Virtual Short-Term French Study with Université Grenoble… | API Abroad

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What's Included

Begin or enhance your French language skills with an intensive, month-long virtual session with the Université Grenoble Alpes in France! Earn academic credit by completing French language coursework taught in French by native speakers.

What's Included?

Advising
Community-building activities and cultural resources in a digital learning workspace
Career readiness materials and support, including how to reflect this experience on a resume and at job interviews
Live events featuring native French speakers, cultural activities, opportunities to network and improve your language skills, and more
API Digital Badge: Global Agility
Post-program evaluation
Access to API alumni network & API Ambassador Program

Application Requirements

Minimum 2.5 GPA
Open to gap students, freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors
Open to all levels of French speakers
University Approval Form (if applicable)
One letter of recommendation
Official transcript

Dates & Fees

Session	Program Dates	Program Cost	Application Deadline	Payment Deadline
Spring	Apr 26, 2021 - May 26, 2021	$1,150	~~Apr 12, 2021~~ -	Apr 19, 2021
Summer	May 31, 2021 - Jun 25, 2021	$1,150	May 17, 2021	May 24, 2021
Summer	Jul 5, 2021 - Jul 30, 2021	$1,150	Jun 21, 2021	Jun 28, 2021

Students pay a $150 application deposit with the initial application and a $400 confirmation payment upon acceptance. Students who apply on the application deadline are responsible for submitting 50% of the program fee with the application.

Courses

French language courses at all levels will be taught online synchronously (live) during the U.S. morning hours. Students also complete additional homework and receive feedback from professors in the course learning management system asynchronously (recorded).

Beginning French 1/A1

Develop written and oral communication skills (comprehension and expression)
Talk about yourself in real life communication situations
Master the basic structures of written and oral language
Become familiar with French culture
Participate in intercultural exchanges during the course
Perform tasks and interact with others in French

Recommended US semester credits: 4

Beginning French 2/A2

Develop your written and oral communication skills to be able to get by everyday life
Recount events in the past and explain your plans for the future
Understand most of the information given by the media
Grown your French vocabulary related to current situations and understand French sentence structure
Improve your pronunciation
Become familiar with French culture
Participate in intercultural exchanges during the course
Perform tasks and interact with others in French

Recommended US semester credits: 4

Intermediate French 1/B1

Develop written and oral communication skills to acquire linguistic fluency in real communication situations in French
Express feelings and opinions
Report someone's words
Argue in a simple way
Follow the key elements of a conference, a film, a program ...
Have a sufficiently clear and fluid pronunciation
Know the French culture
Participate in intercultural exchanges during the course
Perform tasks and interact in French

Recommended US semester credits: 4

Intermediate French 2/B2

Develop written and oral communication skills to acquire linguistic fluency in real life communication situations in French
Argue a position and justify it
Speak with clear and natural pronunciation
Develop complex sentences, maintain good grammatical control
Use a rich and varied vocabulary to adapt as necessary
Know the fundamental elements of French culture
Participate in intercultural exchanges during the course
Perform tasks and interact in French

Recommended US semester credits: 4

Advanced French C1

Develop written and oral communication skills to acquire linguistic precision in real French communication situations
Argue and justify your positions with ease and fluency
Speak effortlessly with clear and spontaneous pronunciation
Develop complex sentences, construct a clear and well-structured argument
Participate in a discussion on specialized abstract and complex subjects
Draw from a vast, well-mastered lexical repertoire
Know how to use periphrases to fill in the gaps
Understand cultural context
Participate in intercultural exchanges during the course
Perform tasks and interact in French

Recommended US semester credits: 4

Beginning French 1/A1

Develop written and oral communication skills (comprehension and expression)
Talk about yourself in real life communication situations
Master the basic structures of written and oral language
Become familiar with French culture
Participate in intercultural exchanges during the course
Perform tasks and interact with others in French

Recommended US semester credits: 4

Beginning French 2/A2

Develop your written and oral communication skills to be able to get by everyday life
Recount events in the past and explain your plans for the future
Understand most of the information given by the media
Grown your French vocabulary related to current situations and understand French sentence structure
Improve your pronunciation
Become familiar with French culture
Participate in intercultural exchanges during the course
Perform tasks and interact with others in French

Recommended US semester credits: 4

Intermediate French 1/B1

Develop written and oral communication skills to acquire linguistic fluency in real communication situations in French
Express feelings and opinions
Report someone's words
Argue in a simple way
Follow the key elements of a conference, a film, a program ...
Have a sufficiently clear and fluid pronunciation
Know the French culture
Participate in intercultural exchanges during the course
Perform tasks and interact in French

Recommended US semester credits: 4

Intermediate French 2/B2

Develop written and oral communication skills to acquire linguistic fluency in real life communication situations in French
Argue a position and justify it
Speak with clear and natural pronunciation
Develop complex sentences, maintain good grammatical control
Use a rich and varied vocabulary to adapt as necessary
Know the fundamental elements of French culture
Participate in intercultural exchanges during the course
Perform tasks and interact in French

Recommended US semester credits: 4

Advanced French C1

Develop written and oral communication skills to acquire linguistic precision in real French communication situations
Argue and justify your positions with ease and fluency
Speak effortlessly with clear and spontaneous pronunciation
Develop complex sentences, construct a clear and well-structured argument
Participate in a discussion on specialized abstract and complex subjects
Draw from a vast, well-mastered lexical repertoire
Know how to use periphrases to fill in the gaps
Understand cultural context
Participate in intercultural exchanges during the course
Perform tasks and interact in French

Recommended US semester credits: 4

Beginning French 1/A1

Develop written and oral communication skills (comprehension and expression)
Talk about yourself in real life communication situations
Master the basic structures of written and oral language
Become familiar with French culture
Participate in intercultural exchanges during the course
Perform tasks and interact with others in French

Recommended US semester credits: 4

Beginning French 2/A2

Develop your written and oral communication skills to be able to get by everyday life
Recount events in the past and explain your plans for the future
Understand most of the information given by the media
Grown your French vocabulary related to current situations and understand French sentence structure
Improve your pronunciation
Become familiar with French culture
Participate in intercultural exchanges during the course
Perform tasks and interact with others in French

Recommended US semester credits: 4

Intermediate French 1/B1

Develop written and oral communication skills to acquire linguistic fluency in real communication situations in French
Express feelings and opinions
Report someone's words
Argue in a simple way
Follow the key elements of a conference, a film, a program ...
Have a sufficiently clear and fluid pronunciation
Know the French culture
Participate in intercultural exchanges during the course
Perform tasks and interact in French

Recommended US semester credits: 4

Intermediate French 2/B2

Develop written and oral communication skills to acquire linguistic fluency in real life communication situations in French
Argue a position and justify it
Speak with clear and natural pronunciation
Develop complex sentences, maintain good grammatical control
Use a rich and varied vocabulary to adapt as necessary
Know the fundamental elements of French culture
Participate in intercultural exchanges during the course
Perform tasks and interact in French

Recommended US semester credits: 4

Advanced French C1

Develop written and oral communication skills to acquire linguistic precision in real French communication situations
Argue and justify your positions with ease and fluency
Speak effortlessly with clear and spontaneous pronunciation
Develop complex sentences, construct a clear and well-structured argument
Participate in a discussion on specialized abstract and complex subjects
Draw from a vast, well-mastered lexical repertoire
Know how to use periphrases to fill in the gaps
Understand cultural context
Participate in intercultural exchanges during the course
Perform tasks and interact in French

Recommended US semester credits: 4