Course Title: | French Language and Culture Section KA |
Course Code: | regutuka |
MA NCES Code: | 06148 |
Discipline: | Foreign Language |
Grade Level: | 09, 10, 11, 12 |
Level: | Standard |
Offering: | Repeated Semester (Fall: 25 Seats; Spring: 25 Seats; )
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Duration: | 15 weeks |
Prerequisites: | A readiness to fall in love with all things French, acquire savoir faire, and perhaps become a Francophile (somebody who loves anything French). Did you know that over one third of English words come from French? The course is taught primarily in English with French phrases sprinkled liberally throughout so you will become au courant -a connoisseur of Francophone culture. It is designed for students whose English language skills are strong. This is an introductory course; no prior knowledge of French is required.
Technology requirements:
Students will need access to some type of word processing program, presentation software such as Power Point, Prezi, or Keynote. They will need whichever plug-ins the Web sites we use may require (Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, etc.) and a media player such as Quicktime and Windows Media Player.
This course requires students to have access to a computer with headphones, a microphone, and recording software to save files in audio format . Access to a Webcam is a plus and video recording may be offered as an option for some assignments . Innovative Internet resources will be utilized in the course so students will have to be ready to learn how to use them at the site and read the directions or watch a tutorial.
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Accredited by: | Certified by NCAA for initial-eligibility (VHS School Code: 221356); Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools; Northwest Accreditation Commission |
Course Requires a Media Kit to be Shipped to Students:
No |
Course Requires a Media Kit to be Purchased by Course Sponsor
(see additional details below):
No |
Description:
Journey with us for fifteen weeks across the globe and indeed time itself to learn the basics of French language and culture. We will meander through French history and get to know some of its 64 kings as we savor French cuisine and virtually sample some of its 246 kinds of cheese. We may even pair it with some bread as we watch Anthony Bourdain show us how a baguette is made!
We will discover why such famous authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, and others flocked to Paris as the cultural capitol of Europe. According to the online France Travel Guide “When it comes to style, art, culture, food and drink, the French are the undisputed kings and Paris is their crown jewel”. You’ll learn to sing the French national anthem, la Marseillaise, and learn why the fleur-de-lys has always been such a good luck charm for French kings.
But French-speaking culture does not stop at France’s borders… Pas du tout! There is a vast Francophonie beyond the land of Louis XIV and Madame de Maintenon. Indeed, two out of every three Francophones live outside of France. The Francophonie, an official organization, consists of 56 member states with others as Associates. From Cameroon to Côte d’Ivoire, the DOM-TOM, Seychelles to Djibouti, all share a common cultural heritage. We will learn this and so much more in the next 15 weeks. Bon voyage and allons-y (we’re off)! |
MediaKit Contents:
Syllabus:
Units:
Possibilites
In this unit, students will:
1. Review talking about the future and things that would happen (if other conditions were met)
2. Learn patterns in words
3. Analyze proverbs in French
4. Learn about France and their contributions, musically and artistically, to the French-speaking world
Le Passe
In this unit, students will:
1. Use adverbs to talk about how frequently or how well they do things
2. Talk about their past and things that happened in the past
Students will be introduced to:
1. Verbs in the past tense that take on a special meaning
2. New proverbs in French
3. Additional suffix patterns that will help them expand their vocabulary in French
4. Additional food vocabulary
Les Arts
In this unit, students will learn to:
1. Learn to talk about what others have said
2. Learn about the fine arts in the French-speaking world
3. Review the correct sequencing of tenses for expressing thoughts in the past, present, and future
4. Learn additional proverbs or sayings that are well known in the French-speaking world and that will help them gain insight to the French thought process
5. Learn about artists, both contemporary and historic, of great significance
6. Learn to talk about other art forms and learn ways in which they relate to the French-speaking world
Maintenant
In this unit, students will:
1. Learn vocabulary that will allow them to talk about electrical items that are very common in today's world
2. Learn to talk about actions that happen that were not planned
3. Review irregular verbs in French in order to be able to use them in conversation
4. Learn shortcuts in order to be able to use colloquial expressions instead of always using the noun
5. Learn additional idioms and sayings in French and learn to analyze them for understanding
6. Sharpen listening skills
C'est Fini!
In this unit, students will:
1. Review talking about happenings in the past, present, and future
2. Review "shortcuts" for talking about others using a variety of pronouns
3. Review ways to talk about how they do things
4. Learn of additional writers important to the French, both contemporary and historical
5. Learn of additional traditions that are important to the French-speaking world
Semester Exam
Course Objectives:
1. To introduce students to French and Francophone culture, traditions, and people.
2. To introduce basic survival French.
3. To involve and interest students, as well as provide a frame of reference for French I course.
French and Francophone culture and people: most emphasis.
Speaking and reading survival French: most emphasis.
Listening to and writing survival French: some emphasis.
French language grammar: little emphasis.
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