Course Syllabus

Obtaining Textbooks

The only required textbook for this course is Bien dit! French 3, 2018 edition, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN-  978-0-544-86135-0. 

This is an online textbook, and is available for no extra cost for all registered students. Please click here to learn more about your online textbook and how to get access.

Note: students who already have a username and password for the textbook from taking the first-semester French III course can continue using them.

To purchase the optional hard-copy textbook, use the information below to identify the correct book from your preferred book seller:

DeMado, John, Séverine Champeny, Marie Ponterio, Robert Ponterio. Bien dit! French 3. French edition. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2008. ISBN 978-0030432187

How to obtain your textbook.

Course Outline

Please complete and submit the student information form, found in the Assignments page.

If this is your first course in Canvas, please review these tips for getting started and explore the Student Tutorial.

Introduction: Be sure to read the course introduction before beginning any lessons.
Overview | Course Topics | Textbook and Technology Requirements | Registering for the Online Textbook | Course Organization and Assignments | Examinations | Grading | Words of Advice | Resources

Lesson 1: La presse Part 1 - Objectives | Reading Assignment | Vocabulaire - La presse francophone | Grammaire - The Subjunctive with Doubt, Disbelief, and Uncertainty | Grammaire - The Verbs croire and paraitre | Culture - Highlights | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 1 Assignment

Lesson 2: La presse Part 2 - Objectives | Reading Assignment | Vocabulaire -  Les différentes rubriques | Grammaire - Qui est-ce qui, qui est-ce que, qu’est-ce qui, and qu’est-ce que | Grammaire -  Object Pronouns | Application -  Vocabulary and Grammar Usage | Application -  Lecture | Application - L’atelier de l’écrivain | Culture - Highlights | Review | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 2 Assignment

Lesson 3: Notre planète Part 1 - Objectives | Reading Assignment
Géoculture - L'Europe francophone
Vocabulaire - Les phénomènes naturels | Grammaire -  The Comparative and Superlative | Grammaire -  The Passive Voice | Application -  Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Culture - Highlights | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 3 Assignment

Lesson 4: Notre planète Part 2 - Objectives | Reading Assignment | Vocabulaire -  Les ressources naturelles en danger | Grammaire -  Quand, lorsque, and dès que | Grammaire -  The Subjunctive after a Conjunction | Application - Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Application -  Lecture | Culture - Highlights | Review | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 4 Assignment

Lesson 5: La société Part 1 - Objectives | Reading Assignment | Vocabulaire -  Les élections | Grammaire -  Contradictions with lequel | Grammaire -  The Past Subjunctive | Application -  Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Culture - Highlights | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 5 Assignment

Lesson 6: Midterm Exam Tips and Examity Proctoring information
Exam Application | Examity page
Midterm Exam

Lesson 7: La société Part 2 - Objectives | Reading Assignment | Vocabulaire -  Les services publics | Grammaire - The verb vaincre | Grammaire -  The Conditional | Application -  Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Application -  Lecture | Culture - Highlights | Review | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 7 Assignment

Lesson 8: L’art en fête Part 1 - Objectives | Reading Assignment
Géoculture -  L'outre-mer
Vocabulaire -  Un atelier d'artiste | Grammaire -  Inversion | Grammaire -  Present Participles Used as Adjectives | Application -  Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Culture - Highlights | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 8 Assignment

Lesson 9: L’art en fête Part 2 - Objectives | Reading Assignment | Vocabulaire -  On va au spectacle | Grammaire -  The Comparative and Superlative | Grammaire -  Demonstrative Pronouns | Application -  Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Application -  Lecture | Application -  L’atelier de l’écrivain | Culture - Highlights | Review | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 9 Assignment

Lesson 10: Bon voyage! Part 1 - Objectives | Reading Assignment | Vocabulaire - À l’aéroport | Grammaire - Prepositions with Places | Grammaire -  The Subjunctive | Application -  Vocabulary and Grammar Review } Culture - Highlights | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 10 Assignment

Lesson 11: Bon voyage! Part 2 - Objectives | Reading Assignment | Vocabulaire -  Bonne route! | Grammaire -  The Future | Grammaire -  The Past Perfect | Application -  Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Application -  Lecture | Application - L’atelier de l’écrivan | Culture - Highlights | Review | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 11 Assignment

Lesson 12: Final Exam Tips and Examity Proctoring information
Course Evaluation - Please complete before applying for the Final Exam below. All responses are anonymous.
Exam Application | Examity page
Final Exam