FREN 225

Project-based course conducted entirely in French. All topics studied serve the purpose of producing a class magazine in French. Students will increase their communicative competence and knowledge of Francophone culture by reading articles and advertisements from major Francophone newspapers, listening to Radio Canada, and viewing television clips from Francophone stations. Students will learn specialized vocabulary, acronyms, and euphemisms relating to journalism, politics, and economics. Grammar will be reviewed and refined in context. Participation in discussions, along with regular written assignments and oral tutorials, will further improve students’ abilities to understand and express themselves in French. -- Prerequisite -- FREN 219. -- Corequisite -- None. -- Pre or Corequisite -- None.