French 4
french 4 ONLINE HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
COURSE LENGTH:
Full Year (30 Sessions)
Course Overview:
French 4 is a full year, regular level course. Students continue to practice speaking, reading, writing, and understanding Level 4 French. At this point in students’ language learning, the emphasis is on finessing and mastering the main tenses and grammatical constructions. To further their cultural competency, students will discuss important topics, including: what elements compose a cultural identity; how our personal beliefs can evolve over the course of our lives; how countries respond to global threats and crises; our role as global citizens in the fight against injustice; the evolution of women’s roles in various world cultures; the importance of respecting human rights; possible solutions to global issues; the role of ethics in scientific research; how art can mirror life but also incite change; and the ethics of censorship. Students will practice conversations between friends, family members, students and professors, politicians, artists, diplomats, and journalists. They will write answers to reading comprehension questions, compose emails, social media posts, and journal entries, give advice, and write creative original stories. They will continue to develop their ability to analyze authentic source materials and present or compare their opinions in deeper and more detailed writing.
Students will be assessed on their listening, speaking, reading and writing assignments both in class and through their homework. They will also take a multi-part cumulative assessment at the end of each unit that allows them to use the grammatical structures and vocabulary words from each unit in a series of reading, writing, listening, and speaking prompts. Each unit also includes a cultural exploration of several francophone countries and there is a cultural component to the unit test. At this level, students will continue to write using complex multi-clause sentences and compose longer written work that contains multiple paragraphs. Students will work to finesse their writing so that they can more easily use a wide array of verbs and verb tenses to express themselves. They will work on writing analytical essays that defend a hypothesis and include clear introductions and conclusions.
Learning Objectives:
Students will:
Fine tune their language skills by discussing some of the more challenging grammatical concepts of the French language, including:
Object agreement in the passé composé
The correct use of direct and indirect object pronouns across various tenses
The correct use of reflexive verbs across various tenses
Le subjonctif and its uses
How to seamlessly use le passé composé, l’imparfait, le conditionnel, and le plus-que-parfait all together to tell stories in the past
Identify similarities and differences between communities in order to better understand one’s own society and its relationship to the world
The course aims to improve reading and listening comprehension, speaking ability, and cultural competency. Upon completion, students should be able to communicate at an Intermediate Mid to Intermediate High level proficiency (working towards Advanced Low).