FREN 130 - Accelerated Elementary French

This one-semester course provides students with the core vocabulary and grammatical structures that are covered in FREN 120 and 121 and leads students to Intermediate-Low ability in interpersonal speaking, reading and listening, and presentational writing. Students will learn how to accomplish novice (survival) and intermediate (everyday) tasks that are appropriate for French and Francophone contexts. The class meets five times per week as follows: three class sessions, one Peer Teaching session and one computer laboratory session. The course is intended for highly motivated students who have an affinity for language study and is suited for students who

have studied a foreign language for four or more years (preferably a Romance Language) and have conversational fluency in this language; or
have had an extended stay in a francophone setting; or
previously studied French & place in FREN 121

Prerequisite: Premission of Instructor
Credits: 3
When Offered: Generally offered during spring semester of odd years.
NOTE:
* This course fulfills the Foreign Language Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.