what are beginner language courses like?
are there a lot of oral presentations?

Typically they'll have a short oral presentation in a group of 2 or 3 (nothing too hard).

I took German 1Z06. It was fairly easy and a light course load.

French 1K06 has group presentations, along with ones you do by yourself. 1A06, you do them by yourself.

Mohawk 1Z03 had one you do alone, Ojibwe 1Z03 didn't have one, and Spanish 1Z06 had a group one.

In Latin and Ancient Greek, there are no presentations at all - just translations and tests.

EDIT: You'll read your translations out in class from time to time; because the class is small, everyone eventually reads a passage from an ancient author.

Originally Posted by feonateresa

French 1K06 has group presentations, along with ones you do by yourself. 1A06, you do them by yourself.

Is it just presentations? Or do you need to answer questions too? I'm good with presentations (Well, relatively), but I suck at answering questions (Granted, I've only tried once...)