{"id":10121,"date":"2025-11-03T13:39:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/french\/?page_id=10121"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:08:03","slug":"french-as-a-second-language","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/french\/french-as-a-second-language\/","title":{"rendered":"French as a second language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        French as a second language\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>Our French as a Second Language cluster follows the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/common-european-framework-reference-languages\/level-descriptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CEFR<\/a>&nbsp;(Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), an international standardized guideline recognized by employers and institutions worldwide. <\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-4xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-callout cu-callout--center cu-component border-8 md:border-[12px] border-solid border-cu-black-50 px-8 pt-5 pb-6 md:px-16 md:pt-8 md:py-10 rounded-lg cu-prose-first-last\">\n                    <header class=\"cu-pageheader cu-component cu-prose-first-last  cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto\">\n                <h2 id=\"our-french-as-a-second-language-team\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] relative cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-1\/2 after:-ml-5 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-4 after:w-8 after:bg-cu-red\">\n                    Our French as a Second Language Team\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header>\n        \n        \n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/french\/people\/celine-bonnotte-hoover\/\">C\u00e9line Bonnotte<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/french\/people\/francine-benny\/\">Francine Benny<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/french\/people\/frenand-leger\/\">Frenand L\u00e9ger<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and a wonderful team of <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/french\/faculty\/\">contract instructors<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Our range of&nbsp;A\u2013B\u2013C level courses is designed to help you acquire, maintain, or enhance your proficiency in French, a valuable asset in Canada\u2019s bilingual job market. While our courses focus primarily on the four communicative modes of the Action-Oriented Approach (reception, production, interaction, and mediation), they also place strong emphasis on developing your knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and cultural awareness. Most of the course units offered in this cluster carry academic credit, and students from all faculties, schools, and departments are welcome to register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"our-french-as-a-second-language-fls-courses-enable-you-to\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our French as a Second Language (FLS) courses enable you to:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Develop your French skills<\/strong>&nbsp;through a variety of engaging learning activities and motivating instructional materials. The program integrates task-based approach, hybrid course formats, and experiential learning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Communicate with confidence and ease<\/strong>&nbsp;in a wide range of social, academic, and professional settings, or international contexts, positioning yourself for success in Canada\u2019s bilingual job market and beyond. French opens doors to positions in government, education, business, international relations, public service, translation, and tourism.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Build a strong and confident linguistic foundation<\/strong>&nbsp;through systematic practice in grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation. Our courses are designed to help you improve fluency and accuracy across all four communicative modes: reception (listening and reading), production (speaking and writing), interaction (reciprocal communication), and mediation (facilitating communication).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Benefit from extensive learning support<\/strong>&nbsp;through multimedia resources, web-based activities, conversation workshops, language labs, and a dynamic support service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Foster autonomy and lifelong learning skills<\/strong>&nbsp;through independent projects, collaborative tasks, and reflective language practice.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enhance your cultural awareness<\/strong>&nbsp;by exploring Francophone cultures, literature, and social traditions from around the world. Learning French opens the door to both Canadian and global cultural diversity. As one of Canada\u2019s founding languages and a vibrant force across Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, French connects you to a living global heritage and a community that spans continents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"enroll-in-a-wide-range-of-french-language-courses-to-meet-your-needs\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Enroll in a wide range of French language courses to meet your needs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After taking our online <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/french\/french-language-placement-test\/\">French language placement test<\/a>, you will be guided towards the courses appropriate for your level of proficiency, from total beginner to advanced level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><strong>Language courses in our program<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>CEFR reference levels<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>FREN 1001<\/td><td>A0 \u2013 A1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FREN 1002<\/td><td>A1 \u2013 A2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FREN 1100\/1110<\/td><td>A2 \u2013 B1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FREN 2100\/2110\/2701<\/td><td>B1 \u2013 B2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FREN 3701\/3702\/3060<\/td><td>B2 \u2013 C1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FREN 1001 \u2013 French 1 (1.0 credit)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course is designed for absolute beginners in the language. Classes use audio-visual methods, and emphasis is given to the spoken language. Introduction to reading and writing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FREN 1002 \u2013 French 2 (1.0 credit)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taught in French for students who have had exposure to French but who have difficulty using it in day-to-day communication. Emphasis on oral expression and comprehension; development of reading and writing skills. Oral practice, oral presentations, interviews, cultural activities, grammar exercises.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FREN 1100 \u2013 French 3 (1.0 credit)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taught in French. Emphasis on speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Oral presentations, discussions, interviews, reading of novel excerpts and magazine articles, listening activities, grammar exercises, compositions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FREN 1110 \u2013 French 3: Writing (1.0 credit)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taught in French. For students with high oral proficiency and low intermediate writing skills. Improvement of spelling, grammar, sentence-structure, and vocabulary. Study of the processes involved in the production of a variety of texts. Use of references.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FREN 2100: French 4 (1.0 credit)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taught in French. For non-francophone students. Advanced speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Advanced level reading from various sources, including literary texts. Grammar exercises, essays, oral presentations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FREN 2110 \u2013 French 4: Writing (1.0 credit)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taught in French. For students with intermediate French writing skills. Refinement of spelling, grammar, sentence-structure and vocabulary; accuracy and textual organization. Essay-writing. Use and referencing of various sources. Self-correction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FREN&nbsp;2701 \u2013 Travaux pratiques en fran\u00e7ais oral (0.5 credit)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Practical exercises designed to develop ease and fluency in oral expression. This course is not suitable for native French speakers or students returning from an exchange program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FREN&nbsp;3060 \u2013 Perfectionnement de la grammaire par la pratique (0.5 credit)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Critical analysis and systematic practice of grammatical structures within discourse, encompassing sentence construction, agreement markers, tense concord, prepositions and their complements, homonyms and homographs, false cognates, and anglicisms. The course further emphasizes the development of effective self-correction strategies and the proficient use of computerized linguistic tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FREN&nbsp;3701 \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Techniques avanc\u00e9es d\u2019expression orale&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>(0.5 credit)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students develop advanced oral communication skills aimed at achieving clarity, precision, and coherence across a wide range of topics. The course strengthens proficiency in both interactive and extended speaking contexts, emphasizing the ability to debate, present, and defend viewpoints through well-structured arguments. Particular attention is given to active listening, responsiveness to diverse perspectives, and the effective delivery of well-organized oral presentations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FREN&nbsp;3702 \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Techniques avanc\u00e9es d\u2019expression \u00e9crite<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;(0.5 credit)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advanced Written French. In-depth practice in the production of diverse text types, and genres with particular attention to paragraph organization within coherent informative and argumentative discourse. Emphasis is placed on the critical reflection and application of effective written communication principles. Texts are analyzed and discussed to enhance awareness of writing strategies and conventions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our range of&nbsp;A\u2013B\u2013C level courses is designed to help you acquire, maintain, or enhance your proficiency in French, a valuable asset in Canada\u2019s bilingual job market. 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