Summer 2007/Pasadena
LG565
Razafimanantsoa

LG565: THEOLOGICAL FRENCH. Edmond Razafimanantsoa.


DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to help theological students meet the French language requirements in advanced degree programs. Combining both a deductive and an inductive approach to learning, it provides an introduction to French grammar and vocabulary, and it enables students to read and translate selected passages from the French Bible as well as theological documents available in French only.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: This course aims at helping theological students

  1. learn the basic similarities and dissimilarities between English and French grammar and vocabulary;

  2. have the confidence to read and the skill to translate French documents;

  3. gain an acquaintance with the French theological scholarship.

COURSE FORMAT: This is an intensive course and meets twice weekly for two-hour sessions for ten weeks.

REQUIRED READING:
La Bible en français courant. Alliance Biblique Universelle, 1988.

Palmeri, Joseph, and Milligan, E. E. French for Reading Knowledge. 2d ed. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 1969. Reprint by Higby Family Trust, 1997.

It is also recommended that students add an English/French dictionary to their library, such as the following:
Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: French-English English-French. Edited by Marie-Helene Correard and Valerie Grundy (2001).

Or

Collins-Robert French-English English-French Dictionary. 2d ed. (Collins Publishers, 1987).

RECOMMENDED READING:
Kendris, Christopher. 501 French Verbs Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses. 5th ed. Hauppaug, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 2003.

ASSIGNMENTS: Students will read and translate various passages from the required texts, as well as from various handouts. There will be daily homework assignments and quizzes. Each student is expected to be present at all the class sessions with assigned lessons fully prepared.

PREREQUISITES: None. Transcript evidence of prior study required to audit this class.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Elective.

FINAL EXAMINATION: Yes.