FR 33200 - Conversational Practice

Three meetings per week plus optional listening comprehension and oral practice in the language laboratory. Development of communicative and speaking skills.

Preparation for Course
P: FR 20401 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.

Cr. 3.
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Improve their general level of oral proficiency 2.
2. Increase their functional vocabulary.
3. Improve their pronunciation in French.
4. Improve their ability to use French in a number of different communicative contexts.
5. Improve their ability to function in different modes of communication: interpersonal, interpretive, presentational.
6. Improve their ability to handle different types of speech functions: describing, narrating, circumlocution, comparing, arguing for an opinion, etc.
7. Improve their ability to handle stylistic variation, at formal and informal levels, depending on the needs of the situation.