Recent ProfessorsNot yet assignedRecent SemestersNo scheduled sections on recordClass SizeNot publishedCredits5PrerequisiteCompletion of FREN 102. This course is a comprehensive intermediate French program that uses culture as the organizing principle to its communicative approach in the teaching of reading, writing, listening, speaking ability and critical thinking. A variety of texts, including contemporary short stories, poems, newspapers and magazine articles, excerpts from essays and literary works will be read and discussed. Students will also see videos, sing songs, and hear short lectures. Classwork includes Web activities, reading aloud, working in groups or pairs, review of grammar and practice exercises. The major historical periods, events, cultures, and political figures of French and Francophone countries will be introduced. The course is conducted entirely in French and is intended for French majors, students studying literature or linguistics or other subjects that require more than two semesters of a foreign language, or those seeking to broaden or maintain their proficiency in French language and French and French- speaking cultures. (UC, CSU, AVC) (GE: IGETC Areas 3B, 6A, CSU Area C2, AVC Area C) 