124 ForLng 3510 Bu siness Language I (3) ForLng DV3550 Studies in Culture & Civilization (3) ForLng 3630 Literature Genres (3) ForLng 3650 Literature Periods (3) F o 11 ng 3670 Li terature Authors (3) ForLng 3690 Literature Special Topics in Literature (1-3) ForLng 3850 Study Abroad (1-6) ForLng 4300 Foreign Language Journal (1) ForLng 4400 Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language (4) ForLng 4510 Business Language II (3) ForLng 4620 Survey of Literature I (3) ForLng 4630 Survey of Literature II (3) ForLng 4850 Study Abroad (1-6) ForLng 4830 Directed Readings (1-3) ForLng 4920 Short Courses, Workshops (1-4) ForLng 4960 Senior Seminar & Thesis (3) Foreign Language (French, German, or Spanish) » Program Prerequisite: Completion of first and second-year courses in the language or equivalent preparation. Must satisfy the Education Certification Program (see the Department of Teacher Education). » Grade Requirements: A grade of 2.00, C or better is required. In addition, teaching minors must achieve an overall GPA of 3.00 for admission to the Teacher Education program. » Credit Hour Requirements: A minimum of 19 upper division hours in the foreign language. At least 3 credit hours of minor courses must be completed at WSU. Course Requirements for Minor Prerequisite Courses Complete the following 16 aedit hours (or demonstrate equivalent proficiency) ForLng 1010 First Year I (4) ForLng 1020 First Year II (4) ForLng HU2010 Second Year I (4) ForLng 2020 Second Year II (4) Required Courses (13 credit hours) ForLng 3060 Grammar & Composition (3) ForLng 3160 Intro to Literature (3) ForLng 3220 Phonetics and Phonology (3) ForLng 4400* Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language (4) Elective Courses (select a minimum of 6 credit hours) ForLng 3300 Foreign Language Journal (1) ForLng 3320 Applied Language Studies (1-3) ForLng 3360 Grammar Review (3) ForLng 3510 Bu siness Language I (3) ForLng DV3550 Studies in Culture & Civilization (3) ForLng 3630 Literature Genres (3) ForLng 3650 Literature Periods (3) ForLng 3670 Literature Authors (3) ForLng 3690 Literature Special Topics in Literature (1-3) ForLng 3850 Study Abroad (1-6) ForLng 4300 Foreign Language Journal (1) ForLng 4510 Business Language II (3) ForLng 4620 Survey of Literature I (3) ForLng 4630 Survey of Literature II (3) ForLng 4850 Study Abroad (1-6) ForLng 4830 Directed Readings (1-3) ForLng 4920 Short Courses, Workshops .. . (1-4) ForLng 4960 Senior Seminar & Thesis (3) *Students must pass Oral and Written Proficiency Examinations at the "Intermediate High" level prior to taking 4400 and student teaching. (Please see the department advisor.) INTERDISCIPLINARY MINORS The Department of Foreign Languages participates in the Asian Studies, European Studies and Latin American Studies Minor Programs. Students who wish to enroll in one of these programs should indicate their desire to do so with the program coordinator who will help them work out a proper combination of courses to fit their particular needs. (See the Interdisciplinary Programs section of this catalog.) FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES Oral Proficiency Requirements The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) has defined a scale for the evaluation of the language proficiency of students. The ACTFL Proficiency scale has four levels: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced and Superior. The Department of Foreign Languages requires that students achieve a determined proficiency level, depending on the students' goals. In addition, instructors assume that students entering any class have acquired the entry-level proficiency indicated for that class. (These levels are indicated in parentheses following the description of each course on the following pages: N=Novice; NH=Novice High; IL=Intermediate Low; IM=Intermediate Mid; IH=Intermediate High.) Novice (N) Students at this level have no experience in the language they are studying. They begin by learning the sound and spelling system and by memorizing words and phrases. During the course, they will progress to the point of being able to create simple sentences, to ask some questions, and to initiate, sustain and conclude simple social tasks more than half of the time. Novice High (NH) At the Novice-High level students progress from the ability to respond simply with learned utterances to the ability to create language face-to-face, to ask and answer simple questions, and to create sentence-level constructions. Intermediate Low (IL) At the Intermediate-Low level students continue to build mastery of personal social-oriented informational tasks and move to a higher level by practicing informational tasks beyond the immediate and personal. Students will move from simple-sentence to more complex sentence-level discourse. They will practice narration, description and comparison but mastery is not expected. Intermediate Mid (IM) Students at this level build on an ability to perform informational tasks beyond immediate and personal needs while they continue to practice narration, description and comparison. In addition, students begin practice in supporting opinions and hypothesizing in the language. They move from complex sentence-level structures to paragraph-level discourse. Intermediate High (IH) At this level students can function at the Advanced level most of the time. They still need practice narrating, describing and comparing, and Linking sentences together smoothly. In addition, they encounter more tasks that require them to support opinion and to hypothesize. Students progress from complex sentences to paragraphs to extended discourse. Weber State University 2004 - 2005 Catalog