French 052 is a fun fast-moving course with many change-ups and a great variety of activities. It is an intermediate level course in which you will learn to better understand, speak, read and write the language. The main focus of the course is the reading and discussing of a variety of texts from the French-speaking world as well as the review and continued study of French grammar. Each class begins with several minutes of informal conversation on a variety of subjects followed by a series of short warm-up exercises. During the semester, we will also see a full-feature French film and several short film excerpts. (Francais 052 est un cours au niveau intermediaire dans lequel vous apprendrez a mieux comprendre, lire, ecrire et parler le francais. Le cours est oriente sur la lecture et la discussion de plusieurs textes courts du monde francophone ainsi que la revision et l?approfondissement de certains elements de grammaire.)

Votre participation active et votre bonne volonte sont essentielles dans ce cours et compteront pour 20% de votre note finale. Il faut assister a tous les cours et vous preparer a l?avance : lisez les textes indiques, faites les exercices et preparez quelques remarques et questions.

Participation 20% Examens partiels (2) 20% Examens oraux (2) 20% Dictees /quizzes 10% Presentations 10% Examen final 20%