Completion of French Intermediate 3 or A in French Intermediate 2 or department recommendation
In the HS French Intermediate 4 course, students will explore the French and Francophone world through the following units: Relationships and Choices, New Technologies and Social Media, the Influence of Fashion, Voluntary Work, French Patrimoine, Contemporary Life, and Environmental Issues. The students will continue to develop their interpretive interpersonal and presentational skills through various authentic texts. They will apply new vocabulary and language functions gained from authentic materials to further develop their language proficiency by asking and answering follow-up questions, exchanging information, making conversations, dealing with unfamiliar situations, discussing, and collaborating in group settings. Students will demonstrate what they can do through a variety of real-life related tasks. Students are expected to use French only in class. This course will be conducted exclusively in French and will prepare students for the Honors class and for the AP French Language and Culture course.
Students will be able to:
- Exchange opinions, research and compare different types of social media and advertisements.
- Understand and think about concerns surrounding the environment and climate change, life in the city and in the countryside.
- Understand social and cultural topics in France and in the Francophone world.
- Discuss teenage and young adult issues associated with mental and physical wellbeing.
- Compare different types of leisure activities.
- Develop a broader vocabulary through the discussion of current events and global issues in France and in the Francophone world.
- Develop writing skills through process writing.
- Develop creativity and collaborative skills to solve problems and find solutions.