FRN-204 French VI
FRN 204 further develops French speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills at the advanced intermediate level. The course includes continuing study of representative literary works of the French-speaking world and a review of key and complex grammatical structures to support increased focus on reading and composition. Deepening awareness of cultural themes will be reinforced by a variety of activities designed to enhance and stimulate speaking skills. This course carries SUNY General Education World Language credit.
Prerequisite
FRN-203 or an equivalent skills level in the language as recommended by the World Languages @ FLCC Language Placement Guide.
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Course Outline
Course Description
FRN 204 further develops French speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills at the advanced intermediate level. The course includes continuing study of representative literary works of the French-speaking world and a review of key and complex grammatical structures to support increased focus on reading and composition. Deepening awareness of cultural themes will be reinforced by a variety of activities designed to enhance and stimulate speaking skills. This course carries SUNY General Education World Language credit.
Credit Hours
3Prerequisites
FRN-203 or an equivalent skills level in the language as recommended by the World Languages @ FLCC Language Placement Guide.
SUNY General Education Course
Course Learning Outcomes
- Students will communicate orally in a variety of social settings at a second semester advanced intermediate level.
- Students will demonstrate aural comprehension in a variety of settings through appropriate response at a second semester advanced intermediate level.
- Students will craft written text for a variety of practical purposes at a second semester advanced intermediate level.
- Students will read and interpret text of varying types, lengths, and purposes at a second semester advanced intermediate level.
- Students will identify both salient and more nuanced components of the target language culture at a second semester advanced intermediate level. Students will also demonstrate conscious understanding of significant cultural differences by using cultural knowledge at a second semester advanced intermediate level to conform linguistically and behaviorally in many social and work-related interactions.
Topic Outline
- 1. Grammar
- a. Nouns
- b. Adjectives
- i. Adjective agreement
- ii. Adjective placement
- c. Verb conjugation
- d. Adverbs
- e. Reflexive and reciprocal verbs
- f. Negation
- g. Asking questions
- i. Yes-or-no questions
- ii. Interrogatives
- iii. Inversion
- h. Imperatives (commands)
- i. Object pronouns
- i. Direct object pronouns
- ii. Indirect object pronouns
- iii. Double object pronouns
- iv. Commands with object pronouns
- j. Expressing duration of time
- 2. Verb tenses and moods
- a. Present tense
- i. Regular verbs
- ii. Irregular verbs
- b. Present indicative tense and future events
- c. Present continuous: "être en train de" + infinitive
- d. Near future tense
- e. Recent past: "venir de" + infinitive
- f. Passé composé (past tense)
- i. With "avoir"
- ii. With "être"
- g. Imparfait (imperfect tense)
- i. Regular verbs
- ii. Irregular verbs
- h. Passé composé vs. imparfait
- i. Future tense
- i. Regular verbs
- ii. Irregular verbs
- j. Conditional mood
- i. Regular verbs
- ii. Irregular verbs
- k. Perfect tenses
- i. Future perfect
- ii. Past perfect (pluperfect)
- l. Past conditional mood
- m. Present subjunctive mood
- n. Past subjunctive mood
- 3. Vocabulary
- a. Common regular verbs
- b. Common irregular verbs
- c. Common reflexive verbs
- d. Common reciprocal verbs
- 4. Culture
- a. Authentic literature excerpts from the Francophone world
- b. Cultural values and practices in the French-speaking world
- c. Current events in the French-speaking world
- d. Social and