The current status of the teaching of oral and aural skills in university French language courses in Great Britain is examined. A review of survey results finds that French teaching at the university level remains much as it was 20 to 30 years ago despite increasing calls for change, and that more serious attempts at change are found in Scottish institutions than in English ones. The author describes the University of Aberdeen's innovative program in Honors French, which arose out of student requests for language work with a wider and more realistic range of problems than traditional classes offered. The program emphasizes situational communicative skills, and stresses speaking and active listening skills. Final student assessment of oral/aural skills consists of a traditional interview with an external examiner and a lengthy language laboratory session in which the student listens to an hour of recorded material on a particular subject and records a 10-minute summary based on that material with a particular audience in mind. A syllabus outline and testing materials are appended. (MSE)