Classes

FRENCH 10 - Beginning French I: French Identity through Visual Media

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2018

Description: This elementary French course provides an introduction to French with emphasis on interpersonal communication and the interpretation and production of language in written and oral forms. Students engage in interactive communicative activities, both online and in the classroom, that provide rich exposure to the French and francophone language and culture. The course addresses the theme of identity through engagement in the discussion and interpretation of various French visual media including video, images, and film.

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FRENCH 11 - Beginning French II: Exploring Parisian Life and Identity

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2018

Description: In the second course in the Elementary French sequence, students will engage in an online simulation of life in Paris while exploring diverse facets of Parisian identity. Through the exploration of various forms of media, you will gain a more developed understanding of the diversity of Parisian life. Students will actively engage in oral and written communication in the past, present, and future and will learn to make suggestions, narrate in the past, express emotions and opinions, extend invitations, and convey hypothetical situations. Topics explored in...

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FRENCH 15 - Intensive Beginning French: Parisian Identity through Visual Media

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2018

Description: This intensive Beginning French course provides an accelerated introduction to Beginning French with intensive work on interpersonal communication and interpreting and producing language in written and oral forms. Students explore diverse facets of Parisian identity through the interpretation of various forms of visual media. Students learn to speak and write in the past, present, and future, make descriptions, ask questions, make comparisons, accept and refuse invitations, give advice, and express hypothetical situations, emotions, and opinions.

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FRENCH 16 - Reading Modern French

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2018

Description: An introduction to reading and translating modern French texts for students who require only a basic knowledge of French for research purposes. French Ax presents the principle structures of French grammar in a systematic and coherent manner and, at the same time, makes reading and translation assignments as discipline-specific as possible for each student's needs. An introduction to reading and translating modern French texts for students who require only a basic knowledge of French for research purposes. French Ax presents the principle structures of...

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ROM-LANG 210 - Language Pedagogy: Theories, Approaches, and Practices

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2017
This course is designed for TFs and TAs in the department of Romance Languages and Literatures who are teaching a Romance language at Harvard for the first time, or those who are interested in foreign language learning and teaching. It introduces TAs and TFs to theories of second language acquisition (SLA) and explores their implications for the teaching of foreign language, culture, and literature. The course provides opportunities for students to learn to enact the specific pedagogical practices deemed essential to foreign language teaching. The intensive week before the start of classes... Read more about ROM-LANG 210 - Language Pedagogy: Theories, Approaches, and Practices

FRENCH 16 - Reading Modern French

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2017
An introduction to reading and translating modern French texts for students who require only a basic knowledge of French for research purposes. French Ax presents the principle structures of French grammar in a systematic and coherent manner and, at the same time, makes reading and translation assignments as discipline-specific as possible for each student's needs. An introduction to reading and translating modern French texts for students who require only a basic knowledge of French for research purposes. French Ax presents the principle structures of French grammar in a systematic and... Read more about FRENCH 16 - Reading Modern French

FRENCH 15 - Intensive Beginning French: Parisian Identity through Visual Media

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2017
This intensive Beginning French course provides an accelerated introduction to Beginning French with intensive work on interpersonal communication and interpreting and producing language in written and oral forms. Students explore diverse facets of Parisian identity through the interpretation of various forms of visual media. Students learn to speak and write in the past, present, and future, make descriptions, ask questions, make comparisons, accept and refuse invitations, give advice, and express hypothetical situations, emotions, and opinions.

FRENCH 11 - Beginning French II: Exploring Parisian Life and Identity

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2017
In the second course in the Elementary French sequence, students will engage in an online simulation of life in Paris while exploring diverse facets of Parisian identity. Through the interpretation and analysis of Parisian texts, film, paintings, and photography, students will actively engage in oral and written communication in the past, present, and future. Students will learn to make suggestions, express emotions and opinions, extend invitations, and convey hypothetical situations.

FRENCH 10 - Beginning French I: French Identity through Visual Media

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2017
This elementary French course provides an introduction to French with emphasis on interpersonal communication and the interpretation and production of language in written and oral forms. Students engage in interactive communicative activities, both online and in the classroom, that provide rich exposure to the French and francophone language and culture. The course addresses the theme of identity through engagement in the discussion and interpretation of various French visual media including video, images, and film.

Second Language Research and Practice

Semester: 

N/A

This course is designed for experienced TFs and TAs who are currently teaching a foreign language at Harvard, or those who have prior foreign language teaching experience. The course will build upon instructors’ understanding of language pedagogy through an in-depth exploration of current theories in the field, relevant applied linguistics research, and models of theory in practice. Through interactive discussions, video-conferencing, and in-class demonstrations, the course will explore themes associated with social pedagogies, emerging technologies, beliefs and motivation, culture...

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