ACTIVITIES REQUIREMENT

1. The purpose of an Activities requirement is to encourage you to use the French you are learning in class in real-world contexts outside the classroom. Assigned Language Lab activities provide one avenue for such use, offering you additional aural and speaking opportunities beyond those possible in a class that meets (only) three hours per week; but they are not enough... 

2. These additional opportunities to use your French are not “frills” or “busy work”; they are crucial to progress in listening and speaking. French faculty urge you to view the panoply of activities listed below as opportunities for students of French similar to those offered music students (participation in music ensembles, attendance at recitals, etc.) and theatre students (working on the production of a play). 

3. To a large extent, the choice of out-of-class aural/oral activities in which you participate is up to you; that is, your needs, your interests, your preferred learning style, can determine your choice of activities. 

4. Formal Language Lab work (normally detailed on the course syllabus) is supplemented by more relaxed “real-world” opportunities to communicate in French with other speakers of the language. Requirement Your lab grade is composed of two elements: the completion of specific lab assignments listed on the course syllabus, and participation in language use activities you choose from the list given below. 

The number of points of out-of-class language use activities required varies with the course.

French 111: 25 pts
French 112: 35 pts
French 231/232: 60 pts 

1. French Conversation Table (day, time & place TBA) [3 pts. per weekly session]. The French assistant, Lucie Differt, and current French House residents, are always present. 

2. French House activities [4 pts. per event]. Events are scheduled periodically and well-advertised. 

3. Attending the weekly/bi-weekly French Film Series [6 pts. per film] 

4. Watching French news on SCOLA or Channel 5 [La Cinq] [2 pts. per 15 min. viewing session]. 

5. Viewing a French film available on video from the St. Olaf Library collection or via video store rental [4 pts. per film] [Limit: one film]. 

6. Individual or small group work on the WWW, including the reading of foreign newspapers, focussed work on language [see www.parlo.com], etc. [4 pts. per 30 mn]. 

7. Attendance at designated lectures, concerts, multicultural events held at St. Olaf, Carleton, or on another college campus [2 pts. per event]. 

8. Other informal activities (e.g., a conversation in French with the French assistant, another student, or your professor over breakfast, lunch or dinner). Give free reign to your imagination! [2 pts. per activity]. 

It is your responsibility to record the activities in which you participate on the back of this page. You will be asked to hand in the completed form (with points tallied) at mid-term and at the semester’s end. 

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