Composition and Style

3 or 4 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

FREN 2551 trains students in various styles of written expression and argumentation, including journalistic, literary and analytical. Individual modules are structured to help students with the use of French in the situations that will be most relevant to them (formulating an argument, creating a narrative, analyzing and producing journalistic writing, etc.), combining the study of primary source texts with targeted training in the writing skills and grammatical concepts needed to write persuasively and effectively. FREN 2551 provides essential preparation for classes at the Gateway level ( FREN 3350 ) and beyond; for SFS students, it also provides preparation for the linguistic, reading, and analytic competencies targeted by the SFS Proficiency Exam in French.