Spring 2027

Third Semester French

Third Semester French focuses on oral practice, conversation, grammar review, reading, vocabulary expansion, creative writing, and the study of French and Francophone cultures.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Past student reviews · Jacqueline Ebelabena

Jacqueline Ebelabena assigned far too many tedious grammar assignments, with one student reporting seven per day.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Share ideas and ask and answer questions about friendship, social media, scientific innovations, and food cultures around the world and explain the main idea and many details in live conversations and other interpersonal interactions.

  • Read, listen, view, and explain the main idea and many details of texts in French such as articles, surveys, news reports, films, and literary texts related to course topics.

  • Present ideas in French orally and in writing about course topics and implement strategies for argumentative and narrative presentational writing and speaking in French.

  • Use lexico-grammatical structures in French for communicating in the present, past, and future to describe, narrate, hypothesize, and formulate arguments about the course topics.

  • Interpret cultural products, practices, and perspectives related to course topics.

  • Reflect on differences between one's own culture and the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of the French-speaking world.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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FRENCH 102 or 105(or FRENCH 201 prior to Summer 2025) or placement into FRENCH 203

FRENCH 203 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

CARA TORRES is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JACQUELINE EBELABENA is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LESLIE OREN HAYGOOD is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Fall 2009. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

PETER RUSSELLA is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 260
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 260

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Jacqueline Ebelabena

Students found the class helpful with a quick pace, and some found it super fun while others found it a bit boring and monotonic.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.41 GPA, 74.4% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.57 GPA, 80.3% A/AB (n=66 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.62 GPA, 76.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Jacqueline Ebelabena

Jacqueline Ebelabena assigned far too many tedious grammar assignments, with one student reporting seven per day.

Past student reviews · Jacqueline Ebelabena

Attendance and participation were critical for grades, with students noting that Jacqueline Ebelabena favored those who engaged, while others felt uncomfortable due to her strictness.

Topics

  • Oral practice, conversation, grammar review, reading, vocabulary expansion, and creative writing.
  • French and Francophone cultures, friendship, social media, scientific innovations, and food cultures around the world.

Skills

  • Interpersonal communication, sharing ideas, asking and answering questions, and explaining main ideas and details in live French conversations.
  • Reading, listening, viewing, and explaining the main idea and details of various French texts including articles, surveys, news reports, films, and literary texts.
  • Presenting ideas orally and in writing, implementing strategies for argumentative and narrative presentational writing and speaking in French.
  • Using lexico-grammatical structures in French to communicate in the present, past, and future to describe, narrate, hypothesize, and argue.
  • Interpreting cultural products, practices, and perspectives, and reflecting on differences between one's own culture and the French-speaking world.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Catalog & offerings

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FRENCH 203 · Spring 2027

Third Semester French

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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