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World Language Courses
French 1 Grades 10-12
Course Number 515
Grades 9-12 Full Year Course - 1 credit
Course Number 513 Prerequisite: French 2
Full Year Course - 1 credit Estimated Fee: $23.00
Prerequisite: None Recommended For: College Bound
Estimated Fee: $13.00
Recommended For: College Bound French 3 continues to emphasize all four
phases of language study. By the end of the
French 1 begins the study to understand and year, the students will have completed the
speak French as well as to read and write the study of most of the major points of
target language. Basic grammatical structures
are taught. Activities include the drilling of grammar of the language. There is still
French sound, the learning of vocabulary, verb great emphasis on building vocabulary.
tenses, and grammatical structures leading to More emphasis is placed on writing as well
free conversation, oral, and written drills, and as on speaking (planned and
an introduction to French civilization and extemporaneous) on a wide number of
culture. Successful study of foreign languages subjects pertaining to the lives of the
can lead to varied career opportunities, students. The class reads its first complete
especially in business fields. It is suggested book. (Honors curriculum will be available.
that a student taking a world language should Please see your counselor and/or your
be doing satisfactory work in English classes. World Language teacher for details.)
French 2 French 4 Honors
Grades 9-12 Grades 11-12
Course Number 519
Course Number 514 Full Year Course - 1 credit
Full Year Course - 1 credit Prerequisite: French 3 and Recommendation
Prerequisite: French 1 Estimated Fee: $59.00
Estimated Fee: $13.00 Recommended For: College Bound
Recommended For: College Bound
This course is designed to give the students
French 2 builds on and continues the an introduction to French history and
development of the four basic skills literature, to review grammar, to enable
introduced in French 1: listening, speaking, them to read with understanding, and to
reading, and writing. The student learns express themselves. In their text, the
new vocabulary words, new tenses, and students study French history. They then
other basic grammatical structures. This study literature in relation to the period of
knowledge is applied in written and oral history in which the works were written.
work such as essays, skits, short speeches, There is a successive review of structure,
and daily classroom conversation. Each unit especially of verbs. The students are
discusses a phase of French culture. encouraged to discuss the material studied as
well as any other matters which interest
them in order to facilitate their use of the
language.
French 3
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