This dual-level course is designed to provide continued practice in speaking French and further develop oral proficiency and intercultural competence. Topics will vary each semester. Class will be conducted in French and is designed for advanced-level language students and heritage speakers. This course may be repeated.
Pre-requisite(s): MFREN 2010, MFREN 2020 French Stage 4: Global Connections, MFREN 2030 Perspectives In Language And Culture, or MFREN 2040 Connections In Language And Culture.
MFREN 2020 French Stage 4: Global Connections (4 hours)
Stage 4: Global Connections invites students to enhance their intercultural and linguistic competence by exploring cultural, geographical, historical, and social perspectives of French-speaking countries as they develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and intercultural competence, thereby allowing them to engage and interact more effectively with native speakers of French.
Prerequisite(s): MFREN 2010 French Stage 3: Cultural Perspectives or appropriate placement.
(Normally offered in Wesleyan Honors Academy.)
Archway Curriculum: Foundational Literacies: Modern Language Literacy
Archway Curriculum: Integrative Core: Going Global Thread
MFREN 2030 Perspectives In Language And Culture (4 hours)
An intermediate-level language course, MFREN 2030 Perspectives In Language And Culture invites students to explore cultural perspectives of French-speaking countries and their own as they review and develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and intercultural competence through task-based learning, thereby enhancing their ability to interact in French with more confidence on familiar topics. This is a non-sequential, intermediate-level course that may be taken before or after MFREN 2040.
Prerequisite(s): MFREN 1020 French Stage 2: Personal Connections or appropriate placement.
Normally offered Fall semester.
Archway Curriculum: Foundational Literacies: Modern Language Literacy
Archway Curriculum: Integrative Core: Going Global Thread
MFREN 2040 Connections In Language And Culture (4 hours)
An intermediate-level language course, MFREN 2040 Connections In Language And Culture invites students to enhance their intercultural and linguistic competence by exploring cultural, geographical, historical, and social perspectives of French-speaking countries as they develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and intercultural competence through task-based learning, thereby allowing them to engage and interact more effectively with speakers of French. This is a non-sequential, intermediate-level course that may be taken before or after MFREN 2030.
Prerequisite(s): MFREN 1020 French Stage 2: Personal Connections or appropriate placement.
Normally offered each Spring semester.
Archway Curriculum: Foundational Literacies: Modern Language Literacy
Archway Curriculum: Integrative Core: Going Global Thread
