FRENCH AND CULTURE I (FR1100)

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This course is an introduction to French and is intended to help students acquire the basic elements of spoken and written French. Students will learn how to express themselves in everyday life situations. The students’ basic needs for linguistic and cultural information will be the main focus of this course. In class, work will be supplemented by multimedia activities and real-life situations in the city of Paris.

Code: 
FR1100
Name: 
FRENCH AND CULTURE I
Discipline: 
FR (French)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will be able to understand a simple intervention if it is slow, carefully articulated, and includes pauses that help understand its meaning
  2. Students will be able to understand familiar names, words as well as very simple sentences (in identity documents, posters, forms, announcements, menus, basic biographies, etc.)
  3. Students will be able to enter personal information in a questionnaire, a simple form and write very short and very simple messages about their immediate environment (address, regular itineraries, neighborhood, etc.)
  4. Students will be able to use basic expressions and sentences to introduce themselves and briefly describe themselves and interact in a very simple way on daily tasks (self, nearby route, daily shopping in shops, restaurant, etc.)
  5. Students will be able to interact meaningfully with French speakers and acquire a foundation to conduct their everyday personal and professional life in a francophone context (CCF LO1)
  6. Students will develop an appreciation for French and francophone cultures and be aware of the scope of cultural differences in their new environment, with the ability to recognize when such differences require negotiation (CCF LO2)

Offering(s)

Term Code Name
Fall 2024 FR1100A FRENCH AND CULTURE I
Fall 2024 FR1100B FRENCH AND CULTURE I
Fall 2024 FR1100C FRENCH AND CULTURE I
Fall 2024 FR1100D FRENCH AND CULTURE I
Fall 2024 FR1100E FRENCH AND CULTURE I
Fall 2024 FR1100F FRENCH AND CULTURE I
Fall 2024 FR1100H FRENCH AND CULTURE I
Fall 2024 FR1100I FRENCH AND CULTURE I
Fall 2024 FR1100J FRENCH AND CULTURE I
Fall 2024 FR1100K FRENCH AND CULTURE I

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