UMPI Class Review Master Thread

[grogers14]

Name: FRE101 
Subject: Languages - French 
Semester/Term: Summer 2 2023
Instructor: Mendes 
Long or Short?: Long 
Number of Outcomes: 7
Adaptive Outcomes?: Yes
Number of Milestone Activities: 5
Type of Milestone Activities: Short, normally just exercises using french. I.e. write simple sentences using the lessons OR record yourself speaking in french. 
Type of Final Assessment: 2 Item Final Assessment

Item 1 - Oral Exam. There are questions in the instructions in French that you must answer in French (recording).

Item 2 - Written Exam . 500 word introduction in French. There are questions she asks you in the instructions, but it's more so just using everything you’ve learned in the course to talk about yourself, your family, your life etc. in French .


Notes & Overall Thoughts:

Mme Mendes provides you with a link to a site called Vocaroo which is a free online software that you can record your voice with and download as an MP3 or just use the link for X number of days.  I recommend instead using a film editing tool such as MS Clipchamp , record multiple takes , and splice together the best ones and remove the video and just use the audio. I sent her an MP4 with no video , just audio, and she accepted it.

Best thing to do is write your sentences out in English and then use the course materials to translate to French . I then used the pronunciation videos in the course or youtube’d samples of people speaking words I didn’t know to master pronounciation . I then wrote down my own ‘pronunciation keys’ to help myself practice.  I.e. vingt-sept ans  (27 years) I wrote my own key as VONT-SET - AWNS .

Mme Mendes wants you to master THE COURSE. NOT FRENCH. If you use grammar or phrases NOT in FRE101, she won’t get mad but she just won’t grade you on it because it’s not in the course. So if you write 500 words, but 60 words are in verb forms, grammar, or phrases NOT in the course, she won’t count it towards your 500 words. If you have prior experience with French like I did, this can be challenging as you have to bring yourself down to the most beginner level.