Spring 2027

Fourth Semester French

Fourth Semester French covers advanced oral practice, conversation, grammar, reading, vocabulary, creative writing, and Francophone cultures.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Past student reviews · Kimberly Rooney

Students were required to complete workbook exercises, which counted toward the grade, though the online component was optional. Clear rubrics were provided for small essay assignments.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Share ideas and ask and answer questions about topics pertinent to French culture 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 listed above.

  • Present ideas in French orally and in writing about course topics listed above 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 identified above.

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

  • 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

Course map

FRENCH 203 or placement into FRENCH 204

FRENCH 204 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

FRANZ EDUARD VOELKER is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2011. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

HUGO TORRES is recorded teaching in Spring 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KELSEY ROY is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KIMBERLY ROONEY is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

PETER RUSSELLA is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2022, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SANDRINE PELL is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014. 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
LEC 003Classroom Instruction0 / 260

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Kelsey Roy

This course focuses on French grammar rather than literature, featuring short writing assignments and tests described as fair. Students reported good opportunities for speaking, reading, and writing practice.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.75 GPA, 92.5% A/AB (n=53 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 93.4% A/AB (n=61 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.64 GPA, 84.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Kimberly Rooney

Students were required to complete workbook exercises, which counted toward the grade, though the online component was optional. Clear rubrics were provided for small essay assignments.

Past student reviews · Peter Russella

Peter Russella created a judgment-free environment where students felt welcome to make mistakes. Feedback indicated that grades were manageable as long as students attended class and completed assignments.

Topics

  • French grammar and lexico-grammatical structures
  • French and Francophone cultures
  • Vocabulary expansion
  • Reading and interpreting French texts and media

Skills

  • Oral communication and interpersonal interaction in French
  • Reading, listening, and viewing comprehension of French texts and media
  • Argumentative and narrative writing and speaking in French
  • Application of lexico-grammatical structures for various tenses and purposes
  • Cultural interpretation and reflection on Francophone perspectives

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.11 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
FRENCH 204 · Spring 2027

Fourth Semester French

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
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    "title": "Fourth Semester French",
    "credits_min": 4,
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
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Model & dataset provenance 
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