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APPENDIX

Sample Syllabus

INSTRUCTORS' COURSE Prior to Week 1:

Course Goals and Program; Implementation; Instruc- tor responsibilities; Student background in French and

composition. Week 1:

Presentation of reading selections; Introduction to Tex- tual Discussion: Style, Tone, Point of View; Thesis Statements I; Examination of Sample Student Essays.

Week 2:

Exploratory Writing, Mapping, Outlining; Thesis Statements II; Examination of Sample Student Essays; Analysis of Student-written Composition; Methods of Oral Error Correction; First Set of Corrected Essays Due.

Week 3:

Vocabulary in Context/Dictionary Use; Introductions I. Week 4:

Paragraphing I and II; Group Text-Editing Techniques. Week 5:

Reading Skills Development; Thesis Statements III; Argumentative Strategies; Discussion of Third-Year Course: Issues of Articulation.

Week 6: Use of Model Essay; Analysis of Student-written Essay; Transitions.

Week 7: Use of Explication de Texte in a Language/Writing Pro-

gram; Principles of Oral Proficiency Testing.

Week 8:

Paragraphing Review; Second Set of Corrected Essays Due.

Week 9:

Analysis of Model Composition and Analytical Outline. Week 11:

Analysis of Student-Written Composition; Argumen- tative Strategies II.

Week 13: Introductions II.

Week 14: Review of Composition Principles: "Comment Evaluer une

Composition"; Conclusions; Third Set of Corrected Essays Due; Procedures for Final Grades.

INSTRUCTOR RESPONSIBILITIES Two informal class observations to be arranged by in-

structor with coordinator to cover One composition or grammar lesson One literature discussion Three sets of three compositions representative of A, B,

and C level work

Reading of third-year course reader. Attendance of 1 third-year course section.

Chester W. Obuchowski, 1919-91 CHESTER W. OBUCHOWSKI, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF Romance and Classical Languages at the University of Connecticut, where he taught from 1949-89, passed away in March of this year. A graduate of Manchester (CT) High School, he received both the BA and MA from Fordham University and the doctorate in Romance languages from Yale. During World War II, he served as a French inter- preter for Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces.

He was a member and former president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer of the Connecticut chapter, Ameri- can Association of Teachers of French. For sixteen years

he was also on the state advisory committee on foreign language instruction.

The author of numerous articles on French literature and foreign language instruction, he was also the author of Mars on Trial: War as Seen by French Authors of the Twentieth Century, The Franco-File, and other books.

A memorial fund in Professor Obuchowski's name has been established at the University of Connecticut. It seeks to award an annual prize to the best student-teacher of a modern foreign language in a given year. Donations may be sent to The Chester W. Obuchowski Fund, Development Office U-190, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268.

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