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World Language
French 4 Honors Self-Paced period. The students give a longer oral
Grades 11-12 report to the class, read French language
Course Number SP519 books for book reports and do structured as
Full Year Course - 1 credit well as creative writing. Listening
Prerequisite: French 3 and Recommendation comprehension is developed through
Estimated Fee: $34.00 constant work with audio recordings made
Recommended For: College Bound
Career: A,B,E,F,H,P by French speakers. . Students enrolled in
this course are required to take the A.P.
This course is designed to give the students exam in May
an introduction to French history and
literature, to review grammar, to enable Italian 1
them to read with understanding, and to Grades 9-12
express themselves. In their text, the Course Number 533
students study French history. They then Full Year Course - 1 credit
study literature in relation to the period of Prerequisite: None
history in which the works were written. Estimated Fee: 11.00
Recommended For: College Bound
There is a successive review of structure, Career: A,B,E,F,H,P
especially of verbs. The students are Italian 1 is an introductory course designed
encouraged to discuss the material studied as to provide students with a basis for learning
well as any other matters which interest the spoken and written language. Practice in
them in order to facilitate their use of the listening, speaking, reading, and writing are
language. given and students are provided
opportunities to express themselves in
AP French Language and everyday situations. Students develop
speaking skills by constant repetition of core
Culture materials. Each lesson is built around a
Grade 12 cultural theme and all oral and written
Course Number 520 exercises center upon this theme. Reading
Full Year Course - 1 credit skills are developed from short dialogues
Prerequisite: French 4 Honors and Recommendation and modifications of the core material.
Estimated Fee: $50.00 and A.P. Test Registration Numerous situational dialogues are written
Recommended For: College Bound
Career: A,B,E,F,H,P to increase writing skills and provide for
originality. Basic grammatical structures are
With recommendations from and the taught and reinforced with exercises.
approval of the College Board, the Advanced Successful study of foreign language can
Placement French Language and Culture lead to varied career opportunities,
course work models a college world especially in business fields. It is suggested
language class. that students taking foreign language should
This course is designed to prepare students be doing satisfactory work in English
for the Advanced Placement Language Test. classes.
There is a review of grammar using the last
half of the grammar text started in French 4
Honors. Short stories are read. Weekly
extemporaneous oral presentations and
several resumes of articles from current
magazines are required during each grading
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