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FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSE OFFERINGS

AP FRENCH LANGUAGE

Description: The Advanced Placement French Language course adheres to the College Board AP Central®
course description and is comparable to fifth and sixth semester college and university courses that focus
on speaking and writing in the target language at an advanced level. The course encompasses listening
and speaking skills, reading comprehension, comprehensive grammar review, and composition. This
course is taught entirely in French.

Skills for Success: The emphasis of the course is on strengthening communicative abilities in French in
order to demonstrate: strong interactive communicative ability in French in the interpersonal,
presentational, and interpretive modes; a strong command of French linguistic skills including accuracy
and fluency that support communicative ability; comprehension of French intended for native speakers in
a variety of settings, types of discourse, topics, styles, and broad regional variations; ability to produce
French comprehensible to native speakers in a variety of settings, types of discourse, and topics.

Academic Suitability: Students who have completed French 3, receive a recommendation from or have
completed a placement exam with Madame Primm are eligible.

Out of Class Commitments: Most of what is learned in the course is accomplished with intensive work in
the class. Outside work includes studying for quizzes and exams, writing essays, listening practice and
finishing work not completed during class time.

Summer Work: The summer assignment is designed to keep French skills fresh. There is a grammar
review section as well as a skills practice.

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