In this advanced workshop for both native French speakers and French as an additional language speakers, receive group and instructor feedback on a major writing project or three smaller projects you are working on. Submissions may be related to your work or personal interests, or could be designed using creative prompts provided by your instructor, such as drafting a professional article for publication, producing an opinion piece, writing meaningful work correspondence, creating a manuscript for a children’s book or writing press releases, book summaries or other high caliber writing products.
Work independently following instructor cues to submit three documents for review and discussion in three interactive Zoom sessions throughout the course. Learn from feedback shared with your classmates about their work and delve deeper into the process of writing and refining your writing in French.
Participants should have an advanced level of French language and grammar and be looking to receive feedback on structure, style, grammar and composition in a way that will make their writing stand out in a professional way.
How Am I Assessed?
This is a non-credit course without letter or numerical grades. You receive guidance and feedback on each writing project as well as verbal instructor and peer feedback in three live sessions. Use this valuable feedback to polish and review your work to take it to the next level.
Expected Effort
This course will require 2-3 hours of work each week or more, depending on the style of project you choose to work on.
Technology Requirements
To take this course, you’ll need access to:
- an email account
- a computer, laptop or tablet under five years old and using Windows or Mac OS
- the latest version of a web browser (or previous major version release)
- a reliable internet connection
- a video camera
One day before the start of your course, we’ll email you step-by-step instructions for accessing your course in Canvas.
Textbooks
There are no textbooks required for this course. The instructor provides learning materials.
Course Format
This course is 100% online and instructor supported. Writing assignments are done independently on an assigned schedule with set deadlines. Real-time feedback is given during three live Zoom sessions held on Saturday afternoons and as needed throughout the course.