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World Language
               World Language Courses



               French 1                                           French 3
               Grades 9-12                                        Grades 10-12
               Course Number 513                                  Course Number 515
               Full Year Course - 1 credit                        Full Year Course - 1 credit
               Prerequisite:  None                                Prerequisite:  French 2
               Estimated Fee:  $9.00                              Estimated Fee:  $13.00
               Recommended For:  College Bound                    Recommended For:  College Bound
               Career:  A,B,E,F,H,P                               Career:  A,B,E,F,H,P
               French 1 begins the study to understand and
               speak French as well as to read and write the      French 3 continues to emphasize all four
               target language.  Basic grammatical structures     phases of language study.  By the end of the
               are taught.  Activities include the drilling of    year, the students will have completed the
               French sound, the learning of vocabulary, verb     study of most of the major points of
               tenses, and grammatical structures leading to      grammar of the language.  There is still
               free conversation, oral, and written drills, and   great emphasis on building vocabulary.
               an introduction to French civilization and         More emphasis is placed on writing as well
               culture.  Successful study of foreign languages    as on speaking (planned and
               can lead to varied career opportunities,           extemporaneous) on a wide number of
               especially in business fields.  It is suggested    subjects pertaining to the lives of the
               that a student taking a world language should      students.  The class reads its first complete
               be doing satisfactory work in English classes.     book. (Honors curriculum will be available.
                                                                  Please see your counselor and/or your
               French 2                                           World Language teacher for details.)

               Grades 9-12
               Course Number 514                                  French 4 Honors
               Full Year Course - 1 credit                        Grades 11-12
               Prerequisite:  French 1                            Course Number 519
               Estimated Fee:  $15.00                             Full Year Course - 1 credit
               Recommended For:  College Bound                    Prerequisite:  French 3 and Recommendation
               Career:  A,B,E,F,H,P                               Estimated Fee:  $34.00
                                                                  Recommended For:  College Bound
               French 2 builds on and continues the               Career:  A,B,E,F,H,P
               development of the four basic skills
               introduced in French 1:  listening, speaking,      This course is designed to give the students
               reading, and writing.  The student learns          an introduction to French history and
               new vocabulary words, new tenses, and              literature, to review grammar, to enable
               other basic grammatical structures.  This          them to read with understanding, and to
               knowledge is applied in written and oral           express themselves.  In their text, the
               work such as essays, skits, short speeches,        students study French history.  They then
               and daily classroom conversation.  Each unit       study literature in relation to the period of
               discusses a phase of French culture.               history in which the works were written.
                                                                  There is a successive review of structure,
                                                                  especially of verbs.  The students are
                                                                  encouraged to discuss the material studied as
                                                                  well as any other matters which interest
                                                                  them in order to facilitate their use of the
                                                                  language.


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