FREN146
ADVANCED ORAL EXPRESSION
This course is offered in a current or upcoming term. Check the official course schedule before registering.
- Department
- French
- Terms offered
- 7
- Data refreshed
- Jun 30, 2026
Description
This course is designed to help students improve their fluency in French. A variety of materials including films, newspaper articles, current events and literary texts will be used to help students perfect pronunciation and intonation, communicate opinions and engage in debate. Other topics may include phonetics, levels of discourse, public speaking, and dramatic interpretation.
Syllabi
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Offering history & forecast 2016–2026
2014 2026
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer | Intersession |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 2030 Fall: 15% chance, low confidence. Offered in 2 of 5 fall terms since 2022. Department course count falling about 13% per year. Department faculty is about 58% below its recent average. | 2030 Spring: 15% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 9 spring terms since 2018. Department course count falling about 8% per year. | 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. | 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. |
| 2029 | 2029 Fall: 17% chance, low confidence. Offered in 2 of 5 fall terms since 2022. Department course count falling about 11% per year. Department faculty is about 59% below its recent average. | 2029 Spring: 15% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 10 spring terms since 2017. Department course count falling about 5% per year. | 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. | 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2028 | 2028 Fall: 18% chance, low confidence. Offered in 2 of 5 fall terms since 2022. Department course count falling about 10% per year. Department faculty is about 60% below its recent average. | 2028 Spring: 17% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 4 of 11 spring terms since 2016. Department course count falling about 4% per year. | 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. | 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2027 | 2027 Fall: 19% chance, low confidence. Offered in 2 of 5 fall terms since 2022. Department course count falling about 9% per year. Department faculty is about 60% below its recent average. | 2027 Spring: 17% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 4 of 12 spring terms since 2015. Department course count falling about 4% per year. | 2027 Summer: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 summer terms since 2015. | 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2026 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2025 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2024 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2023 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2022 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2021 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2020 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2019 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2018 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2017 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2016 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | No data for this term |
Forecast Under 15% 15–39% 40–69% 70–89% 90%+ Not enough history
Fall Spring Summer Intersession Darker means more sections Not offered No data for term
Future estimates combine recent offering frequency with detected multi-year cycles. Hover a cell for confidence and evidence; low-confidence estimates are marked with ~.
Meeting times
Most recent first- Tue, Fri, 10:25 AM–11:40 AM ES414 2026
| Term | Professor | Type | Credits | Enrollment | CRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | Odile Ferly | Lecture | 1 | 4 of 10 enrolled | 24682 |
| Spring 2024 | Beth W. Gale | Lecture | 1 | 6 of 19 enrolled | 33021 |
| Fall 2022 | Beth W. Gale | Lecture | 1 | 6 of 19 enrolled | 21704 |
| Spring 2020 | Beth W. Gale | Lecture | 1 | 12 of 19 enrolled | 37710 |
| Spring 2018 | Beth W. Gale | Lecture | 1 | 15 of 19 enrolled | 36436 |
| Spring 2016 | Beth W. Gale | Lecture | 1 | 11 of 20 enrolled | 34919 |
| Spring 2014 | Beth W. Gale | Lecture | 1 | 17 of 20 enrolled | 33181 |