French majors will demonstrate culturally appropriate behaviors and aspects of France's culture's daily lifestyle. French majors will demonstrate the ability to access the target language and culture through printed materials, electronic information systems, and other current technologies and utilize these to enhance learning of the target language and culture. French majors will know how to gain access to opportunities abroad, obtain authentic materials from French culture, make linkages with community resources in the target language and culture, and advocate the importance of foreign language skills and cultural awareness in an interdependent world with a global economy. French majors are able to speak on a variety of topics. French majors are able to solve a simple problem presented by a situation.
French majors are able to ask for information to resolve a situation with a minor complication.
French majors are able to talk in discourse about activities in the present, past, and future. French majors are able to describe in detail with comparison and contrasts. French majors are able to state and support an opinion. French majors will understand and respond in a limited manner to abstract topics or topics immediately removed from daily life and activities. French majors will understand the topic of reports, news items, lectures, etc.