FREN101

Beginners’ French I

Jean-Michel Folon (Belgium, 1988)

Welcome / bienvenue! FREN 101 is the first of a series of language and literature courses offered by the FHIS Department that introduces students to the fundamentals of the French language and develops your language skills, (inter)cultural knowledge, and communicative capacity. It is designed for new learners of the language, and the topics covered will expose you to ways of thinking and understanding the world that promote intercultural curiosity and competence, and build toward more advanced language and literature courses in our program.

FREN 101 and its continuation, FREN 102, are based on the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference, introducing the French language and Francophone cultures, and opening up their understanding in a worldwide context. With an approach that is communicative and collaborative, and inductive and interactive, the course develops comprehension and the mobilisation of knowledge as savoir-faire.

FREN 101 involves three hours per week of classroom work; expect to spend around five hours per week on preparation and practice. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand simple communication and to communicate simply about familiar and frequently-encountered topics.

Classes are mostly conducted in French, with English as needed for explanation and cultural discussion. As this course is for students who have never learned any French before, it assumes no prior knowledge of French.

Language of instruction: French

Prerequisites: No prerequisites