This course is designed to improve French listening skill, to enrich vocabulary on politics, environment and culture, and to acquire translation skills according to various domains. More specifically, we will use materials such as French video clips (news and interviews) in order to improve listening comprehension. Moreover, we also will do shadowing practices (recitation of some passages explained in the previous session). Students should be interested not only in French language, but also in different issues in contemporary society.
For correct translation, it is necessary to think about type of audience and way to express, and to choose a proper style in Japanese. In other words, the proper translation is not to be faithful to the original text, but to reorganize information according to listeners. Therefore, Japanese language skill, rather than French language skill, is more important in translation.