Credit Courses in French as a Second Language Offered in Fall and Winter Sessions.
Beginner Level
FRSL 101
- Course title: Beginners French 1.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Fall
- Level: Beginner
- Prerequisite: Placement test
Description:
You have little or no knowledge of French? This course will help you learn the basics of French, both spoken and written.
You will learn to communicate in a French-speaking environment, write short texts, and read about various aspects of Francophone cultures.
FRSL 101 is the first part of a two-course sequence (FRSL 101 / FRSL 102).
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FRSL 102
- Course title: Beginners French 2.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term:听Winter
- Level: Beginner
- Prerequisite:听FRSL 101
Description:
FRSL 102 is the second part of the two-course sequence (FRSL 101 / FRSL 102).
Refer to the FRSL 101 course description for more details.
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FRSL 104
- Course title: Corrective French Pronunciation.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Winter
- Level: Beginner/Elementary
- Prerequisite: Placement test or recommendation
Can be taken concurrently with FRSL 102, FRSL 105, FRSL 207, or FRSL 208
Description:
You already have some basic French knowledge (beginner or elementary level) and wish to improve your pronunciation, listening, and speaking skills? This course offers an introduction to French phonetics.
You will do corrective phonetics, intensive oral exercises, and guided work in the language lab to continue developing your French skills.
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FRSL 105
- Course title:听Intensive Beginners French.
- 6 credits - 2 x 160-minute classes per week
- Term: Fall or Winter
- Level: Beginner
- Prerequisite: Placement test
Description:
Covers the material of FRSL 101 and 102 in one term.
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Elementary and Intermediate 1 Levels
FRSL 206
- Course title: Elementary French.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Fall
- Level: Elementary
- Prerequisite: Placement test
This course can only be taken with special permission from the CEF.
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Equivalent to the first half of FRSL 207.
Refer to the FRSL 207D1 course description for more details.
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FRSL 207D1
- Course title: Elementary French 01.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Fall
- Level: Elementary
- Prerequisite: Placement test or FRSL 101 and FRSL 102 or FRSL 104 or FRSL 105
- Not open to students who took French at Grade 12 level in Canada
Compulsory registration in FRSL 207D2 in the following term.
No credit awarded unless both FRSL 207D1 and FRSL 207D2 are successfully completed consecutively.
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Do you have a basic knowledge of French and want to prepare to communicate in everyday situations? This course will help you review and practice basic French structures to improve your communication, while also developing your digital skills.
You will learn French through concrete tasks based on authentic materials related to Canadian culture. In class, you will mainly take part in interactive and communicative activities, often supported by technology (mobile apps, blogs, and other online tools).
You will explore topics that are relevant to your personal, social, or academic life.
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FRSL 207D2
- Course title: Elementary French 01.听
- 3 credits听- 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Winter
- Level: Elementary
- Prerequisite:听FRSL 207D1
- Not open to students who took French at Grade 12 level in Canada
No credit awarded unless both FRSL 207D1 and FRSL 207D2 are successfully completed consecutively.
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Continuation of FRSL 207D1.
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FRSL 208
- Course title: Intensive Elementary French.听
- 6 credits -2 x 160-minute classes per week
- Term: Fall or Winter
- Level: Elementary
- Prerequisite: Placement test or FRSL 101 and FRSL 102 or FRSL 104 or FRSL 105听听
- Not open to students who took French at Grade 12 level in Canada
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Covers the material of FRSL 207 (D1 and D2) in one term.
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FRSL 211D1
- Course title:听Oral and Written French 1.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Fall
- Level: Intermediate
- Prerequisite: Placement test or FRSL 207 / FRSL 208
Compulsory registration in FRSL 211D2 in the following term.
No credit awarded unless both FRSL 211D1 and FRSL 211D2 are successfully completed consecutively
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Do you have a basic knowledge of French and want to review grammar fundamentals, improve your listening skills, and expand your vocabulary? This course will help you do just that.
You will read a variety of texts, give oral presentations, and take part in group discussions. Language lab work will also be included in the course to help strengthen your oral skills.
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FRSL 211D2
- Course title: Oral and Written French 1.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term:听Winter
- Level: Intermediate
- Prerequisite: FRSL 211D1
No credit awarded unless both FRSL 211D1 and FRSL 211D2 are successfully completed consecutively
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Continuation of FRSL 211D1.
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FRSL 212
- Course title:听Oral and Written French 1.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Winter
- Level: Intermediate
- Prerequisite: Placement test
This course can only be taken with special permission from the CEF.
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Equivalent to the first half of FRSL 211.
Refer to the FRSL 211D1 course description for more details.
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FRSL 215
- Course title:听Oral and Written French 1 - Intensive.
- 6 credits -2 x 160-minute classes per week
- Term: Fall or Winter
- Level: Intermediate
- Prerequisite: Placement test or FRSL 207
- Not open to students from Quebec
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Covers the material of FRSL 211 (D1 and D2) in one term.
