Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• show in speech & in writing increased mastery of basic grammatical and syntactic structures;
• demonstrate ease in spontaneous oral expression comparable to a native speaker in pronunciation & intonation;
• engage in conversations, simulations, oral research projects, interviews; understand/follow more complex conversations or interviews with native speakers;
• continue diagnostic phonetic drill and increase ability to self-correct all pronunciation;
• use compound tenses, the subjunctive & conditional, the passe simple, colloquial & idiomatic expressions, interjections;
• discuss/debate French politics & the political system, discuss the world of work;
• take dictation; write reports, reviews, narratives, letters;
• write resumes of short texts, use internet for research, discuss film & video, etc.
• as demonstrated by submitting a portfolio to BCC for final evaluation which will include:
• a journal, written in French, of all activities on a daily, bi-weekly, or other regular basis;
• a notebook of daily class activities including periodic evaluation results and written work;
• verification of attendance and final evaluation of host institution, submitted separately to BCC by approved host institution;
• results of exit interview conducted in French by BCC instructor.