Notes regarding credits...

Fall 3= 30 hrs of instr
Fall 4/Win 2/Yr 2= 45 hrs of instr

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

High Beginning

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.

"Know the cultural facts of France and understand the French society across the medias"

Objective-
-Familiarize with the medias
-Understand and analize the written and audiovisual press
-Work on oral and written competence
-Study the French of everyday

Program-
-Discover the written press: the structure of newspapers, its function, their content
-Compare different medias (written and audiovisual)
-Compare the medias of France to your home country
-Produce short articles and press reviews
-Analize the current events and subjects that provoke debate in France

Grading-
-Homework
-Two test/quizzes
-One short presentation followed by discussion
-Attendance
-Contribution to the paper, Bric-a-Brac highly recommended

(Note that the level "high beginning" on ISA's website is equivalent to "elementary" at the Catholic University of Paris)