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Intermediate Level 2
FRSL 302
- Course title: Listening Comprehension and Oral Expression 1.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Fall
- Level: Intermediate
- Prerequisite: Placement test
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Do you have a good command of grammar and written French but struggle to understand spoken French and communicate effectively? This course will help you improve your listening and speaking skills in real-life situations.
The focus will be on listening comprehension, the specific features of spoken French, and pronunciation.
FRSL 302 is the first part of a two-course sequence (FRSL 302 / FRSL 303).
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FRSL 303
- Course title:听Listening Comprehension and Oral Expression 2.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term:听Winter
- Level: Intermediate
- Prerequisite: Placement test
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FRSL 303 is the second part of the two-course sequence (FRSL 302 / FRSL 303).
Refer to the FRSL 302 course description for more details.
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FRSL 321D1
- Course title:听Oral and Written French 2.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Fall
- Level: Intermediate 2
- Prerequisite:听Placement test or FRSL 211 or equivalent
Compulsory registration in FRSL 321D2 in the following term.
No credit will be granted unless both FRSL 321D1 and FRSL 321D2 are successfully completed in sequence.听
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Do you have an intermediate or advanced level of French and want to improve your speaking and writing skills? This course will help you do just that.
You will take part in discussions and presentations, read literary and cultural texts, and review specific grammar points related to the texts and genres studied. A methodological component is built into the assignments and further developed through several in-class workshops.
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FRSL 321D2
- Course title: Oral and Written French 2.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Winter
- Level: Intermediate 2
- Prerequisite:听 FRSL 321D1听听
No credit will be granted unless both FRSL 321D1 and FRSL 321D2 are successfully completed in sequence.
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Continuation of FRSL 321D1.
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FRSL 322
- Course title:听Oral and Written French 2.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Winter
- Level: Intermediate 2
- Prerequisite: Placement test
This course can only be taken with special permission from the CEF.
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Equivalent to the first half of FRSL 321.
Refer to the 321D1 course description for more details.
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FRSL 325
- Course title: Oral and Written French 2 - Intensive.
- 6 credits -2 x 160-minute classes per week
- Term: Fall or Winter
- Level: Intermediate 2
- Prerequisite: Placement test or FRSL 211 or FRSL 215
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Covers the material of FRSL 321 (D1 and D2) in one term.
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FRSL 332
- Course title:听Intermediate French: Grammar 01.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Fall
- Level: Intermediate 2
- Prerequisite: Placement test or FRSL 321 or FRSL 325
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Do you have an intermediate or advanced level of French and want to better understand the structure of the language to improve your writing? This course will help you enrich your sentences, clarify your ideas, and develop your autonomy.
You will learn to reflect on your language choices through a variety of activities: grammar problem-solving (where you'll analyze sentences or texts to discover rules on your own), metacognitive dictations, as well as writing and text revision exercises.
The course values your background, languages, and personal strategies, allowing you to progress at your own pace while contributing to the group鈥檚 learning.
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FRSL 333
- Course title:听Intermediate French: Grammar 02.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term:听Winter
- Level: Intermediate 2
- Prerequisite:听Placement test or FRSL 321 or FRSL 325 or FRSL 332
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Can you communicate in French, but feel your grammar knowledge is not well integrated? This course will help you review grammar through both a theoretical approach (analysis and exercises) and a practical one (guided writing assignments).
You will read selected texts chosen for their content (cultural relevance) and form. These texts will illustrate specific grammatical structures and serve as models to develop writing techniques and expand your vocabulary.
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Advanced Level
FRSL 407
- Course title: Compr茅hension et expression orales.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term:听Fall
- Level: Advanced
- Prerequisite: Placement test or FRSL 321 or FRSL 325 or FRSL 332
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Vous avez d茅j脿 une bonne ma卯trise du fran莽ais 茅crit et vous voulez am茅liorer votre prononciation et votre compr茅hension orale? Ce cours vous aidera 脿 enrichir votre vocabulaire et 脿 d茅velopper votre aisance 脿 l鈥檕ral.
Vous explorerez le syst猫me phon茅tique du fran莽ais, apprendrez 脿 distinguer les niveaux de langue (formel et familier) et travaillerez votre 茅coute 脿 partir de documents audiovisuels vari茅s du Qu茅bec et d鈥檃illeurs.
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FRSL 408
- Course title: Fran莽ais oral: Textes et expressions.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Winter
- Level: Advanced
- Prerequisite:听Placement test or FRSL 321 or FRSL 325 or FRSL 407
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Vous voulez perfectionner votre expression orale et 茅crite en fran莽ais? Ce cours vous aidera 脿 parler avec plus d鈥檃isance, en travaillant l鈥檌ntonation, le d茅bit et la spontan茅it茅.听
Vous enrichirez votre vocabulaire idiomatique en explorant les fonctions sociales et culturelles de la langue 脿 travers des jeux de r么le, des discussions, des simulations, des pr茅sentations orales et des activit茅s autour de l鈥檃ctualit茅.听
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FRSL 431
- Course title: Compr茅hension et expression orales.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term:听Fall
- Level: Advanced
- Prerequisite: Placement test or FRSL 321 or FRSL 325 or FRSL 332
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Le programme du cours FRSL 431 est couvert en l鈥檈space d鈥檜n trimestre (D1 et D2).
