Languages, Literatures, Cultures, and Pedagogy - French Studies Concentration (MA)

The MA Program in Languages, Literatures, Cultures, and Pedagogy (MA-LLCP) with a French Studies Concentration focuses on developing students’ high proficiency levels of French and professional skills and enabling them to critically apply their knowledge of French language, literature, culture, and linguistics to research and professional development in a wide range of career areas. It prepares and qualifies students for doctoral studies in French literature, culture, or applied linguistics, or for teaching adult learners at post-secondary institutions and private secondary institutions in the US and abroad. The certification track prepares students for certification in Delaware to teach French at the K-12 level. This graduate program contributes to the University of Delaware’s mission of fostering students as citizens, scholars, and professionals in a global and diverse society.

A. Goal for Language Proficiency:

• Demonstrate a high level of competency in written and oral French communication, approximating or exceeding ACTFL language proficiency standards at the level of Advanced-mid or higher.

B. Goals for Pedagogical Development:

• Demonstrate the ability to deliver instruction at the K-12 level including the use and preparation of effective teaching materials, curriculum plans, lesson plans and learning assessment strategies and tools.
• Analyze and explain the acquisition of specific aspects of French.
• Demonstrate a broad knowledge of French culture, literature, and history and understand the importance of incorporating the teaching of cultural perspectives, products, and practices into the language curriculum.

C. Goals for Literature and Culture Appreciation/Analysis:

• Critically analyze canonical texts in French literature and culture and situate them within the context of literary and cultural movements.
• Apply relevant theoretical frameworks to the analysis of primary texts and cultural artifacts.
• Practice a high level of self-reflection through comparisons between American and French cultural and literary norms.