FRIT Course Spotlights

This advanced language course’s goal is to substantially advance your spoken, written and listening skills in French while discussion controversial social topics in France and in the United States such as the effects of social media in interpersonal relationships, gender equality, and the limits of personal freedoms. There will be 3 written exams, 3 debates, 3 major written assignments based on the 3 themes of the course and a final project.
FR 320E is a fast-paced challenging course that requires extensive outside of class preparation in order to succeed in improving your vocabulary and grammar level (2-3 hours of preparation for each hour we meet is normal at the beginning). The prerequisite for FR 320E is FR 317C with at least a grade of C. If you received a C- in FR 317C, you do NOT meet the prerequisite for this course. This course carries the Writing flag.Panel 1. Add body text in this space.

This advanced language course’s goal is to substantially advance your spoken, written and listening skills in French while discussion controversial social topics both in the Francophone world and in the United States such as the effects of globalization in the world, conflicts regarding immigration, and the loss of indigenous cultures and languages due to colonialism/imperialism. There will be 3 written exams, 4 oral exams (2 individual presentations and 2 debates), 2 major written assignments based on 2 of the themes of the course and a final project.
FR 322E is a fast-paced challenging course that requires extensive outside of class preparation in order to succeed in improving your vocabulary and grammar level (2-3 hours of preparation for each hour we meet is normal at the beginning). The prerequisite for FR 322E is FR 320E with at least a grade of C. If you received a C- in FR 320E, you do NOT meet the prerequisite for this course. This course carries the Global Cultures flag.

PThis introduction to French phonetics provides students with a structured and practical understanding of the French sound system. The basics of descriptive phonetics and phonetic transcription are taught. Pronunciation and discrimination exercises emphasize individual sounds such as nasal vowels and the [u]-[y] contrast, as well as prosodic features (intonation, syllabification, liaison, etc.). The class is conducted in French.
The course is organized around:
Descriptive linguistics. Our text materials and classroom sessions provide descriptions and examples of essential features of French speech, such as l’assimilation, l’enchaînement, la syllabation, la ‘loi de position’, la dénasalisation, etc.
Practice in pronunciation and discrimination. With opportunities to apply your knowledge of linguistic description and phonetic transcription, you practice and sharpen your pronunciation and auditory discrimination of French sounds.
Improvement. Ten percent of your final grade is determined by your improvement over the course of the semester. Improvement is measured in part by comparing your reading aloud of a Diagnostic Exercise at the beginning of the term with your reading of similar material at the end of the term.

This advanced language course’s goal is to substantially advance your spoken, written and listening skills in French while discussion controversial social topics in France and in the United States such as the effects of social media in interpersonal relationships, gender equality, and the limits of personal freedoms. There will be 3 written exams, 3 debates, 3 major written assignments based on the 3 themes of the course and a final project.
FR 320E is a fast-paced challenging course that requires extensive outside of class preparation in order to succeed in improving your vocabulary and grammar level (2-3 hours of preparation for each hour we meet is normal at the beginning). The prerequisite for FR 320E is FR 317C with at least a grade of C. If you received a C- in FR 317C, you do NOT meet the prerequisite for this course. This course carries the Writing flag.Panel 1. Add body text in this space.

This advanced language course’s goal is to substantially advance your spoken, written and listening skills in French while discussion controversial social topics both in the Francophone world and in the United States such as the effects of globalization in the world, conflicts regarding immigration, and the loss of indigenous cultures and languages due to colonialism/imperialism. There will be 3 written exams, 4 oral exams (2 individual presentations and 2 debates), 2 major written assignments based on 2 of the themes of the course and a final project.
FR 322E is a fast-paced challenging course that requires extensive outside of class preparation in order to succeed in improving your vocabulary and grammar level (2-3 hours of preparation for each hour we meet is normal at the beginning). The prerequisite for FR 322E is FR 320E with at least a grade of C. If you received a C- in FR 320E, you do NOT meet the prerequisite for this course. This course carries the Global Cultures flag.

PThis introduction to French phonetics provides students with a structured and practical understanding of the French sound system. The basics of descriptive phonetics and phonetic transcription are taught. Pronunciation and discrimination exercises emphasize individual sounds such as nasal vowels and the [u]-[y] contrast, as well as prosodic features (intonation, syllabification, liaison, etc.). The class is conducted in French.
The course is organized around:
Descriptive linguistics. Our text materials and classroom sessions provide descriptions and examples of essential features of French speech, such as l’assimilation, l’enchaînement, la syllabation, la ‘loi de position’, la dénasalisation, etc.
Practice in pronunciation and discrimination. With opportunities to apply your knowledge of linguistic description and phonetic transcription, you practice and sharpen your pronunciation and auditory discrimination of French sounds.
Improvement. Ten percent of your final grade is determined by your improvement over the course of the semester. Improvement is measured in part by comparing your reading aloud of a Diagnostic Exercise at the beginning of the term with your reading of similar material at the end of the term.