Year: 2016

FRIT end-of-the-year Dinner

***this event is exclusively for FRIT Faculty, Staff & Graduate students***

Professor Dennis Looney visits UW-Madison

February 8-12th, 2016, Professor Dennis Looney (University of Pittsburgh) was invited to the department of French & Italian at UW–Madison to present his findings (over the course of several days in meetings with a variety of groups within the department) on the changing world of the humanities within institutions of higher education. At the end …

Front Page Slideshow Photos

This photo album is an archive of all previous and current slideshow images displayed on the front page of the website.

French 203: Third Semester French

Oral practice and conversation, reading, grammar review, vocabulary expansion, creative writing in French. This student-centered program engages the learner in textbook and non-textbook material focusing on life today in France and in the French-speaking world. Prerequisite: French 102 or appropriate score on placement exam.

French 102: Second Semester French

French 102 is the continuation of French 101 and is intended for students with limited study of French (e.g., 1-2 years of high school level study). Course goals focus on developing interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communicative skills and cultural awareness of the French-speaking world. Topics explored in the course include travel, fashion, media, and housing.

French 101: First Semester French

French 101 is intended for students with no previous study of French. Course goals focus on developing interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communicative skills and cultural awareness of the French-speaking world. Topics explored in the course include personal identity, daily life, youth culture, and education.

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Summer 2016

French 901: Seminar-Materials and Methods of Research

French 821: Issues in Methods of Teaching French and Italian

This course is meant to be a workshop where students will be able to evaluate and develop materials and activities for language instruction. Students will be responsible for readings, discussion, development of some lesson plans and assessments. They will explain the rationale underlying their lesson plans and assessments during brief comment sessions during class. Mondays …