Assistant Professor of Modern Foreign Languages
Phone: 478.757.5232
Email: sdesmet@wesleyancollege.edu
Office: Tate 209
Address: Wesleyan College, 4760 Forsyth Road Macon, GA 31210
Education: B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Courses taught include:
FRN 211, 212 Intermediate French.
Goal: To improve and develop speaking, reading, and writing in French through dialogs, magazine articles,
and literary selections.
Content: Emphasis on comprehension of advanced conversations and stories. Grammar according to its
functionquestions, describing, telling, comparing, and dialogs. Reading magazine articles and literary
selections.
Prerequisites: FRN 102 or equivalent for FRN 211; FRN 211 or equivalent for FRN 212S.
Gen. Ed. Category: Information processing; cross-cultural.
FRN 318 Advanced Composition.
Goal: To refine writing skills and to enrich vocabulary, emphasizing grammar.
Content: Topics relating to French culture and literature. Weekly writing assignments, translation, and
advanced reading.
Prerequisite: FRN 212S or equivalent.
FRN 396 Special Topics in French.
Goal: To allow students to concentrate on a particular area of language or literature.
Content: Varied.
Prerequisite: FRN 367S or equivalent and permission of instructor.
SPA 211, 212 Intermediate Spanish.
Goal: To improve and develop speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish through dialogs, magazine articles,
and literary selections.
Content: Emphasis on grammar, comprehension of advanced conversation and reading, and development
of correct sentence structure.
Prerequisites: SPA 102 or equivalent for SPA 211; SPA 211 or equivalent for SPA 212S. Courses must be
taken in sequence.
Gen. Ed. Category: Information processing; cross-cultural.
SPA 451: Directed Independent Study.
Goal: To provide additional advanced work in Spanish language or literature.
Content: Varied, according to course taught.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the department chair. Open to advanced students.
SPA 452/199: Field Study.
Goal: To provide practical experience to allow the student to apply what she has learned.
Content: Generally dealing with communicative, administrative, or instructional assistance; student will
perform support services such as limited translation or interpretation, or use language skills to perform
other duties under professional supervision.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor and division chair.
SPA 499: Honors Thesis.