 LEVEL 100 COURSES
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FRSL 104 CORRECTIVE FRENCH PRONUNCIATION
3 credits. Winter. 2 hours of oral work, 1 hour of laboratory work. Prerequisite: Placement test or Instructor's recommendation. The course may be taken concurrently with FRSL 101 / 105, 206 / 207 / 208. Not open to students above Elementary level French. Not open to students with no previous knowledge of French. Introduction to French phonetics. Course designed for students who have some previous knowledge of French at a beginner/elementary level and need to work on pronunciation, auditory discrimination and oral expression in order to continue developing their French skills. Corrective phonetics. Intensive oral practice. Guided work in language lab.
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LEVEL 300 COURSES
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FRSL 302 LISTENING COMPREHENSION AND ORAL EXPRESSION 1
3 credits. Fall. 3 hours plus language laboratory. Prerequisite: Placement test. For students who have reached a good standard in grammar and written French but who have difficulty in understanding spoken French and therefore cannot communicate effectively. Focus on oral discrimination, global comprehension and corrective phonetics.
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FRSL 303 LISTENING COMPREHENSION AND ORAL EXPRESSION 2
3 credits. Winter. 3 hours plus language laboratory. Prerequisite: Placement test. Continuation of course FRSL 302. Emphasis will be on the development of oral communication skills, laboratory exercises, vocabulary building, discussions.
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LEVEL 400 COURSES
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FRSL 407 COMPRÉHENSION ET EXPRESSION ORALES
3 credits. Fall. 3 hours. Prerequisite: Placement test. For those who have mastered the basic elements of grammar and written French. Presentation of the characteristics of the French sound system, identification and reproduction of linguistic registers, corrective phonetics, vocabulary enrichment and improvement of comprehension by exposure to a variety of authentic and semi-authentic audio-visual documents from Quebec and other francophone communities.
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FRSL 408 FRANÇAIS ORAL: TEXTES ET EXPRESSIONS
3 credits. 3 hours. Prerequisite: Placement test. Second part of FRSL 407. For students who aim at perfecting their oral skills and lack self-confidence in speaking. Improvement of oral production, intonation and stress, fluency and spontaneity. Enrichment of idiomatic vocabulary related to the socio-cultural functions of the target language using techniques such as role-play, simulations, discussions, and debates, and a journal; written work to consolidate the acquisition of vocabulary.
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