In this course, students will focus on strengthening their reading and writing skills. Students will read texts from a range of genres, including comic strips, excerpts from novels, short stories, essays, articles, and film reviews. Students will engage in extensive written practice in a variety of forms (e.g., summaries, essays, compositions) in order to to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate in French with greater accuracy, fluency, and complexity. Although the primary focus on the course is on written skills, students will also engage with oral texts (e.g., podcasts, radio), cinema, and music and will further develop their speaking skills through class discussions and short presentations. The course is conducted entirely in French.