FRCH& 122 - French II

• Humanities Distribution Requirement

• Fulfills Engage General Education Requirement

1. Demonstrate mastery of the French sound system/pronunciation, and demonstrate reading skills within the confines of second-quarter vocabulary.
2. Sustain simple conversation within vocabulary limitations, and show understanding of the material presented orally by responding appropriately.
3. Translate the verbal sound of a dictation into correctly spelled French words.
4. Increasingly demonstrate an understanding of some of the cultural differences among French speakers in different regions of France and/or French-speaking countries of the world, as well as some of the ways that we can expect to enrich our own culture by recognizing creative and phliosophical contributions of French-speaking people.
5. Increasingly include the historical, social, and political influences on the cultural questions that s/he studies while acquiring language structures.
6. Increasingly demonstrate a significant understanding of cultural traits of France and French-speaking countries in the world.
7. Increasingly demonstrate that s/he has learned language structures and behaviors that are appropriate in social situations with native speakers as exercises in class, oral interviews, skits, aw well as monologues and dialogues.
8. Increasingly develop empathetic respect for multiple races, social classes, and varied backgrounds of people from cultures different from his/her own.

1. Vocabulary: continued building of basic vocabulary.
2. Grammar: other irregular verbs in the present tense, the passe compose, the imperfect tense, commands and object pronouns.
3. Culture: more family life, French gastronomy, activities, North Africans in France.