Class time: Tuesday 15:10~17:00

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Week 1 09/08
First hour: General presentation. Conversation: introduce yourself. Hazel's trip. Marie's introduction.
Second hour: Horoscope and astrology. PDF. Vincent Niclo 1.

Week 2 09/15
First hour: FB group. Conversation. Vocabulary about theater. PDF. What is your favorite play?

Second hour: Theater play: Topaze by Marcel Pagnol. PDF.

Week 3 09/22

First hour: Conversation: Francophonie, le Vietnam. Introduce the country and culture. Quynh Anh interview and Quynh Anh & Marc Lavoine - J'espère. 1, 2. PDF.

Second hour: Moon Festival. Food and culture. Confucius 28/09. PDF.

Week 4 09/29

First hour and second hour: Mont-Saint-Michel. Vidéo + texte Maupassant. Reading. PDF. 1, 2, 3, 4.

Week 5 10/06
First hour: Conversation. Discuss religion, different gods, civilizations. Choose one, for example Egypt.

Second hour: Jules Verne. Journey to the Center of the Earth. PDF.

Week 6 10/13
First hour: Conversation. Discuss politics/political parties.
Second hour: Culture. Rococo painting and the 18th century. Visiting a museum. Taipei Fubon Museum.

Week 7 10/20
First hour and second hour: French science fiction. Time travel. Le voyageur imprudent (French book; English). Reading and discussion. PDF. Paper.

Week 8 10/27
First hour: Conversation. Introduce Burgundy and one wine.
Second hour: City of Bordeaux and wines. Food idiomatic expressions PDF. 

Week 9 11/03

First hour: Conversation. Conversation Piaf PDF.

Second hour: Culture. Versailles. Writing. Introduce the palace.

Week 10 11/10
Midterm: oral test during the class (15:10-17:00).

Week 11 11/17
First hour: Conversation. Describe a country (where you come from or your favorite place).

Second hour: Literature. Reading. Children's Literature: L'oiseau bleu. PDF.

Week 12 11/24
First hour and second hour: Introduction to Sartre. The Flies 1. Reading. Discussion. PDF. Bad Faith 1.

Week 13 12/01
First hour: My trip to China. Conversation: have you been to China? Where would you like to go? Lesson 12.
Second hour: Lesson 12, vocabulary, grammar.

Week 14 12/08
First hour and second hour: L’homme au masque de fer, Alexandre Dumas. PDF.
Deadline for the assignment (French culture). 

Week 15 12/15
First hour: Prepare a trip to visit Carcassonne (train and hotel, restaurant).
Second hour: L'orient express.

Week 16 12/22
First hour: Introduce a Nobel Prize winner in Literature. 
Second hour: Reading. Gao Xingjian's One Man's Bible.

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Week 17 12/29
First hour: Barjavel. Ravage. Science fiction. PDF. Utopia/Dystopia
Second hour: Revision before the final. Exam: Vocabulary 20%, translation 30%, verbs 30%, essay 20%.

Week 18 01/05
​Final exam: writing (15:10-17:00). PDF questions for the exam.
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4 grades:

1. Midterm exam (30%): oral exam, test during the class, 14:10-15:00.
2. Assignment on French culture (30%). Deadline 12/10
3. Final exam (30%).
4. Participation and attendance (10%).
 
Dr. Montoneri
Office 26605
Office extension 52236
Teacher’s email bernardmeng@gs.ncku.edu.tw​​

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