A modular-type course in French was developed at the "Centre d'anglais et de francais" at McGill University (Montreal) to meet the needs of incoming students who were lacking skills in listening and oral expression. The course is composed of eight modules a semester, each module corresponding to 15 to 20 hours work on the student's part. The structured part of the course consists of one 90-minute class a week, a 90-minute consultation period, and free practice in the laboratory or at the library's audio-visual center. Each of the modules includes a pre-test and a post-test so that the student can evaluate his or her progress. These tests are recorded on the student's personal cassette. The course covers the following skills: (1) auditory discrimination and pronunciation, (2) general comprehension, (3) comprehension of familiar and standard French, (4) execution of oral instructions, (5) understanding of Quebec French, (6) comprehension of films, (7) comprehension of authentic documents, and (8) comprehension in difficult situations such as the French spoken in different parts of the Francophone world. Each of these modules is described and some examples of content material are included. Favorable student evaluation of the course is noted. (AMH)