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French Language, Culture, and Civilization at the Sorbonne - Winter 1 2009
French Language

140
Language Level: Beginning / Low Intermediate
Placement Exam Required
French Language
Language of Instruction: French
Course taken with: International Students
The Sorbonne (Paris, France)

Course Description

Hours & Credits

140

Hours of Instruction

9

Semester Credit Units

14

Quarter Credit Units

Prerequisites and 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. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.
Low Intermediate
This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of one semester (or two quarters) of college-level French. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

Overview

This course includes a practical study of the French language. The course covers fundamentals and is designed to equip students with the tools for everyday use of French.
The course aims to give the basic and necessary language competency in tackling:

Personal Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Indefinite Adjectives
Indefinite Pronouns
Possesive Adjectivs
Possesive Pronouns
Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstrative Pronouns
Comparatives
Superlatives
Indicative verb tenses
Agreement with Past Participles
Completive Subordinate Clauses
The Temporal
Cause and Condition
Phonetics*

*20 hours of instruction for this course take place in a phonetics lab.