Activities are designed to provide communication in authentic cultural content. Language laboratory is required to supplement class work. An intermediate course to provide further development of proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing French. Attention is given to the intensification of vocabulary and structure. Authentic cultural content is stressed.
Language laboratory is required to supplement class work.
The course provides a review of grammar, with attention given to a linguistic approach, as well as organized vocabulary development and oral composition based on French life, culture, and customs. A survey of representative works of the various genres. Attention will be focused on content and style, with a minimum of grammar. The aim of this course is to introduce students to the main currents of French thought from the Middle Ages to modern times. A closely coordinated course which aims to develop oral fluency, written proficiency, and mastery of grammar, as well as appreciation of literary style.