FRAN 370 Special Topics in French: (Subtitle)
For students with years of previous study in French as demonstrated by a placement protocol or with a passing grade in FRAN 202, FRAN 370 uses a content-based courses approach to investigate a special topic in French language and/or culture. While not limited to this list, topics may include phonetics, linguistics, French for heritage speakers, French for a specialized field (science, business, etc.), Translation Studies in French, Francophone cultural practices, French approaches to literary study, philosophy, history, or literary theory. While using the course’s topic as a content for academic inquiry, its objectives are also to develop the four skills of communication in French (reading, writing, speaking, and listening), with a focus on real-time interpersonal and presentational oral production of cohesive paragraphs featuring narration and description in all tenses and on a variety of increasingly abstract and academic contexts, as well as on interpretive communication and argumentation through expository process writing. This course roughly targets the ACTFL Advanced-Mid rating. Teaching methodologies may include task-based, project-based, and other experiential learning assignments. Taught in French.
Prerequisite
FRAN 202, placement, or special instructor permission.
Notes
This course may be repeated for credit.