This course provides opportunities for students to communicate and interact in French with increasing confidence, accuracy, and fluency. Students develop listening, speaking, reading, writing, and intercultural understanding through authentic communication, literary and media texts, collaborative learning, and real-world language tasks.

Overview

Develop foundational French communication skills through introductions, personal identity, classroom interactions, and everyday situations while strengthening grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, and speaking strategies.

• Introduce yourself and others in French.
• Develop listening and speaking confidence.
• Strengthen vocabulary and pronunciation.
• Review essential grammar structures.
• Participate in authentic classroom conversations.

Overview

Explore newspapers, television, social media, advertisements, podcasts, and digital resources while interpreting, discussing, and creating media texts in French.

• Analyze French media texts.
• Interpret advertisements and digital media.
• Develop media literacy.
• Create authentic media products.
• Express opinions using French.

Overview

Examine Francophone communities in Canada and around the world through literature, music, film, visual arts, traditions, and current events while comparing cultural perspectives.

• Explore Francophone cultures.
• Read authentic French texts.
• Compare cultural perspectives.
• Discuss music, literature and traditions.
• Develop intercultural understanding.

Overview

Investigate community involvement, environmental responsibility, citizenship, and global issues through inquiry, research, discussion, and collaborative communication tasks.

• Discuss community issues.
• Express opinions in French.
• Research authentic topics.
• Develop collaborative communication.
• Explore responsible citizenship.

Overview

Explore education, careers, personal goals, and lifelong learning through interviews, presentations, résumés, formal writing, and authentic academic and professional communication.

• Prepare résumés and interviews.
• Discuss career pathways.
• Develop formal writing.
• Deliver presentations.
• Reflect on future goals.

Culminating Activities & Final Assessment

Students demonstrate achievement of the overall expectations through an integrated culminating task and final assessment evaluating listening, speaking, reading, writing, and intercultural understanding.

• Knowledge & Understanding — 25%
• Thinking — 25%
• Communication — 25%
• Application — 25%
• Assessment evidence includes student products, observations, and conversations.
• Final evaluation consists of a culminating performance task and final assessment.

• Teacher-prepared course materials.
• Digital learning resources.
• Authentic French articles and media.
• Audio and video recordings.
• Computer with speakers and microphone.

Instruction follows communicative and action-oriented approaches using authentic language tasks, differentiated instruction, collaborative learning, direct teaching, guided practice, ongoing feedback, and technology integration. Students regularly communicate in French while developing listening, speaking, reading, writing, and intercultural competencies.