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: Even if you took a previous French course, you will need a new username and password for this course.
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
Course Outline
Please complete and submit the student information form, found in the Assignments page.
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Introduction: Be sure to read the course introduction before beginning any lessons.
Overview | Course Topics | Textbook and Technology Requirements | Registering for the Online Textbook | Using the Online Textbook | Course Organization and Assignments | Examinations | Grading | Words of Advice | Resources
Lesson 1: Retour de vacances Part 1 - Objectives | Reading Assignment
Géoculture: France
Vocabulaire 1 - Voici mon lycée | Grammaire 1 - Regular Verbs in the Present | Grammaire 1 - Irregular Verbs in the Present | Application 1 - Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Culture - Highlights
Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 1 Assignment
Lesson 2: Retour de vacances Part 2 - Objectives | Reading Assignment | Vocabulaire - Une carte postale de Damien | Grammaire 2 - The passé composé with avoir | Grammaire 2 - The passé composé with être | Grammaire 2 - Dr. Mrs. Vandertramp | Grammaire 2 - The House of être | Grammaire 2 - The passé composé and the imparfait | Application 2 - Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Application 2 - Lecture | Application 2 - L’atelier de l’écrivain |Culture - Highlights | Lesson 2 Review | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 2 Assignment
Lesson 3: Le monde du travail Part 1 - Objectives | Reading Assignment | Vocabulaire - Métiers et professions | Grammaire - The Future | Grammaire - Feminine Forms of Nouns | Application - Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Culture - Highlights | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 3 Assignment
Lesson 4: Le monde du travail Part 2 - Objectives | Reading Assignment | Vocabulaire - Une conversation téléphonique | Grammaire - The Future Perfect | Grammaire - The Present Participle | Application - Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Application - Lecture | Application - L'atelier de l’écrivain | Culture - Highlights | Review | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 4 Assignment
Lesson 5: Il était une fois Part 1 - Objectives | Reading Assignment
Géoculture: L’Afrique francophone
Vocabulaire - Les contes, les légends et les fables | Grammaire - The passé simple | Grammaire - Relative Pronouns with ce | Application - Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Culture - Highlights | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 5 Assignment
Lesson 6: Lesson 6: Midterm Exam Tipsand Examity Proctoring information
Exam Application | Examity page
Midterm Exam
Lesson 7: Il était une fois Part 2 - Objectives | Reading Assignment | Vocabulaire - Une conversation téléphonique | Grammaire - The Past Perfect | Grammaire - Sequence of Tenses (in Indirect Discourse) | Application - Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Application - Lecture | Culture - Highlights | Review | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 7 Assignment
Lesson 8: Amours et amitiés Part 1 - Objectives | Reading Assignment | Vocabulaire - L'historie de Saliou et Coumba en Afrique | Grammaire - Reciprocal Verbs | Grammaire - The Past Conditional | Application - Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Culture - Highlights | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 8 Assignment
Lesson 9: Amours et amitiés Part 2 - Objectives | Reading Assignment | Vocabulaire - Ma famille au Mali | Grammaire - The Subjunctive | Grammaire - Subjunctive with Necessity, Desire, and Emotions | 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: En plein nature Part 1 - Objectives | Reading Assignment
Géoculture: L’Amérique francophone
Vocabulaire - Les animaux sauvages | Grammaire - The Subjunctive with Expressions of fear | Grammaire - The Imperative | Application - Un peu plus: The Verbs voir and regarder | Culture - Highlights | Assignment Instructions | Practice Answers
Lesson 10 Assignment
Lesson 11: En plein nature Part 2 - Objectives | Reading Assignment | Vocabulaire - Les sports extrémes | Grammaire - Verbs apporter, amener, emporter, and emmener | Grammaire - Verbs followed by à/de and the Infinitive | Application - Vocabulary and Grammar Review | Application - Lecture | 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