DESCRIPTION:

Building on the introduction provided by Theological French 1, this course is designed to help students develop basic proficiency in reading theological texts as needed in doctoral research. The course will concentrate on reading with a special attention on pronunciation and translating selected passages from the French Bible as well as theological documents available in French only.

This is an intensive course and meets twice weekly for two-and-a-half-hour sessions for four weeks.

La Bible en français courant. Alliance Biblique Universelle, 1988.

Palmeri, Joseph and E. E. Milligan. French for Reading Knowledge. 2d ed. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers, 1969. Reprint by Higby Family Trust, 1997.

It is also recommended that students add an English/French dictionary to their library, e.g.:

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: French-English English-French. Edited by Marie-Helene Correard and Valerie Grundy. 2001. OR

Collins-Robert French-English English-French Dictionary. 2d ed. Collins Publishers, 1987.

Kendris, Christopher. 501 French Verbs Fully Conjugated in all the Tenses. 5th ed. Hauppaug, N.Y.: Barron's Educational Series, 2003.

Students will read and translate various passages from the required texts, as well as from various handouts. There will be daily homework assignments and quizzes. Each student is expected to be present at all class sessions with assigned lessons fully prepared.

LG557 Theological French 1. Transcript evidence of prior study required to audit this class.

Elective.

Yes.