Course Description
Emphasizes conversational skills, reading, writing, and listening comprehension. Not open to native speakers. Not to be used to satisfy undergraduate language requirement.
Athena Title
Intensive French
Non-Traditional Format
Open only to students with two years' study in another Romance Language.
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The main objective of the course is to enable students already possessing some background in a Romance Language to perform at a level of competence comparable to that of FREN 2002: At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1) speak spontaneously about themselves and familiar topics, maintain a simple conversation with someone who speaks only the target language, and influence the course of a conversation by asking questions and proposing topics. 2) understand most of what they hear in the classroom and understand narration, conjecture and opinion about events in the present, past and future. 3) read simple short stories, short excerpts or ads from newspapers and magazines on familiar and practical topics with some preparation and glosses. 4) write expository prose consisting of a description or an opinion about very familiar topics.
Topical Outline
1) Performing certain functions in French, such as ordering a meal, making reservations at a hotel, sustaining a simple conversation with someone who speaks only French 2) Learning some of the formal structures of the language through grammatical paradigms 3) Learning basic vocabulary that will facilitate conversation in French 4) Learning important aspects of French-speaking cultures
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global Culture