French (FREN)

Introduction to listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills within a French cultural framework. For students without previous knowledge of the language. (Language laboratory required. One hour per week minimum.) A lab fee is required for this course.

Continued practice in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills within a French cultural framework. French 1311 or equivalent required. (Language laboratory required. One hour per week minimum.) A lab fee is required for this course.

Reviews French grammar through oral and written practice with emphasis on language proficiency. Utilizes cultural readings in French to expand vocabulary and knowledge of the French culture.

Continued advanced development and review of all language skills within a French framework with an emphasis in the linguistic perspective.

Prerequisite: FREN 2311.

This course will deal with a short story, a novel, a film script and a play written by three of the big names from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, two men and a woman. Each work deals in its way with the relationships between men and women, loneliness and alienation, faith and other modern considerations. (Teleconference course)