Course Description

Course Name

Written French

Session: VPRF1325

Hours & Credits

126 Contact Hours

Prerequisites & Language Level

Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

Beginning

  • There is no language prerequisite for courses at this language level.

Advanced

  • Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) at the college level.

High Intermediate

  • Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of three semesters (or five quarters) at the college level.

High Beginning

  • Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of one semester (or two quarters) at the college level.

Intermediate

  • Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of two semesters (or three quarters) at the college level.

Low Intermediate

  • Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of two semesters (or three quarters) at the college level.

Overview

Objectives:

To improve written skills, starting with simple phrases and progressing towards more complex phrases and texts.
Contents:

1. Study the relation between what one hears and what one writes: analyze the
organization of grammar and vocabulary.
2. Study of the logic of written speech.
3. According to student's level, practice various spelling and writing exercises:
essays, rewrites of texts, letters, descriptions, narrations, and dissertations.

*Course content subject to change