate language and culture class that aims to refine the skills acquired in French 3 or equivalent courses and to enhance students’ familiarity with French and Francophone literature. Emphasis is placed on the strengthening of oral and written expression in order to promote linguistic and cultural competences through an extensive grammar review and exploration of texts, visual and audio sources, multi-media, and other cultural artifacts. The study of these materials will be supported by several technological tools.
Topics covered include immigration and multiculturalism, France’s relations with other countries in Europe and around the world, Francophone cultures, identity, politics, the arts, and film. Various genres and visual and written forms are covered, including short stories, plays, poems, and films, studied in their literary and cultural contexts (history, philosophy, music, art). Throughout the semester, students share ideas in collaborative small groups and whole class discussion, continue to work on independent projects using the Internet, and explore new formats for writing in French, including expository writing, journalistic and creative writing activities, as well as visual and textual analysis in French.
Prerequisites/Placement:
For students with one of the following: a passing grade in French 3 at UC Berkeley; 4th-semester or 5th-quarter college French; a 4 or 5 on the AP French exam. Students who have lived in a French-speaking environment should take the French 102 Placement Exam and consult with Vesna Rodic, the Second Year Coordinator. For additional placement information please see Lower Division Placement Guidelines.
Additional information:
Course not open to native or heritage speakers of French. All sections are conducted entirely in French.
**Please note that time conflicts are incompatible with the demands on this course.**
Reading and Composition (R&C)
The French 1960's
R1B (Sect 1) : English Composition through French Literature in Translation (Summer Session D -- 6 weeks)
Summer 2021
Class No: 13573
remote
MTWTh Session D 07/06-08/13/2021
P. Lyons
10am-12pm
Course Description:
From the Existentialists to New Wave cinema to the revolutionary student uprisings of May ’68, the 1960’s in France yielded an explosion of cultural and political innovation that still reverberates powerfully into the present day. Why was this? Why do the ‘60s continue to fascinate us in the 21st century? Together, we’ll read and watch a number classic texts and films from the French ‘60s, and explore its energies from the inside out!
Readings/Films:
Jean-Paul Sartre – Nausea
Elaine Mokhtefi – Algiers, Third World Capital
Georges Perec – Things: A Story of the 60’s
Robert Linhart – The Assembly Line
JL Godard – Pierrot Le Fou
Chris Marker – Grin without a cat (pt. 1)
Jacques Tati – Playtime
Additional Information:
French R1B fulfills the second half of the Reading and Composition Requirement in the College of Letters and Science. Class conducted in ENGLISH.
“Strangers in a Strange Land” – The Nation and Belonging
R1B (section 2) : English Composition through French Literature in Translation (Summer Session D -- 6 weeks)
Summer 2021
Class No: 13574
remote
MTWTh
M. Arrigo
4-6pm
Course Description:
Readings:
Imagined Communities
The Stranger
The Meursault Investigation
The Suns of Independence
A Tempest
The Class (film)
Sab
Course Description:
This course will be oriented toward the development of research skills and the production of two papers. Its theme will focus broadly on how literature shapes the national imaginary and mediates our sense of belonging. Using concepts from Benedict Anderson’s Imagined Communities as a starting point, this class will focus on a variety of texts, principally from traditions of French expression, meant to consider various themes and questions literature helps to answer in creating and sustaining the imaginary of the nation: who belongs to the nation? how should the nation be represented? What is its genesis story? What versions of history should constitute the nation’s shared memory?
Texts will range from Kourouma’a masterwork of disenchantment The Suns of Independence, to Bégaudau’s fictionalized account of his experience as French teacher in a schoolroom in Paris in an evolving France. Beyond textual readings, students will develop practical skills involved in the research process including searching for secondary sources, note taking, bibliographical curation, as well as further improving analytic and argumentative writing skills.
Additional Information:
French R1B fulfills the second half of the Reading and Composition Requirement in the College of Letters and Science. Class conducted in ENGLISH.
Upper-Division Courses
At Home Abroad
121A : Literary Themes, Genres, Structures (Summer Session D -- 6 weeks)
Summer 2021
Class No: 13942
TBD
MTWTh
A. Shannon
10am-12pm
Course Description:
In this course we will examine a number of French and Francophone travel narratives and migrant texts. Our focus will be on the traveler’s gaze as we consider various subject positions such as explorer, tourist, immigrant, and pied-noir. Course conducted in French.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: French 102 at UCB or equivalent or consent of Instructor.
Additional Information:
Satisfies 1 "Literary/Genre" or "Elective" requirement in French major; satisfies course requirement in French minor