French Conversation

Catalog description

This course is designed to help students improve their oral communication skills in French through participation in interactive tasks. Much attention will be paid to the practice of new vocabulary. Discussion of grammar and communicative strategies will be integrated as needed in order to facilitate students' attempts at various rhetorical functions, such as describing, narrating, explaining, defining, expressing and supporting opinions, and tailoring the discourse to the audience and context. This course is aimed at developing the intermediate mid/high level according to ACTFL - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Counts toward the Francophone Studies Program. Fulfills the non-native language requirement.