If you speak a little French but you are a bit rusty, this course is for you. We will spend eight sessions using French cinema and literature as the focus of discussions. Each session will begin by watching a scene from a French film or reading a passage from a French novel. Each scene or passage will serve as a trigger for discussion after exploring vocabulary and language structures present in the scene/text. This will enable participants with a basic knowledge of French to explore language functions in French: giving an opinion, agreeing, disagreeing, expressing an impression, relating an experience...The major objective will be to improve spoken French while exchanging ideas on culturally engaging themes. The instructional approach will be a blend of lecture and discussion.