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Salut! Get set for some more adventure! In French II, students are immersed in the French language and culture. This course is full of engaging and interactive videos, dialogs, presentations, self-checks, and much more!
The purpose of this course is to further develop the French communicative skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. In French II, students will broaden their French vocabulary and knowledge of grammar. Students will also experience the beauty and expressiveness of a language that is shared by different people and cultures throughout the world.
Note: content varies depending on course version. For currently enrolled students, please refer to the syllabus located in the course information area for curriculum specifics.
Major Topics and Concepts
Segment 1
- Culture: The Eiffel Tower
- Adjectives and adjective agreement
- The verbs être, avoir
- Present tense –er, -ir and -re verbs
- French pronunciation
- Culture: Basic French history
- Culture: Northern France
- The prepositions à and de
- Likes and dislikes
- Classroom objects
- Culture: French Art
- Numbers
- Culture: Schools in France
- Culture: The Paris Zoo
- Animals
- Reflexive verbs
- Parts of the body
- Using the expression: J’ai mal à
- Culture: Québec and Montréal
- Irregular verbs like acheter
- The irregular verbs voir and croire
- Negation
- Culture: French holidays
- Culture: The history of Paris
- The Passé Composé
- Using adverbs
- Passé with être
- The French-speaking world
- The Imperfect
- Object pronouns
- L’imparfait vs Le Passé Composé
- Vocabulary related to cities
- Culture: Mardi Gras
Segment 2
- Culture: Le Métro
- Clothing, transportation, stores and places in a town
- Direct object pronouns
- Culture: Shopping in France
- Direct object pronouns with the passé composé
- Culture: The European Union
- Shopping and paying
- Culture: La Fête Nationale Française
- Emotions
- Indirect objects
- The verbs venir, revenir, and devenir
- The pronouns y and en
- Culture: Christmas in French-speaking countries
- Culture: Working in France
- Professions
- The irregular verbs recevoir and devoir
- Culture: Jeanne D’Arc
- Qui and Que
- Question words lequel, laquelle, lesquels, and lesquelles
- Culture: French-speaking Africa
- Culture: Savoir-vivre
- The sea and the rainforest
- The future tense
- Culture: Martinique and Tahiti
- Vocabulary related to the media
- The verbs rire and sourire
- Nationalities
- The conditional tense
- People
Course Materials
Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, VLACS guides students to reflect on their learning and to evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice work files with self-checks, exams, speaking, listening, and writing assignments (short research essays in English and French, short paragraphs in French) projects, and discussion-based assessments. Instructors evaluate progress and provide interventions through the variety of assessments built into a course, as well as through contact with the student in other venues.
Competencies
ÊTRE, Regular Present Tense Verbs, Adjectives, Prepositional Contractions and Interrogatives
Students will demonstrate an understanding of ÊTRE, regular present tense verbs, adjective agreement, prepositional contractions and interrogative words by interpreting and communicating in written and spoken French on topics such as family and life at home.
AVOIR, Verb Combinations, Numbers
Students will demonstrate an understanding of AVOIR, verb combinations and numbers to a million by interpreting and communicating information in written and spoken French on a topic such as school.
Reflexive verbs, Irregular verbs and Negative constructions
Students will demonstrate an understanding of reflexive and irregular verbs, and negative constructions by interpreting and communicating information in written and spoken French on topics such as routines, health and parts of the body.
Adverbs and the Passé Composé
Students will demonstrate an understanding of adverbs and the passé composé by interpreting and communicating information in written and spoken French on a topic such as the history of Paris.
Imparfait and Integration of Imparfait with the Passé Composé
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the imparfait, and integration of imparfait with the passé composé by interpreting and communicating information about the past in written and spoken French on topics such as life in the city, transportation, and geography.
Direct Object Pronouns, Idiomatic Expressions and Partitive Articles
Students will demonstrate an understanding of direct object pronouns, idiomatic expressions and partitive articles by interpreting and communicating information in written and spoken French on topics such as shopping, transportation, and the European Union.
Root Verb VENIR, Indirect and Adverbial Object pronouns
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the root verb VENIR and indirect and adverbial object pronouns by interpreting and communicating information in written and spoken French on topics such as emotions and holidays.
Irregular Verbs DEVOIR and RECEVOIR and Relative Pronouns
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the irregular verbs DEVOIR and RECEVOIR and relative pronouns by interpreting and communicating information in written and spoken French on topics such as life at work, occupations, and French-speaking Africa.
Future Simple
Students will demonstrate an understanding of future verb forms and the futur simple by comparing future verb forms and using the futur simple to interpret and communicate in written and spoken French on topics such as French customs and animals found in marine and tropical geographic locations.
Irregular verbs: RIRE, SOURIRE and the Conditional Tense
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the irregular verbs RIRE, SOURIRE and the conditional tense by interpreting and communicating information in written and spoken French on topics such as media and technology, nationalities, and famous people.
