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This is the sixth course in a sequence of six French language acquisition courses.
This course is an advanced introduction to different aspects of French civilisation to furtherstudents’ understanding of French language through the study of civilisation, and includes advancedgrammar, advanced reading, discussions and listening comprehension. This course follows FREN321 or the equivalent.The aims are to improve students’ competence and accuracy in reading, writing, speaking andcomprehension of French language and understanding of civilisation at advanced level C; toimmerse students in authentic French at an advanced level; to improve students’ passive and activeaccurate knowledge of vocabulary, and understanding, by using the French language; to improvestudents’ grammar through the writing of essays, conversations and ateliers.
At the end of this course students will have developed:Grammar, as used in everyday interactions and advanced situations.A working knowledge of everyday words, plus some specialised vocabulary on prescribed topics.Knowledge geared to grammatically analysing, stylistically assessing authentic modern French At the end of this course students will have developed good competence in French language: the ability to understand a wide range of sentence structures; a firm understanding of advanced level prose; an understanding of sociolinguistic registers; familiarity with journalistic prose, formal, and informal use of language; developed critical thinking via close-readings, argumentative presentations, and classroom discussions the ability to compose prose using a variety of sentence structures, idiomatic expressions and link words; have acquired versatile skills associated with the level B2 of the Common European Frame of Reference for the French language. a heightened linguistic sensitivity facilitating the acquisition of other non-English languagesIn addition, they will have acquired:an enhanced intercultural understanding of French and francophone civilisation both within Europe and globally (through history and in relation to current events);a more general sensitivity to cultural diversity in a global context, as well as the politics of language and biculturality (for example, in relation to minority languages and cultures in France, and in relation to Aotearoa).
FREN321
FREN301
Antonio Viselli
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Domestic fee $1,553.00
International fee $6,750.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .