# Academic Catalog

**Source**: https://catalog.hbku.edu.qa/course-descriptions/fren/
**Parent**: https://catalog.hbku.edu.qa/azindex/

# French (FREN)

**FREN 211**  **French Beginner 1**  **3 Credits**

Grade Mode: Standard Letter, Audit/Non Audit

The French Beginner 1 course is designed to provide learners with sufficient linguistic competencies to understand and use daily expressions frequently used in any part of the French-speaking world with the goal of satisfying immediate needs. This course corresponds to A1.1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and Novice Low-Mid on the scale of the American Council of Teaching Foreign Languages.

**FREN 212**  **French Beginner 2**  **3 Credits**

Grade Mode: Standard Letter, Audit/Non Audit

Prerequisite(s): [FREN 211](https://catalog.hbku.edu.qa/search/?P=FREN%20211 "FREN 211")

This French Beginner 2 course continues the Beginner series and builds upon French Beginner 1. It is designed to provide learners with the linguistic competencies to understand and use a wider range of daily expressions frequently used in any part of the French-speaking world with the goal of satisfying immediate needs. This course corresponds to A1.2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and to Novice High on the scale of the American Council of Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL).