Course Description: An introductory course emphasizing four basic skills: aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Consideration of the cultural and historic background of the areas where the language is spoken, and readings designed to introduce students to the cultures of the Frenchspeaking world. The aim is to prepare students to speak and comprehend with some facility and to read texts of moderate difficulty. Emphasis is on class participation and active use of the language. F, S.
Course Delivery:
Course Description: An introductory course emphasizing four basic skills: aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Consideration of the cultural and historic background of the areas where the language is spoken, and readings designed to introduce students to the cultures of the Frenchspeaking world. The aim is to prepare students to speak and comprehend with some facility and to read texts of moderate difficulty. Emphasis is on class participation and active use of the language. F, S.
Course Delivery:
Course Description: An introductory course emphasizing four basic skills: aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Consideration of the cultural and historic background of the areas where the language is spoken, and readings designed to introduce students to the cultures of the Frenchspeaking world. The aim is to prepare students to speak and comprehend with some facility and to read texts of moderate difficulty. Emphasis is on class participation and active use of the language. F, S.
Course Delivery:
Course Description: An introductory course emphasizing four basic skills: aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Consideration of the cultural and historic background of the areas where the language is spoken, and readings designed to introduce students to the cultures of the Frenchspeaking world. The aim is to prepare students to speak and comprehend with some facility and to read texts of moderate difficulty. Emphasis is on class participation and active use of the language. F, S.
Course Delivery- Hybrid: The course will be delivered in-person and via Zoom. Zoom recordings will be made available for students who are unable to make it to in-person classes (due to illness) and for student review. A detail schedule will be provided to students (updated weekly) via GoogleDocs outlining what will be accomplished during each 50 min. class session as well as daily homework assignments. Students will engage with each other and myself via Zoom and Flipgrid assignments. Course documents will be available to students on Blackboard. Weekly office hours will be held via Zoom.
Course Description: This intermediate French language course provides a thorough review of French grammar through an exploration of issues relevant to young people in the Francophone world. It seeks to improve the students' spoken and written mastery of the language, in addition to their reading and aural comprehension. At the end of this course, students will be able to converse with native speakers on everyday topics, and express themselves flowingly in brief pieces of writing. Their interest in Francophone cultures will be fostered through the use of a variety of authentic materials, including film, music, newspaper and magazine articles, and brief literary texts.
Course Delivery- Hybrid: The course will be delivered in-person and via Zoom. Zoom recordings will be made available for students who are unable to make it to in-person classes (due to illness) and for student review. A detail schedule will be provided to students (updated weekly) via GoogleDocs outlining what will be accomplished during each 50 min. class session as well as daily homework assignments. Students will engage with each other and myself via Zoom and Flipgrid assignments. Course documents will be available to students on Blackboard. Weekly office hours will be held via Zoom.
Course Description: A conversation practicum in which cultural and language topics are used as substance for class programs and projects. Students are required to speak French. Students wanting to satisfy the Modern Foreign Language House requirement should enroll in 241 for the fall semester, 242 for spring semester. FREN 241 may be repeated once for a total of 0.5 unit, not to be counted toward the major or minor. Prerequisite: 111.
Course Delivery: Fully Remote
Course Description: In French 250, students will build on what they learned in French 225. Through sustained engagement with texts and cultural artifacts from the French and francophone world, they will also work towards honing their critical thinking, reading, writing, argumentation, and basic analysis skills in French. This class functions as a "bridge course" between more linguistically oriented courses and the literary and cultural seminars they will encounter at the 300 levels. Prerequisite: French 225
Course Delivery- Hybrid: Each week, I will deliver new material and content via YouTube videos. I will also give students a "To Do List" for that week. For every item on the "To Do List," I will give a time estimate. Note that this is a course that emphasizes various modes of literary interpretation and writing, culminating in a portfolio. Therefore, in addition to the weekly videos and "To Do Lists," I will hold discussion and peer review sessions with students 1-2 x per week depending on need for that particular learning module. I will aim for those discussion and peer review sessions to happen in person if possible, especially in the beginning of the course so that students can develop a sense of community and engagement. That said, since conducting discussions in French with masks does not seem ideal, I anticipate that from time to time, for more advanced discussion, Zoom will work better, especially towards the middle and end of the term. In sum, I plan to release weekly videos the same day each week along with a weekly "to do list" that offers a time estimate for each item, hold discussion and peer review sessions (in person as much as possible towards the beginning of the term, perhaps more so over Zoom as rapport and community develop among students), and progress through the learning modules in a consistent and transparent and engaged way combining in person, video, and synchronous virtual meetings.
Course Description: Seminar on topics of interest to advanced French students. Prerequisite: FREN 351. May be repeated once. (Group III, Diversity - only when concentration is Francophone literature/culture studies course)
Course Delivery- Hybrid: The course will be delivered in-person and via Zoom. Zoom recordings will be made available for students who are unable to make it to in-person classes (due to illness) and for student review. A detail schedule will be provided to students (updated weekly) via GoogleDocs outlining what will be accomplished during each 50 min. class session as well as daily homework assignments. Students will engage with each other and myself via Zoom and Flipgrid assignments. Course documents will be available to students on Blackboard. Weekly office hours will be held via Zoom.
Course Description: Seminar on topics of interest to advanced French students. Prerequisite: FREN 351. May be repeated once. (Group III, Diversity - only when concentration is Francophone literature/culture studies course)
Course Delivery- Hybrid: For the "Cinema of the French-Speaking World" course, every two weeks, we will meet in person to watch the film for that module (6 films total: La règle du jeu (Renoir), Les contes moraux (Rohmer), Caché (Haneke), Persepolis (Satrapi and Winshluss), Mossane (Faye), and Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (Sciamma)). First, we will watch the film together in person as a class for two reasons: 1.) in order to be sure that all students actually see the primary "text" and 2.) to ensure that the film is experienced together in a physical space and focused way, rather than on a small screen in an area with distractions and interruptions. After having seen the film (class period 1 devoted to the film), students will complete the "study guide" questions and will write a short reaction paper in French to facilitate and prepare for initial discussion. Class 2 will be devoted to initial discussion of the film and correction of the study guide, and this will be done via Zoom. For homework, in preparation for Class 3, students will focus on advanced language and grammar in the film and will do written exercises to practice with (and reflect on) these topics. During class 3, we will go over this material and discuss specific scenes in which these linguistic / grammatical issues are at work. Finally, in preparation for Class 4, students will read a scholarly article on the film and submit a short response on Blackboard. Class 4 will happen in person and will consist of students writing a more in-depth response to the film once they have studied its language, its director, its grammar, and engaged with criticism of the film. In this way, each film module will have 2 in person sessions and 2 virtual sessions devoted to it.