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Beginning French Conversation
Fashion Studies in Paris Program
Paris, France
Dates: 8/7/25 - 12/13/25
Beginning French Conversation
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: CEA CAPA Paris Center
Location: Paris, France
Primary Subject Area: French Language & Literature
Instruction in: French
Course Code: FRE111CDG
Transcript Source: University of New Haven
Course Details: Level 100
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
DESCRIPTION
This course is designed for students who are beginning university-level French language instruction, and it reinforces those spoken and listening competencies normally acquired in the A1 level of the Common European Framework for Languages (CEFRL). As such, it is also appropriate for the student with writing and reading competence in French but who lacks equal proficiency in listening and speaking.
Students are provided a structured learning environment for a directed study of French phonetics and the acquisition of beginner-level, action-based conversations appropriate to the immersion experience, such as, ordering at the market, making a medical appointment, reserving a train ticket, and booking a hotel. The course focuses on honing students' beginning-level competencies in oral communication through an action-based, intercultural approach, and it emphasizes phonetic control and aural comprehension to help students distinguish and reproduce sounds, words and structures in immersion. While vocabulary and grammatical competencies are not listed in the objectives for this course, mastering them is a step necessary to making progress in this course.
Students are provided a structured learning environment for a directed study of French phonetics and the acquisition of beginner-level, action-based conversations appropriate to the immersion experience, such as, ordering at the market, making a medical appointment, reserving a train ticket, and booking a hotel. The course focuses on honing students' beginning-level competencies in oral communication through an action-based, intercultural approach, and it emphasizes phonetic control and aural comprehension to help students distinguish and reproduce sounds, words and structures in immersion. While vocabulary and grammatical competencies are not listed in the objectives for this course, mastering them is a step necessary to making progress in this course.