Note about midterm grades: It is my policy not to award the grade of A at midterm, since knowledge of a language is cumulative (it builds on itself like bricks making a wall together). We haven’t finished building our house of elementary language until we test our new abilities to communicate during the final interview. The policy is also meant to keep you motivated – an A is within reach, but it requires steady effort until the end.
1. Select something from francophone (French-speaking) cultures around the world that interests you.
2. Do research to expand your knowledge. Start online with google.fr, and do not trust sources like Wikipedia alone unless you have verified the information elsewhere. Your topic could be a person, an event, a film, a piece of art, a sports moment, a cultural movement… something from the French book or something not in the book that you are curious about yourself. If you need help getting good-quality sources, please feel free to see me in my office.
3. Keep a list of your sources and turn in with your project summary.
4. Project summary should be a minimum of a page long (if typing a document) and 5 slides (if you choose to do a powerpoint-style project instead). Please make sure to answer the following questions:
4a. How did you decide on your topic? How did you become interested?
4b. Give a summary of the topic that highlights what you have learned.
4c. If you have questions you were unable to answer in your research, raise them at the end.
5. I will be reading the projects carefully and summarizing them for the class, so we can learn from each other.
EVALUATION of the midterm project:
A-level: All elements of the project are outstanding. Bibliographic sources are reliable and varied, motivation for the project relates to specific knowledge gained, and student is able to raise additional questions for further investigation of the topic.
B-level: Student has exceeded minimum standards in at least one area of the project (bibliography of sources, explanation of project and its origins/motivation, unanswered questions).
C-level: All parts of the project are complete and satisfactory.
D-level: At least one area of the project is unsatisfactory and/or incomplete
F-level: Student did not turn in a project.
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