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4.00 Credits
Designed for students with no prior experience with French or whose placement scores are in the range for this course level.This two-semester sequence teaches the essentials of pronunciation, structure, and usage, allowing students to acquire the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.Language cultures are explored through a variety of media.Students attend three classes per week and do mandatory online work determined by the instructor.Four credits per semester.
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4.00 Credits
Designed for students who have completed FR 110-FR 111 or whose placement scores are in the range for this course level.This two-semester sequence prepares students to continue the study of language on a more advanced level, and includes review of essential points of grammar, vocabulary building, and regular practice in speaking and writing.The language cultures are explored through a wide variety of materials (literary texts, press articles, films, etc.) Students attend three classes per week and do mandatory online work determined by the instructor.Four credits per semester.
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3.00 Credits
This course emphasizes improved proficiency in the written language.Students build vocabulary and improve grammar through readings and exercises designed to prepare them for weekly compositions.These readings and exercises expose students to a variety of genres.Following peer review and instructor's comments, students rewrite compositions, incorporating them into a final portfolio project.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course emphasizes developing language skills for self-expression and communication.A wide range of authentic cultural materials, such as press articles, films, short stories, television broadcasts, etc., forms the basis for class discussions.Students write weekly oral assignments to improve grammar and vocabulary.The course introduces the phonetic alphabet and stresses pronunciation exercises.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This two-semester sequence explores France and French people in a cultural, social, and historical context.The exploration moves into regions that comprise the francophone world in the second semester Students use multimedia, Internet, and audio-visual resources extensively and submit frequent oral and written reports. This course meets the world diversity requirement. Three credits per semester.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students develop expertise in the art and craft of translation.The course presents terminology and procedures that assist the translator in describing and solving translation problems.It uses real and simulated case studies in a variety of fields including commercial correspondence, tourism, food, transporta-tion, telecommunications, social science, and literature.Students practice with native script, giving attention to individual interests and majors, using French-to-English and English-to-French translations.The class, which is conducted in both languages, uses human, computer-based, and print resources.(Prerequisite: FR 221 or permission of instructor) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This introduction to the business practices and economic situation of France in the context of the European Union emphasizes commercial vocabulary and business situations presented through extensive use of authentic material and documents.This course, which is of particular interest to students seeking a career in international business or international affairs, uses multimedia, Internet, and audio-visual resources extensively, and includes regular practice in speaking and writing.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
Students read and discuss articles from representative magazines and newspapers in French, and reports from television news broadcasts and the Internet.The course considers how the media and technology are shaping French society in the 21st century and discusses a wide range of topics such as politics, education, religion, the arts, science, privacy, and censorship.Students complete frequent oral and written reports.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course serves as an introduction to the field of Caribbean literatures in English and English translation, with a focus on the French-speaking Caribbean.We survey a wide range of theoretical and fictional texts (poetry, short stories, novels, theatre), and introduce students to the debate surrounding the formation of Antillean cultural identity/identities.This course examines "Caribbean literatures" with respect to their language of origin, colonization, slavery, racial experience, landscape, migration, and diaspora, specifically in Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Trinidad, Cuba, and the Netherlands Antilles/Surinam.No prerequisite for French majors.Cross-listed with EN 29 5.This course meets the world diversity requirement .(Prerequisite for English: EN 12 or its equivalent) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course serves as an introduction to the field of Caribbean literatures in English and English translation, with a focus on the French-speaking Caribbean.When read in the context of African diasporic literatures, it coincides with what has been called "African American Literatures" or literature written by peoples of African descent in the New World.This course examines a wide range of theoretical and fictional texts that introduce students to the debate surrounding the formation of Antillean cultural identity/identities.It examines Caribbean literatures with respect to their language of origin (English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Creoles and patois), colonization, slavery, racial experience, landscape, creolization, migration, and diaspora specifically in Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Trinidad, Cuba, and the Netherlands Antilles/Surinam.Therefore this course is a survey that engages the historical, political, and cultural contexts out of which these literatures have emerge d.This course meets the world diversity requirement. (Prerequisite: EN 12 or equivalent) Three credits.
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