Curriculum and Instruction, MEd Concentration in ASTL: Foreign Language French

Speaking a foreign language improves the functionality of your brain by challenging it to recognise, negotiate meaning, and communicate in different language systems.

The French Foreign Language concentration provides advanced professional development and language study for practicing foreign language teachers. The 18 credits include a combination of modern language courses and targeted electives.

The ASTL concentrations are for teachers and other educators with one or more years of teaching or education-related experience who want to continue to grow professionally. The program offers advanced study in a specific concentration area, including Virginia's Standards of Learning content areas, cohort classes, an innovative schedule, and the use of technology. The courses, aligned with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, help teachers think and practice as board-certified teachers. The program develops teacher-leaders who practice reflection through action-research, problem-based learning, and self-inquiry, and teacher expertise in a concentration that will identify the teacher as a potential leader in that area.

Core Courses (12 credits)

• EDUC 606: Education and Culture (3 credit hours)
• EDUC 612: Inquiry into Practice (2 credit hours)
• EDUC 613: How Students Learn (3 credit hours)
• EDUC 614: Designing and Assessing Teaching and Learning (2 credit hours)
• EDUC 615: Educational Change (2 credit hours)

Concentration Courses in French (18 credits)

Literature*

Choose two courses (six credits) from the following that cover two different chronological periods or Francophone regions in consultation with an advisor:

• FREN 515: Topics in Medieval French Literature and Culture (3 credit hours)

• FREN 516: Topics in Renaissance French Literature and Culture (3 credit hours)

• FREN 517: Topics in Seventeenth-Century French Literature and Culture (3 credit hours)

• FREN 518: Topics in Eighteenth-Century French Literature and Culture (3 credit hours)

• FREN 519: Topics in Nineteenth-Century French Literature and Culture (3 credit hours)

• FREN 520: Topics in Twentieth and Twenty-First-Century French Literature and Culture (3 credit hours)

• FREN 550: Special Topics (3 credit hours)

• FREN 551: Topics in Francophone Sub-Saharan Literature and Culture (3 credit hours)

• FREN 553: Topics in North African Francophone Literature and Culture (3 credit hours)

• FREN 554: Topics in Francophone Caribbean Literature and Culture (3 credit hours)

• FREN 555: Special Topics related to Francophone Literature and Culture (3 credit hours)

• FREN 557: Topics in Quebec and French-Canadian Literature and Culture (3 credit hours)

• FREN 567: Special Topics related to French and Francophone Literature and Culture (3 credit hours)

Note: * Courses may be substituted with advisor-approved literature-related electives in French.

Language and Linguistics

Choose two courses (six credits) from the following in consultation with an advisor:

• FREN 562: Stylistics (3 credit hours)

• FREN 563: History of the French Language (3 credit hours)

• FREN 564: Advanced Translation (3 credit hours)

• FREN 565: Special Topics Related to the French Language (3 credit hours)

• FREN 570: French and Francophone Cinema (3 credit hours)

• FREN 575: Grammatical Analysis (3 credit hours)

Electives (6 credits)

Choose two additional courses (six credits) from the aforementioned literature courses, aforementioned language and linguistics courses, or from the courses below in consultation with an advisor

• FRLN 510: Bibliography and Research in Foreign Languages and Literature (3 credit hours)

• FRLN 525: Literary Translation (3 credit hours)

• FRLN 550: Special Topics (3 credit hours)

• FRLN 565: Theory of Translation (3 credit hours)

• FRLN 572: Integrating Technology into Language Learning (3 credit hours)

• FRLN 573: Basic Issues in Language Pedagogy (3 credit hours)

• FRLN 575: Heritage Language Education (3 credit hours)

• FRLN 590: Internship and Seminar in Translation (3 credit hours)

• FRLN 620: Literary Theory and Criticism (3 credit hours)

• FRLN 660: Approaches to the Study of Language (3 credit hours)

• FRLN 670: Topics in Language Learning and Teaching (3 credit hours)

Note: ** Courses may be substituted with advisor-approved language and literature-related electives.

Total: 30 credits

Program Exit Requirement

Professional Development Portfolio: A performance-based document that provides concrete evidence of teacher professional development throughout the ASTL program.

Foreign Language Concentration form (.pdf)