Middle School French
French A: This introductory course of French develops the students'ability to use French effectively for purposes of practical communication. Emphasis is placed on the acquisition of listening and speaking skills through situations requiring simple grammar and vocabulary. Students improve their oral expression by participating daily in class. Daily use of audiocassettes and communicative activities develop their comprehension skills.
French B: The emphasis in French B is on further practice in developing oral and written skills. Students are involved daily in communication activities. They listen to audiocassettes daily to improve their comprehension skills. The study of more complex structures is accompanied by more emphasis on written expression.
French C: The emphasis in French C is to continue to reinforce and build the student's conversational, reading and writing competency. They will review and reinforce sentence structures from French A and B as well as learn more complex structures.
They continue to strengthen their communication skills by conversing daily in French and listening to audio cassettes.