Practical French Conversation
FRENCH 302 is a practical French conversation course that enhances speaking skills in an informal, conversational atmosphere taught entirely in French.
Summary
Historical reviews of Andrew Irving: The sole review indicates low difficulty, rating the course as very easy.
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Prerequisites
Course mapFRENCH 203 or placement into FRENCH 204
- FRENCH 203
- placement into FRENCH 204
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- Any of
- FRENCH 203
- placement into FRENCH 204
Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Andrew Irving: Andrew Irving is described as extremely helpful for improving spoken French and maintaining conversation flow. Reviewers note his enthusiasm and consider him one of the best instructors at UW.
ANDREW IRVING is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019. 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
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Student experience
the class
A single historical review describes Andrew Irving as an enthusiastic and helpful instructor for improving spoken French, though no current instructor reviews are available.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2018: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2019: 3.96 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Andrew Irving: The sole review indicates low difficulty, rating the course as very easy.
Historical reviews of Andrew Irving: Students found the instructor excellent at maintaining conversation and improving speaking skills.
Topics
Skills
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2020— not enough history to project Fall 2026.
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Catalog & offerings
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Model & dataset provenance
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