The French studies sequence is designed to enable students to develop communicative competence in the French language in all four basic language skills - speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing.
It also introduces students to Francophone African cultures, providing a medium through which not only the language, but also African societies, their histories (colonial and post-colonial) can be understood within the context of culture. Students explore aspects of Francophone African cultures through literature, film and other cultural texts and develop an understanding of the impact of French colonisation and the complex histories of the post-colonial experience.
Availability
French studies is offered in the Bachelor of Social Science at Monash South Africa as a first year sequence.