Students hear reprots in the target language and recognize subtle pionts and moods as conveyed by the speakers. Students describe, summarize, explain, and discuss practicable subjects. They express ideas using complete sentences and broaden their understanding of the foreign culture. Students strengthen listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through the study of literature, history, and current events. They participate in in-depth studies of major literary works and historical events and learn to recognize the various themes and conflicts involved.
Students study the use of language for actuve communication.
Specifically, they understand the spoken target language in both formal and conversational situations. They express ideas accurately and resourcefully, both orally and in writing, with reasonable fluency, and they develop a vocabulary sufficiently ample for reading newspaper and magazine articles, contemporary literature, and other non-technical writings. They receive extensive training in the organization and writing of compositions, review syntax, and study selected works by contemporary authors. Materials will include recordings, films, newspapers, and magazines. In this course students continue their develpment of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing French.