Course Description
Speaking, listening, reading, and writing in French at the
intermediate level. Pronunciation, conversation, grammar review,
reading of texts, and compositions. Not open to native speakers.
Athena Title
Intermediate French
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in FREN 2001
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online. Assignments,
discussions, and student works are managed online according to
the Guidelines for Online Teaching and Digital Literacy of the
Romance Languages Department.
Prerequisite
FREN 1002 or FREN 1110
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will 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
- Students will understand most of what they hear in the classroom and understand narration, conjecture and opinion about events in the present, past and future.
- Students will read simple short stories, short excerpts or ads from newspaper and magazines on familiar and practical topics with some preparation and glosses.
- Students will write expository prose consisting of a description or an opinion about very familiar topics.
- Students will continue to build upon the grammar and structures they learn in FREN 1001 and FREN 1002 (ex: subjunctive present).
- Students will practice expressing their own opinions about health, technology, city life, and the future. Through cultural topics, they help their peers construct a deeper understanding of the world around them.
Topical Outline
- Online conversation and discussions to develop strategies of communication in speaking and listening. Readings from magazines, literary works, and a variety of sources on a variety of topics to provide students with information for online discussions and compositions. Writing in French to further knowledge of oneself and one's culture and of French speakers and their cultures. Review of principles of French grammar.
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global Culture
