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II
This year-long course is offered for students who have completed
Spanish I, or whose placement scores indicate admission to
this level. As a continuation of Spanish I, this course focuses
on the further acquisition and development of basic Spanish
language skills and expanding the foundation for grammatical
and cultural competency. Listening and speaking skills are
practiced in whole class, small group and individual activities
supplemented by classroom tapes, videos and the telephone laboratory.
Short oral and written reports, dramatized dialogues, and interviews
are also activities included.
French II Honors
This is a full year course open to students who have successfully
completed a full year of French I. The content of the course
is the same as French II with added enrichment material. Students
should demonstrate the ability and willingness to do the extra
work required by excelling in the year prior to their request
to be accepted to the honors section. The teacher and head
of the section will decide upon the admittance of the student.
French IV
This is a full year course open to students who have successfully
completed French III. The students will confront real-life
problems and develop a variety of skills to resolve them.
The emphasis is on developing conversational skills so
that students attain an intermediate to high oral proficiency
level. Material about and from francophone cultures is
presented, as well as authentic literary texts. The students
should be able to use and understand the cultural and literary
material, and to demonstrate knowledge of the above with
reasonable accuracy in language skills. The students are
also to participate in a weekend immersion during the state
French Club convention.
French IV: AP Language
This is a full year, college-level course that trains students
to become skilled speakers, listeners, readers and writers
of French. Students practice speaking, writing and comprehension
skills in a laboratory setting. The fundamental objective
of this course is for students to achieve a high level
of
ability in all four skills. Students must be exposed to
a variety of materials and genres to help them expand their
knowledge of formal French in both oral and written forms.
Students are expected to comprehend and produce language
that
is equivalent to that which is used in a second-year college
level course. They must be well prepared, have high levels
of motivation and interest, as well as sufficient time
to
prepare out-of-class reading and writing assignments. At
the conclusion of the course, students will take the AP
French
language exam.
French V AP Literature
This course requires the student to have completed French
III successfully, to have completed French IV, or to score
at the level of French IV on a placement test. This course
introduces students to French and francophone literature.
Emphasis is placed on analysis and criticism of literary
texts through classroom discussion and written assignments
and tests, using appropriate literary terminology. It covers
selected authors and centers on the understanding and analysis
of literary texts. To accomplish this goal, students will
practice understanding lectures in French, actively discussing
literary topics in French, doing close reading of literary
texts of all genres in French, and critically analyzing the
form and content of literary works orally and in writing
using appropriate terminology. At the conclusion of the course,
students will take the AP French literature exam.
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