Grade Level: 9-11 

Credit: 1.0 

French I is an introductory French course. Students learn to negotiate the following situations in French: greeting and meeting others, telling time, asking directions, responding to basic questions, requesting food in a restaurant, and giving basic instructions. In addition, students develop the ability to speak, read, and write about themselves and other people, family, food, possessions, places, cities, age, hobbies, sports, and shopping. A variety of resources are used to introduce students to the geography of French speaking countries and French speakers in the United States. The course develops students’ speaking, listening, reading, and writing competence in primarily memorized phrases in highly predictable situations. 

Credit Status: Selective; OPU/NCAA approved 

Grade Level: 9-12

Credit: 1.0 

In French II, students further develop communicative proficiency in French and learn more about the cultures of French speaking peoples. Students learn to negotiate the following situations: asking and responding to questions, making lodging arrangements, arriving as a long term guest in a French speaking household, discussing daily routines and vacation interests, and expressing health problems and needs. In addition, students develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing competence in the above subjects and in the following areas: describing people and things in detail, travel abroad applications, finding housing, giving instructions, narrating past events, describing the past, hypothetical situations, and sports. The course heightens students’ accuracy in communication and increases awareness and knowledge of culture and history through film, reading, and writing competence using sentence length discourse to respond to less predictable situations and beginning to create with the language. 

Credit Status: Selective; OPU/NCAA approved 

Prerequisite: French I and/or teacher recommendation 

Grade Level: 10-12

Credit: 1.0 

French III prepares students to speak, read, and write in the three major time frames (past, present, future). Students will learn to negotiate store and restaurant contexts in groups with sophistication, make travel arrangements, command proper telephone etiquette, and discuss academic topics in French. In addition, students will read about, complete special projects, and prepare reports and presentations on topics that introduce them to the art, crafts, music, dance, literature, and film of French-speaking communities. The course prepares students to develop paragraph length discourse in present, past, and future tenses, to use hypothetical discourse, and to negotiate contexts where a wide variety of vocabulary and structures is required. Students also study popular reading materials and literature. Prepare for instruction and activities to be exclusively in French. 

Credit Status: Selective; OPU/NCAA approved 

Prerequisite: French II (B- grade or higher) and/or teacher recommendation 

Grade Level: 11-12

Credit: 1.0 

French IV develops students’ spoken fluency, reading and comprehension, and writing proficiency. Oral fluency is developed through reading plays, short stories, newspapers, and discussing contemporary issues. Students read literary works by Maupassant, French African authors, and Merrimée. Students study Le Petit Prince and Voltaire’s Candide in depth. Students develop their ability to express themselves in past, present, future, and hypothetical discourse in situations where the context is not predictable. This course is conducted exclusively in French. Though this is not an AP Course, students may elect to take the AP Language Exam. 

Credit Status: Elective; OPU/NCAA approved

Prerequisite: French III (B- grade or higher) and/or teacher recommendation 

Grade Level: 11-12

Credit: 1.0

French V is entirely conducted in French students’ spoken fluency, reading and comprehension, and writing proficiency. Oral fluency and writing performance is developed through reading, grammar and conjugation plays, short stories, newspapers, (Figaro,le monde et le Parisien) and discussing contemporary issues: Preparing for Language and Culture Examination, students read literary works by Maurice le Blanc, Arsene lupin, L’etranger par albert Camus, la maladie imaginaire par Moliere, Demain des l’aube par victor hugo, and French African authors. Students will watch French films. 

Credit Status: Elective; OPU/NCAA approved 

Prerequisite: French IV or AP French Language (B- grade or higher) and/or teacher recommendation 

Grade Level: 11-12

Credit: 1.0

In AP French Language, students complete a comprehensive review of French grammar, mostly through reading and presentations (with some specialized and specific attention to certain grammatical topics as needed). Students develop their speaking, listening, reading and writing proficiency in French. The AP French language curriculum requires that the students be able to write a well-developed essay in French and discuss a variety of topics in French. The course will incorporate a rich and varied selection of literary texts, historical and cultural readings, periodical readings, films, television programs, documentary and guest speakers. Students are highly encouraged to take the AP French Language exam, which is offered in May. 

Credit Status: Elective; OPU/NCAA approved 

Prerequisite: French IV (B- grade or higher) and/or teacher recommendation, application