French Undergaduate Modules Offered

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• French 1A: French for Beginners

  FREN101 H1 P1

  Prerequisite Requirement: Students with Grade 12 French or equivalent are not admitted to this course and register for Intermediate French

  Aim: To provide students who have no prior knowledge of French with an intensive language course so that they may be fast-tracked in understanding, reading, speaking and writing French.

  Content: Elementary texts written and spoken in French, basic grammatical structures, expressions, vocabulary.

  Assessment: Class mark: 50%; Examination: 50%

  DP Requirement: Attendance at 80% of classes and completion of all class work and tests.

• French 1B: French for Beginners

  FREN102 H2 P2

  Prerequisite Requirement: French 101 or equivalent.

  Aim: To enable students to consolidate knowledge acquired during French 101 and to develop their communicative competence in French.

  Content: Authentic texts written and spoken in French, vocabulary and grammar.

  Assessment: Class mark: 50%; Examination: 50%

  DP Requirement: Attendance at 80% of classes and completion of all class work and tests.

• French 2A: Intermediate French

  FREN201 H1 P1

  Prerequisite Requirement: French 102, Grade 12 French, or discretion of the Academic co-ordinator.

  Aim: To achieve communicative competence in French in increasingly complex situations.

  Content: Language and culture through the study of authentic documents in French. More advanced grammatical structures and vocabulary.

  Assessment: Class mark: 50%; Examination:50%

  DP Requirement: Attendance at 80% of classes and completion of all classes and tests.

• French 2B: Intermediate French

  FREN202 H2 P2

  Prerequisite Requirement: French 201, or discretion of the Academic Co-ordinator.

  Aim: To enable students to consolidate knowledge acquired during French 201 and to introduce them to modern literature written in French.

  Content: A critical study of cultural texts (film, song, literature) using multi-media tools.

  Assessment: Class mark: 50%; Examination: 50%

  DP Requirement: Attendance at 80% of classes and completion of all class work and tests.

• French 3A: Advanced French

  FREN301 H1 P1

  Prerequisite Requirement: French 202, or discretion of the Academic Co-ordinator.

  Aim: This module aims to deepen the student's knowledge of the French language and critical appraisal of Francophone culture through exposure to written and oral documents. The student will also be exposed to poetry and poems written in French.

  Content: Authentic documents in French (film, art, music, literature, using multi-media tools).

  Assessment: Class mark: 50%; Examination: 50%

  DP Requirement: attendance at 80% of classes and completion of all class work and tests.

• French 3B: Advanced French

  FREN302 H2 P2

  Prerequisite Requirement: French 301

  Aim: This module, as follow-up to French 301, aims to deepen the student's knowledge of the French language and critical appraisal of Francophone culture through exposure  to more written, oral and visual documents.

  Content: Authentic documents in French (film, art, music, literature, using multi-media tools).

  Assessment: Class mark: 50%; Examination: 50%

  DP Requirements: Attendance at 80% of classes and completion of all class work and tests.