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Spanish 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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