Use of authentic materials, magazines, newspapers, audio and video texts. Practical and personalized oral and written expression. Class activities in French. Multidisciplinary study of France on site. Students live in an international student residence in downtown Paris and study the present and past lifeways of the French people by visiting schools, businesses, community and religious organizations, exhibitions, archaeological sites, etc., attending lectures, and dialoguing with informed representatives of the country.
Students keep a weekly journal of experiences.
Four-week program taken simultaneously with FR 261. No previous course work in or knowledge of French required. 261 May Term Abroad-Intensive Conversation, Grammar, and Reading I Development of linguistic skills under native teachers in France. Four-week program taken simultaneously with FR 260. No previous course work in or knowledge of French required.