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A language acquisition course involving advanced work in reading, writing, listening and speaking French.
This course is the final course in a suite of French-language acquisition courses, destined for students pursuing Honours French, Masters French, as well as MATI.The focus of FREN401 is on contemporary global issues. In lieu of the common themes found in language textbooks, this course will firstly discuss topics that are prevalent in Christchurch’s Francophone community. There are researchers from French-speaking countries who engage in an array of topical and even urgent interdisciplinary issues. In seminar format, these external guests will present their research, and students will read texts of various genres in order to prepare for discussions with these specialists. This is an opportunity to engage with professionals from multiple spheres in French, and to further one’s proficiency through technical and academic documents. Furthermore, students will prepare seminars based on newspaper articles of their choosing from different French-speaking countries (based on dates), the goal being to focus as much as possible on contemporary issues. Students will gain linguistic, cultural, and professional experience in this capstone course.
This course prepares students according to the UC’s graduate attributes in the following ways:Competent in a Core Discipline as well as Employable, Innovative and Enterprising: students will gain professional and transferable skills pertaining to advanced language learning, particularly in a vast array of disciplines, spanning the environmental sciences, linguistics, political sciences, and law, to name a few.Biculturally Competent and Confident: students will discuss topics related to indigeneity and colonialism, particularly in the Francosphere. Comparisons will be drawn between these contexts and Aotearoa.Engaged with the Community: this course is designed to engage with the French-speaking community in Christchurch.Globally Aware: Foreign language learning, at its very core, is an international and multicultural discipline. Students will further intercultural competence.
Subject to approval of the Programme Coordinator.
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Antonio Viselli
Eric Mouhica
Maurice Grevisse; Exercices: Exercices de grammaire française et corrigé ; de boeck / duculot, 2010.
Maurice Grevisse, Marc Lits; Le Petit Grevisse: Grammaire française ; 2010; de boeck / duculot.
Domestic fee $2,046.00
International Postgraduate fees
* 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 .