French for Professional Purposes

Catalog description

This course prepares students to use French in a variety of professional contexts and situations via a series of interpersonal, interpretive and presentational tasks. The focus is on real world language use and developing language proficiency so that students can interact professionally with French speakers in various business, medical, scientific, environmental and humanitarian contexts. The class will work on creating materials such as a French-language cv, a cover letter and other documents that will be of use to them in their specific careers. Additionally, students will engage in a hands on group simulation project in which they create and market a start up.