FR 362 - Francophone World II: North America, Southeast Asia, Pacific Region

• Describe key historical events and social movements of French-speaking communities in the North America, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific from the colonial era to the present.
• Identify key intellectual and artistic movements and important individuals in the literature, plastic arts, and music of francophone regions in North America, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific.
• Identify salient linguistic and dialectal features of French and creoles spoken in francophone regions of North America, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific.
• Read French historical and cultural studies treatments of francophone North American, Southeast Asian and Pacific cultures. Read literary works from these regions written in French, and summarize these works in appropriate written French.
• Identify the main points and/or summarize the basic argument of authentic video recordings in French in appropriate written French.
• Use spoken French to describe and evaluate a limited selection of cultural artifacts from francophone North American, Southeast Asian, and Pacific regions within their historical and cultural context in an organized and comprehensible manner to peers.