Continuation of the basic curriculum of Intermediate French, with an emphasis on strengthening the speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills of the intermediate student. 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 2120H
Prerequisite
FREN 2001 or FREN 2001E or FREN 2600
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will understand adapted and authentic language from the instructor, from video and audio components, and from classmates.
Students will understand adapted and authentic language from the instructor, from visual and textual components, and from classmates.
Students will engage in spoken and written dialogue with classmates and instructor about a variety of topics and situations in the past, present, future, and hypothetical situations.
Students will discuss daily activities, current and past events, give advice and suggestions, express hope and desire as well as judgment and feelings about different topics.
Students will write descriptions, personal anecdotes, causes and effects, comparisons, and opinions while incorporating more sentence connectors to build longer discourse.
Students will recognize and reflect upon concepts of francophone cultures and peoples and other topics and events of general interest from francophone perspectives. Some of these topics may include memories, migrations, traditions, stories and fairy tales, regional languages, linguistic development and fine arts. Students are expected to be able to discuss these topics within a comparative and contrastive framework with their own cultural background.
Topical Outline
In-class discussions designed to improve speaking and listening skills.
