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AP French Language and Italian 1
Culture Grades 9-12
Course Number 533
Grade 12 Full Year Course - 1 credit
Course Number 520 Prerequisite: None
Full Year Course - 1 credit Estimated Fee: $2.00
Prerequisite: French 4 Honors and Recommendation Recommended For: College Bound
Estimated Fee: $55.00 and A.P. Exam fee
(approximately $94.00)
Recommended For: College Bound Italian 1 is an introductory course designed
to provide students with a basis for learning
With recommendations from and the the spoken and written language. Practice in
approval of the College Board, the Advanced listening, speaking, reading, and writing are
Placement French Language and Culture given and students are provided
course work models a college world opportunities to express themselves in
language class. everyday situations. Students develop
This course is designed to prepare students speaking skills by constant repetition of core
for the Advanced Placement Language Test. materials. Each lesson is built around a
There is a review of grammar using the last cultural theme and all oral and written
half of the grammar text started in French 4 exercises center upon this theme. Reading
Honors. Short stories are read. Weekly skills are developed from short dialogues
extemporaneous oral presentations and and modifications of the core material.
several resumes of articles from current Numerous situational dialogues are written
magazines are required during each grading to increase writing skills and provide for
period. The students give a longer oral originality. Basic grammatical structures are
report to the class, read French language taught and reinforced with exercises.
books for book reports and do structured as Successful study of foreign language can
well as creative writing. Listening lead to varied career opportunities,
comprehension is developed through especially in business fields. It is suggested
constant work with audio recordings made that students taking foreign language should
by French speakers. . Students enrolled in be doing satisfactory work in English
this course are required to take the A.P. classes.
exam in May
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