James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2000

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FR2622:04

Immersion French

Townsville, Cairns

Prerequisites: 6 units of FR subjects or equivalent

30 hours workshops. November/December intensive mode.

Staff: Dr C Mann.

Two weeks French immersion in New Caledonia: formal linguistic instruction, excursions and field trips, home-stay accommodation.

Learning Objectives:

  1. to improve French language skills;
  2. to give insights into francophone culture(s);
  3. to increase awareness of the political and social situation in New Caledonia.

On return to Australia, assessment of oral skills by interview and role-play (50%); assessment of cultural awareness by an assignment in English (25%); assessment of written skills by a short essay in French (25%).


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