FRN106

1.         The ability to reproduce accurately the sounds and intonations of the French language.

2.       The ability to comprehend a broad passive vocabulary and to use an active vocabulary of at least 750 words centering on controlled areas, such as weather expressions, days, months and seasons, university life, and clothing.

3.       The ability to communicate elementary exchanges, asking and answering simple questions relying on learned vocabulary and phrases.

4.       The ability to read for broad comprehension without translation selected cultural and literary readings.

5.       The ability to understand and use effectively the present tense of more regular and irregular verbs, reflexive verbs, the two past tenses of some verbs, the use of direct and indirect object pronouns, interrogative and negative terms, and the use of pronouns in commands.

6.       The ability to use the French alphabet in oral spelling and to correctly use accents in all written work.

7.       The ability to write accurate and effective French sentences in response to written questions from the text as well as in a personal experience essay.

8.         The ability to imitate typically French gestures in communicating.

9.       The ability to appreciate some French literature, music, and typically French cultural attitudes.