Sharpen skills in speaking, reading, and writing French, while building cross-cultural competence for travel, study, and work abroad. Taught in French.
Athena Title
Culture & Communication I Hon
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in FREN 3010
Prerequisite
(FREN 2002 or FREN 2600 or FREN 2120H) and permission of Honors
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will develop oral comprehension skills and effective written expression in French.
Students will effectively express ideas in spoken French.
Students will review and understand the French grammatical structures that support effective communication.
Students will examine and compare French-speaking cultures and communities.
Students will discuss and analyze French-language cultural materials in a variety of genres and media.
Students will build awareness and develop arguments about global languages and cultures.
Topical Outline
French grammar review:
Simple and compound verb tenses
Indicative and subjunctive modes
Conditional sentences
Gender of nouns and adjectives
Adverbs and their placement
Pronouns: subject and object, disjunctive, relative
Prepositions
Sentence structure and reduction of anglicisms and English interference
Idioms and expressions
Vocabulary development
Accent and pronunciation development
Aural comprehension through listening to French media and laboratory exercises
Development of fluency and ease of expression
Development of oral skill through discussion and conversation
Study of cultural materials:
Online, televised and print media
Literary texts
Sociological studies
Music, film and other arts
