Description
FREN 309. ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION. The goal of this course is to enable advanced students to develop linguistic skills and to hone their writing style in the target language. Through challenging exercises, examinations, and a creative paper, students gain continuous practice in speaking, reading, and writing in the target language. Emphasis is placed on the following aspects of French grammar: nouns, articles, compound tenses of the indicative (other than those studied in 307), pronominal verbs, negatives, adverbs, passive voice, prepositions, personal pronouns, conditional, subjunctive, and imperative. This course fulfills the Writing Intensive (WI) requirement for the French major. Prerequisite: French 202 or placement exam. Offered periodically, three hours.