Students will review fundamental language structures and vocabulary while continuing to develop self-expression and their ability to perform a range of tasks such as planning an outing, offering and accepting invitations, describing people, talking about daily routines, and comparing past and present activities. Students will continue to learn about Francophone cultures and to develop an awareness of themselves as learners of the French language. The goals of this course are to maintain proficiency in areas previously studied in French 101 and 102 or the equivalent level of proficiency, while building the students ability to create with language. French 201 is designed to give students the basic language and cross-cultural awareness needed to travel independently in a French speaking country. Students learn to buy tickets, arrange for transportation, check into hotels, make purchases, ask for directions, order in restaurants, and change money.
Students also learn to narrate in the past.
Intermediate French French 202 is an introduction to intermediate level language material. Whereas the novice level of language learning is characterized by word level speech and memorized material, the intermediate level is characterized by students creating with language and speaking in sentence level narration. In this course, students will take stories from their own lives and learn how to tell them in French. This is accomplished primarily through a structured writing process approach. In addition, the course will cover advanced body vocabulary and language needed to get medical care, advanced family vocabulary to talk about extended family relations, and language necessary to perform basic travel tasks such as finding lodging, changing money and making phone calls.