Course Syllabus

Description:

Salut! Get set for some more adventure! In French II, students are immersed in the French language and culture. This course is full of engaging and interactive videos, dialogs, presentations, self-checks, and much more!


The purpose of this course is to further develop the French communicative skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. In French II, students will broaden their French vocabulary and knowledge of grammar. Students will also experience the beauty and expressiveness of a language that is shared by different people and cultures throughout the world.

Estimated Completion Time: 2 segments / 32-36 weeks

Major Topics and Concepts:

Starting Segment I or Segment II:

Segment I

  • Culture: The Eiffel Tower
  • Family members
  • Adjectives and adjective agreement
  • The verbs être, avoir
  • Present tense –er, -ir and -re verbs
  • French pronunciation
  • Culture: Basic French history
  • Culture: Northern France
  • The prepositions à and de
  • Likes and dislikes
  • Classroom objects
  • Culture: French Art
  • Numbers
  • Culture: Schools in France
  • Culture: The Paris Zoo
  • Animals
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Parts of the body
  • Using the expression: J’ai mal à
  • Culture: Québec and Montréal
  • Irregular verbs like acheter
  • The irregular verbs voir and croire
  • Negation
  • Culture: French holidays
  • Culture: The history of Paris
  • The Passé Composé
  • Using adverbs
  • Passé with être
  • The French-speaking world
  • The Imperfect
  • Object pronouns
  • L’imparfait vs Le Passé Composé
  • Vocabulary related to cities
  • Culture: Mardi Gras

Segment II

  • Culture: Le Métro
  • Clothing, transportation, stores and places in a town
  • Direct object pronouns
  • Culture: Shopping in France
  • Direct object pronouns with the passé composé
  • Culture: The European Union
  • Shopping and paying
  • Culture: La Fête Nationale Française
  • Emotions
  • Indirect objects
  • The verbs venir, revenir, and devenir
  • The pronouns y and en
  • Culture: Christmas in French-speaking countries
  • Culture: Working in France
  • Professions
  • The irregular verbs recevoir and devoir
  • Culture: Jeanne D’Arc
  • Qui and Que
  • Question words lequel, laquelle, lesquels, and lesquelles
  • Culture: French-speaking Africa
  • Culture: Savoir-vivre
  • The sea and the rainforest
  • The future tense
  • Culture: Martinique and Tahiti
  • Vocabulary related to the media
  • The verbs rire and sourire
  • Nationalities
  • The conditional tense
  • People

Course Assessment and Participation Requirements:

Assessments can be in the form of practice work files with self-checks, exams, speaking, listening, and writingassignments (short research essays in English and French, short paragraphs in French) projects, and discussion-based assessments. Instructors evaluate progress and provide interventions through the variety of assessments built into a course, as well as through contact with the student in other venues.