French Language (FRENL-UH)

This course is designed for students who have no or very little experience in French. Students who have taken French language classes before will be required to take a placement test. The course introduces students to the French language and emphasizes verbal communication, beginning writing, and oral presentation. The strong communicative and cultural approach of the course is designed around a modular structure which spirals and expands on topics and grammar laid out in a visual and contextualized format. Students are encouraged to communicate in French using simple and basic conversation modeled after examples studied in class. This interactive approach will also give the students an opportunity to stimulate their listening/reading/speaking and writing skills. The textbook used in this course is accompanied by an electronic Student Activities Manual companion (eSAM) housed at its website, which comprises a plethora of activities and a media library along with a trackable diagnostic study tool, etc.

FRENL-UH 1002 is designed for students who wish to pursue the study of French at a higher level, and who have either successfully completed the first level course, or been placed at this level following a placement test. In this course, the students will deepen their knowledge of the French language and its diverse cultures. Communication, the core of the methodology, is emphasized all along this course through interactive activities arranged in a visual and contextualized format. This dynamic learning approach allows and encourages the students to communicate more effectively in a group setting. At the end of the course the students will be able to tackle more complex texts, develop an argument, write longer essays and more.

FRENL-UH 2001 is designed for students who have already mastered the fundamentals of the French language (pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary), as well as the French and Francophone cultures. In this course, the students will have the opportunity to expand upon their knowledge of French by consolidating and enhancing their abilities to listen, speak, read and write. This strong communicative and cultural approach of the program includes a textbook, a Student Activities Manual (eSAM) housed at its website in an interactive format. In addition, the students will have the opportunities to give oral presentations, read and discuss excerpts of newspapers articles and literary pieces; write longer essays; watch and discuss short films, etc.

FRENL-UH 2002 is the continuation of Intermediate French 1. The course is built upon the knowledge acquired in the Intermediate French 1 level and is designed for students who have covered the basic mechanics of the French language necessary to communicate effectively and confidently in any group setting. In this course, students will continue to discuss more complex texts and literary pieces; write essays; watch and discuss short films, give oral presentations, and more.

In this class, the students will have an opportunity to strengthen the 4 skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking), with an emphasis placed on the oral and written expression, in both the informal and formal context. Through guided discussions based on contemporary French/Francophone pieces of Literature, as well as French/Francophone cultural materials, the students will strengthen their knowledge of grammar, expand their vocabulary, and improve their oral production. Activities in the class will include presentations (exposés oraux) and other online assignments. This course is ideally suited to the students who have successfully completed the intermediate sequence here in Abu Dhabi or at another global site, or to those who have been placed by the online NYU placement test at the advanced level.