Even though it’s rather easy to transfer foreign language courses once they’ve all been taken, it’s very difficult to transfer to another institution in the middle of your language experience. You never know what kinds of books other colleges and universities are using, how much they cover, what the class goals and teacher expectations are, what the methodology behind the courses is, how long a break there is going to be between semesters of French, etc. Make it easy on yourself, and finish what you’ve started here at Central!

Although these courses are not always offered with the frequency of the first-year sequence, there is, quite often, enough student interest in French at Central, especially in recent semesters, to offer them either in the summer terms or in the regular semester. In FREN 2311, we finish the first-year textbook, so there's no need to buy a new one once you've taken 1411 and 1412. Stay with us & finish the book!

Unlike their first-year prerequisites, the four-credit hour 1411 and 1412 that meet for five hours a week, 2311 and 2312 are both three-credit hour courses and meet for only three hours a week during the regular semester. This four course sequence transfers to and satisfies foreign language requirements at four year institutions.

Currently, at Central, students use McGraw-Hill’sCollage series for FREN 2312: Intermediate French II. This series, now in its fifth edition, includes a main grammar text, Révision de grammaire; a reader, either Lectures littéraires or Variétés culturelles; and a Cahier d’exercices oraux et écrits. Similar to the process whereby 1411, 1412, & 2311 students are able to do their workbook listening exercises using a data CD, students enrolled in a class using Collage are provided one as well for use when doing the listening portion of a chapter’s workbook exercises. Consult with your instructor with regards to the number of chapters being covered. FREN 2312 is supplemented by computer work as well, namely by the MHELT for Collage, installed on the computers in the lab.