French 221.01: Description and Objectives:

As language acquisition results from high frequency exposure to and use of the target language, Intensive French 221 is an immersion language course. To that effect, (1) class meets every day with the professor; (2) students, in groups of eight to ten, also meet for 45 minutes twice a week with drill instructors who are responsible for reinforcing the material learned with the professor; and (3) students are also required to use the Multi-Media Language Laboratory as directed by the professor. The course and the drill sessions will be conducted in French.

The primary purpose of this course is to develop, through comprehension, speaking, reading, writing and the exploration of authentic French texts and media, your ability and confidence to communicate in the French language and to understand and relate to French-speaking peoples.

The objectives for French 221 are as follows:

Speaking:

To be able to ask and answer questions and to participate in simple conversations on topics beyond the most immediate needs.
To communicate information and to begin to express opinions and feelings relevant to themes of personal and contemporary significance.
Listening:
To develop sufficient comprehension to understand conversations based on occupational requirements and social situations, and conversations, narrations and TV/radio reporting on events of contemporary significance and/or course-related themes.
Reading:
To be able to read with sufficient understanding to follow a sequence of events, to extract information and to identify main ideas in a variety of authentic texts, including literary extracts, daily French news on the WWW, magazine articles, and French history texts.
Writing:
To develop skill in writing letters (email, personal and official), descriptions, short narratives and cohesive summaries.
To initiate development toward creative expression and interpretation.
Culture:
To broaden awareness of and heighten sensitivity to French civilization and French-speaking peoples through email exchange, French Web site exploration, French television news programming (via satellite) and the study of French history as presented in the French "Cours Moyen" history textbooks currently in use in French and Francophone schools.

dernière actualisation: 19 août 2002