FRN 304 - Advanced French Conversation & Composition

1 course unit

A continuation of FRN 301 but with more emphasis on formal writing skills: description, narration, opinion, analysis. Through the study of examples of each genre, students learn the stylistic and linguistic devices appropriate to each before writing their own essays. Advanced grammar study, translation, and vocabulary building are additional aspects of this course, since many of the errors students at this level make in their speaking/writing stem from inaccurate translations from English. Throughout the semester, students will be reading and discussing authentic French and Francophone cultural texts in order to practice their conversational skills and improve upon their ability to engage with and meaningfully respond to the different writing genres studied in the course. Offered spring semester.
Prerequisite(s): FRN 301 French Conversation & Composition .
Meets general academic requirement W.