FRE 212 - Intermediate French 2

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
Master intermediate vocabulary and grammar structures. Read short poetry and short fiction in French. Discuss French and Francophone culture.

Prerequisite(s): FRE 211 or three years of high school French or permission of department chair.

Crosslisted: Also offered as FRE 212H ; credit is not given for both FRE 212 and FRE 212H .

Note: Not for native speakers.

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC) and Online (OL)

Term(s) Typically Offered: Fall and spring

Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Identify the main idea and flow of events expressed in various time frames in intermediate-mid level conversations, discussions, and paragraph-length fictional texts.
Exchange information in conversations on familiar topics and some researched topics, creating sentences and series of sentences and asking a variety of follow-up questions.
Present a variety of familiar topics and some concrete research topics, using sentences and series of connected sentences through spoken and written language.
Combine a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary to respond to a range of intermediate-mid level writing and speaking prompts.
Formulate comparisons between students’ cultural experiences and the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Francophone cultures.