
MAJOR FINDER
Filter by College
Filter by Subject
French Education

Inspire. Enrich. Teach.
Remember that inspiring French teacher from high school? That could be you! From creating lesson plans to managing the classroom, you’ll receive a rigorous course of instruction in teaching French in grades K-12, an area of critical need in Delaware and across the country. Our program will provide you with a thorough foundation in the French language and the fundamentals of teaching and pairs intensive coursework with hands-on student teaching opportunities to prepare the next generation of World Language teachers. Completing the program satisfies the requirements for earning a Delaware Teaching Certificate and License and you will be guided and supported throughout the certification process.
AREAS OF STUDY
- Oral and Written Communication
- Advanced Grammar
- Social issues in literature
- Politics and Literature
- Literature and Language as Expression of Distinct Cultures
- Great Authors and Themes
- Business
- Cinema
Language Syllabus Design
Methods of Teaching World Languages
CAREER OPTIONS
- K-12 Education
- Teaching Abroad
- Department Chair
- Textbook Editor
- School Administrator
- Professor
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
- Linguistics & Second Language Acquisition
- Literary Studies
- Translation
- Educational Technology
- Curriculum & Instruction
- Educational Leadership
- School Counseling
What’s special about this program?
Communicative Language Teaching in campus classrooms develops our candidates’ proficiency early on. Real-world cultural experiences and language study abroad in three- and five-week intersession courses and in full-semester programs build cultural proficiency. Complementary minors are available (Linguistics, Urban Education, Women’s Studies, Comparative Literature, European Studies and Political Science to name a few) and are popular add-ons to the major. A series of field experiences prepares students for successful student teaching. And one-on-one mentoring of student teachers by a UD Field Instructor and classroom clinical educator ensure success in teaching. Interested in research? There are opportunities for undergraduates to conduct research with French professors. Want to teach before your student teaching placement? Become an undergraduate teaching assistant under the tutelage of an experienced instructor.
Get Involved
French Club
Language Partner Program
Students for Haiti
Pi Delta Phi
ASPIRE (Academic Support Program Inspiring Renaissance Educators)
APPLE (Association of Pre-Professional Leaders in Education)
Sample curriculum
FREN211 |
French Reading and Composition
|
FREN301 | Introduction to French Literature: Prose or
|
FREN302
|
Introduction to French Literature: Poetry & Theater |
MATH113
|
Contemporary Mathematics or higher
|
LLCU111
|
First Year Seminar: Introduction to World Language Learning
|
University Breadth Course
|
EDUC414
|
Teaching Exceptional Adolescents |
EDUC429 |
Second Languages in Elementary Schools or
|
LLCU429
|
Methods of Teaching World Languages in Elementary schools |
FREN314 | French Phonetics
|
FREN355 | Topics in French Literature
|
University Breadth Course
|
FREN307 |
Practical Oral Expression
|
FREN308 |
French Society in the News
|
FREN355 | 20th Century French Literature
|
FREN453 | Contemporary French Civilization 1958-present
|
HIST357 | The European City
|
LING/LLCU421 | Methods of Teaching World Languages
|
POSC441 | Problems of Western European Politics |
LLCU/LING422 | Language Syllabus Design
|
LLCU/LING424 | Second Language Testing
|
LLCU491 | World Language Education Capstone
|
FREN406 | Advanced French Language
|
EDUC400S | Student Teaching |