A sequel to French 110, designed to increase knowledge of the basic language, culture, and geography of the Francophone world. Emphasis is also given to increasing students capacity to converse, read, and write in French. Cultural concepts, grammatical structures, and vocabulary introduced in class are reinforced in small-group language practice sessions. Linguistic tasks studied include describing, narrating, and giving opinions and information on a variety of topics. A sequel to French 201, designed to increase students facility to speak and write sentences of greater structural sophistication that are logically connected in paragraph-length discourse.
Increased emphasis is placed on communicating in past, future and hypothetical situations.
Study of authentic Francophone texts from various media is continued.