This workshop gives students the opportunity to explore through reading, research and writing assignments an array of creative nonfiction forms, including memoir, travel writing, food and nature writing, and social essays. Assignments help students strengthen their ability to create the self as character, a first-person narrator who leads the reader into the world of personal experiences and research. The course explores narrative structure, description, characterization, dialogue, and tension, all key elements in making writing spirited and appealing. The workshop also includes guest speakers and field exercises in Paris.


From Wednesday, July 1, 2020 to Wednesday, July 22, 2020
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
14:30
18:00
G-113
Tuesday
14:30
18:00
G-113
Wednesday
14:30
18:00
G-113
Thursday
14:30
18:00
G-113

From Thursday, June 4, 2020 to Thursday, July 16, 2020

A Senior Project is an independent study representing a Major Capstone Project that needs to be registered using the Senior Project registration form.
(Download: https://www.aup.edu/sites/default/files/download/Academics/academic-reso...)


From Thursday, June 4, 2020 to Thursday, July 16, 2020

Emphasizing the basic linguistic structures and verb tenses, this course has been structured for true beginners of French. Using visual stimuli (advertisements, comics, photographs, etc.), students will learn to identify and describe places, people and things as well as more abstract spatial, temporal (hour, day, season), and emotional (feelings, thoughts and opinions) ideas. Readings from short texts and everyday encounters (Métro, bank, stores, markets and cafés, etc.) will further help students to quickly become self-sufficient through basic language skills.

Only visiting summer students should register in this course. To ensure that participants are placed in the appropriate level, all visiting students in the Immersion Program take an online placement test.
The course has an extra course fee of 100 euros.


From Thursday, June 4, 2020 to Wednesday, June 24, 2020
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
09:00
13:30
G-002
Tuesday
09:00
13:30
G-002
Wednesday
09:00
13:30
G-002
Thursday
09:00
13:30
G-002
Friday
09:00
13:30
G-002

Emphasizing the basic linguistic structures and verb tenses, this course has been structured for true beginners of French. Using visual stimuli (advertisements, comics, photographs, etc.), students will learn to identify and describe places, people and things as well as more abstract spatial, temporal (hour, day, season), and emotional (feelings, thoughts and opinions) ideas. Readings from short texts and everyday encounters (Métro, bank, stores, markets and cafés, etc.) will further help students to quickly become self-sufficient through basic language skills.

Only visiting summer students should register in this course. To ensure that participants are placed in the appropriate level, all visiting students in the Immersion Program take an online placement test.
The course has an extra course fee of 100 euros.


From Wednesday, July 1, 2020 to Wednesday, July 22, 2020
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
09:00
13:30
G-002
Tuesday
09:00
13:30
G-002
Wednesday
09:00
13:30
G-002
Thursday
09:00
13:30
G-002
Friday
09:00
13:30
G-002

Only visiting summer students should register in this course. To ensure that participants are placed in the appropriate level, all visiting students in the Immersion Program take an online placement test.
The course has an extra course fee of 100 euros.


From Thursday, June 4, 2020 to Wednesday, June 24, 2020
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
09:00
13:30
G-102
Tuesday
09:00
13:30
G-102
Wednesday
09:00
13:30
G-102
Thursday
09:00
13:30
G-102
Friday
09:00
13:30
G-102

Only visiting summer students should register in this course. To ensure that participants are placed in the appropriate level, all visiting students in the Immersion Program take an online placement test.
The course has an extra course fee of 100 euros.


From Wednesday, July 1, 2020 to Wednesday, July 22, 2020
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
09:00
13:30
G-102
Tuesday
09:00
13:30
G-102
Wednesday
09:00
13:30
G-102
Thursday
09:00
13:30
G-102
Friday
09:00
13:30
G-102

This course is an introduction to French and is intended to help students acquire the basic elements of spoken and written French. Students will learn how to express themselves in everyday life situations. The students’ basic needs for linguistic and cultural information will be the main focus of this course. In class, work will be supplemented by multimedia activities and real-life situations in the city of Paris.


From Thursday, June 4, 2020 to Thursday, July 16, 2020
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
09:00
11:00
G-009
Tuesday
09:00
11:00
G-009
Wednesday
09:00
11:00
G-009
Thursday
09:00
11:00
G-009
Friday
09:00
11:00
G-009

This course is a second semester Elementary French course, a continuation of level FR 1010 with emphasis on acquiring basic level of proficiency in the language and understanding the culture of France and the Francophone world. This course will enable students to improve their comprehension skills through the use of authentic audio and video material and to acquire vocabulary to face situations in their real life in Paris. The four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) are reinforced and special emphasis is placed on pronunciation.In-class work will be supplemented by multimedia activities and real-life situations in the City of Paris.


From Thursday, June 4, 2020 to Thursday, July 16, 2020
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
09:00
11:00
G-L21
Tuesday
09:00
11:00
G-L21
Wednesday
09:00
11:00
G-L21
Thursday
09:00
11:00
G-L21
Friday
09:00
11:00
G-L21

Having completed FR 1200 or FR1300, AUP returning students can earn elective credit toward graduation by registering FR 2005I FRENCH IMMERSION: INTERMEDIATE I.

Beginning with a review of basic French Grammatical Structures, this course moves on to cover more complex forms such as the pluperfect, the conditional and the subjunctive. Students will be able to talk about the past, make hypotheses and express their opinions and emotions. Special attention is paid to increasing students’ ability to understand spoken French and to converse on a number of topics pertaining to different times and places. Learning objectives for this Intermediate B1 level course are:

- study familiar situations encountered in work, school, and leisure
- learn to formulate sentences about personal interests, express ideas and opinions, and interact with other French speakers
- ability to handle situations likely to arise when living in France
The course has an extra course fee of 100 euros.


From Thursday, June 4, 2020 to Wednesday, June 24, 2020
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
09:00
13:30
G-207
Tuesday
09:00
13:30
G-207
Wednesday
09:00
13:30
G-207
Thursday
09:00
13:30
G-207
Friday
09:00
13:30
G-207

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