Students can withdraw from or change any course up to one week after the start of the semester without penalty. This is a first year college level course in grammar, conversation, phonetics and writing practice for beginners and students with up to two years of high school French. At the intermediate level, this course covers vocabulary, grammar, composition, phonetics and techniques of written expression. For students at the upper intermediate level, this course maintains, improves and refines knowledge of the French language through systematic study of tenses, moods and subordinate clauses. French civilization is studied via social, political, economic and cultural themes.
Emphasis is on intonation, articulation and sentence rhythm with phonetic correction on tapes.
It must be taken in conjunction with a language course and does not carry any extra credit. Students may, however, request extra credit from their own academic institution. Students visit local museums containing their works. Emphasis is on the media, daily life of young people, educational institutions and fashion-related topics. Dramatic sketches, designed with roles suitable for all participants, use expressions and themes drawn from daily life and emphasize the sound of French as it is spoken.