Conversation

Conversation is a key element of French 4. To assist students in acquiring this important skill, there is a French-only policy. To encourage students to speak French at all times, there will be given a weekly participation grade. To receive full credit on participation, students must arrive on time, prepared with all of their materials and homework and speak only French in class. 25 points -- the equivalent of a quiz grade -- are awarded each week. An infraction of any kind results in a loss of 5 points. It is rare but possible to lose all of the points in one day. Most often students happily comply with these rules, earn 45-50 points per week and become very comfortable conversing in French.

There will also be frequent conversation assignments and quizzes. Quizzes will be announced and take place during class either one-on-one or small groups with the teacher. Quizzes may also take the form of in-class debates.

On this page, you will find links and attachments to any conversation material that is not available in the text book or in quizlet (vocabulary posted by topic).