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FRSL 431D1
- Course title:听Fran莽ais fonctionnel avanc茅.听
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Fall
- Level: Advanced
- Prerequisite: Placement test or FRSL 321 or FRSL 325 or FRSL 407
Compulsory registration in FRSL 431D2 in the following term.
No credit will be granted unless both FRSL 431D1 and FRSL 431D2 are successfully completed in sequence.
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Vous avez un niveau avanc茅 en fran莽ais et vous souhaitez approfondir vos connaissances lexicales, syntaxiques et culturelles? Ce cours vous aidera 脿 vous exprimer avec plus de clart茅 sur une vari茅t茅 de sujets.
脌 travers la lecture de journaux, de revues et de textes litt茅raires, vous d茅couvrirez la r茅alit茅 qu茅b茅coise contemporaine tout en enrichissant votre compr茅hension de la langue et de la culture.听
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FRSL 431D2
- Course title: Fran莽ais fonctionnel avanc茅.听
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Winter
- Level: Advanced
Prerequisite: FRSL 431D2听
No credit will be granted unless both FRSL 431D1 and FRSL 431D2 are successfully completed in sequence.听
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Suite de FRSL 431D1.
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FRSL 432
- Course title:听Fran莽ais fonctionnel.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Fall
- Level: Advanced
- Prerequisite: Placement test
This course can only be taken with special permission from the CEF.
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Ce cours 茅quivaut 脿 la premi猫re moiti茅 du cours FRSL 431.
Lisez la description du FRSL 431D1 pour en savoir plus.
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FRSL 445
- Course title: Fran莽ais fonctionnel, 茅crit 1.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Fall
- Level: Advanced
- Prerequisite: Placement test
Description:
Vous vous exprimez bien 脿 l鈥檕ral, mais que vous avez des difficult茅s 脿 l鈥櫭ヽrit? Ce cours vous aidera听脿 enrichir votre vocabulaire et 脿 am茅liorer la qualit茅 de votre expression 茅crite.
脌 travers des travaux hebdomadaires, des analyses de textes, des exercices et des tests en classe, vous apprendrez 脿 corriger vos erreurs d鈥檕rthographe, de grammaire et d鈥檃nglicismes.
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FRSL 446
- Course title: Fran莽ais fonctionnel, 茅crit 2.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Winter
- Level: Advanced
- Prerequisite: Placement test
Description:
Vous souhaitez vous pr茅parer 脿 vos cours du听D茅partement des litt茅ratures de langue fran莽aise, de traduction et de cr茅ation听(DLTC)? Ce cours vous aidera 脿 le faire.
Vous y r茅aliserez des r茅dactions de types vari茅s pour am茅liorer votre style et d茅velopper vos comp茅tences en organisation et en pr茅sentation d'arguments, tout en apprenant 脿 identifier et utiliser diff茅rents registres de langue.
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FRSL 449
- Course title:听Le fran莽ais des m茅dias.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Fall
- Level: Advanced
- Prerequisite: Placement test
Description:
Vous avez un niveau avanc茅 en fran莽ais et vous vous int茅ressez aux enjeux trait茅s dans les m茅dias? Ce cours vous aidera 脿 d茅velopper aisance, justesse et richesse d鈥檈xpression.
Vous vous familiariserez avec la langue 茅crite et parl茅e dans les m茅dias imprim茅s, 茅lectroniques et sociaux, gr芒ce 脿 une vari茅t茅 d鈥檃ctivit茅s r茅flexives sur la couverture m茅diatique d鈥櫭﹙猫nements nationaux et internationaux.
L鈥檃nalyse de documents authentiques vous permettra en outre de surmonter les obstacles 脿 votre compr茅hension d鈥檃rticles et de reportages, d鈥櫭﹍argir votre comp茅tence lexicale et de manipuler les complexit茅s grammaticales et syntaxiques du fran莽ais en contexte.
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FRSL 455
- Course title: Grammaire et cr茅ation.
- 3 credits - 2 x 80-minute classes per week
- Term: Winter
- Level: Advanced
- Prerequisite: Placement test
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Vous avez un niveau avanc茅 en fran莽ais et vous souhaitez听mieux ma卯triser la grammaire du fran莽ais? Ce cours combinant听une approche analytique, inductive et visuelle vous aidera 脿 le faire.
En 茅tudiant des textes de niveau soutenu, vous d茅couvrirez la richesse du vocabulaire et du style en fran莽ais, tout en rendant la cr茅ation litt茅raire accessible, m锚me si le fran莽ais n鈥檈st pas votre langue maternelle.
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