FRCH& 123 - French III

5 Credits

Students continue to develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills as well as cultural awareness of the global French speaking world.

Pre-requisite(s) FRCH& 122 min 1.5
Course Note Previously FREN 103.
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered

Spring Day

Designed to Serve Designed for transfer students to fulfill language requirements, students needing Humanities distribution credits, vocational students in the fields such as Transportation or Hotel Management, and students seeking personal enrichment.
Active Date 2011-08-08

Grading System Decimal Grade
Class Limit 25
Contact Hours: Lecture 55 Lab 0 Worksite 0 Clinical 0 Other 0
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
AA

Humanities Area I

Course Outline
Communication Skills: Aural and oral: increasing fluency and mastery of idiomatic expressions and vocabulary about body parts, health, dress and appearance, manners, feelings, politics, nature and the environment. Knowledge Building: Continued and increasingly complex reading and writing expressions, sentences, and paragraphs. Some useful elements of grammar in the context of usage: reflexive verbs, adverbs, indirect objects, comparatives and superlatives, imperfect verb tense, interrogative pronouns, future and conditional tenses. Diversity and Culture: Continued exploration of the life and cultures of the French-speaking world: geographical locations and cultural practices in the global francophone world such as Quebec, Madagascar, Guyana, Cameroun, and Senegal.

Student Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate increasing basic proficiency in speaking French and understanding spoken French.

Demonstrate increasing basic proficiency in reading and writing French.

Demonstrate an understanding of French-speaking cultures and their relationship with English-speaking U.S. culture.

Demonstrate awareness of the importance of effective communication in an increasingly global society.