Course Description:
The goal of this course is to give students basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through activities based on pedagogically proven methods of foreign language instruction. Throughout the five units of material – Greetings, Calendar, Weather, Time and Colors – students learn to talk about themselves and other, describe their surroundings and use numbers for dates and time. Regular verbs are introduced in the present tense. Simple grammatical structures are practiced in innovative and interesting ways with a variety of learning styles in mind. Culture is presented throughout the course to help students understand the context of the language and to better understand the perspectives of the French – speaking world. The course is aligned to the national Foreign Language standards and provides a way to focus on the five important aspects of foreign language instruction: communication, culture, connections, comparisons and community. These are the “Five C’s of the Foreign Language Education” as outlined in Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Preparing for the 21st Century.
Prerequisite: None
Course Length: 2 Semesters
Credits: 1 Credit