Upper School Curriculum

Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Full-Year

PREREQ: French proficiency - Novice High

The goal of Intermediate Low French is to progress from the Novice High to the Intermediate Low level, as specified by ACTFL proficiency guidelines. The classroom experience is grounded in the four communicative skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. With guided practice in the interpretive, presentational, and interpersonal modes, paired with a base of more advanced grammar and richer vocabulary, students work toward greater proficiency and more independent learning. Students learn to understand the main idea and some information from authentic texts, participate in spoken and written conversations, and communicate information on familiar topics using increasingly nuanced sentences. Students also learn to compare their cultural practices to those of the Francophone world and learn to interact appropriately within cultural and social contexts. The class is taught almost exclusively in French, and students are expected to use the target language at all times.