Welcome to French Studies at Elizabethtown College
Welcome to the Wonderful World of French!
In his poem, “The Road Not Taken”, Robert Frost describes an encounter with a fork in the road. This bifurcation becomes a metaphor for choices that we confront as we navigate the road of life. For college students, the opportunity to study French creates a fork in the road because it requires a commitment to encounter something “different.” Many Elizabethtown College students choose to embark on this exciting, transformative journey. Here’s why…
- Courses: language, culture, conversation, reading, translation, literature, civilization and business
- Skills Outcomes: speaking and listening for communication with native speakers; writing for self-expression and interaction with others; reading to analyze and appreciate history, literature and politics
- Knowledge Outcomes: grammatical structures, historical information, contemporary culture and literary masterpieces
- Study Abroad: a year or a semester; France or a Francophone country
- More Knowledge: your native language
Where the journey leads…
- Liberal Arts Education: more sophisticated critical thinking, writing, and oral communication in 2 languages
- Global Citizenship: claim as Diogenes did, “I am a citizen of the world.”
- Thrice-Born Intellectual: born once in your country, then in another, and then back in your own again
- Interesting Careers: Peace Corps Volunteer, High School teacher, Business Administrator in Paris, College Professor, Translator
