French 2
Language and Culture
Syllabus
I. Course Overview
French 2 is a year-long course for you to continue to learn the language, geography and cultures of French speaking countries. This course is designed for you to expand your skills to communicate by speaking, reading, writing, and understanding written and spoken French.
You will learn to communicate in everyday situations through dialogues, oral presentations, projects and group activities.
II. Course Objectives:
At the end of this year, you will be able to:
1. ask and answer questions and maintain a simple conversation in areas of immediate need; and on general topics
2. pronounce the language well enough to be intelligible to native speakers;
3. understand simple questions and statements;
4. read and understand the information presented in simple paragraphs;
5. write, adapt and create simple sentences and paragraphs on unit topics;
6. describe some aspects of everyday culture.
III. Course Design:
Each unit presents a new set of vocabulary words pertaining to a particular theme. Each topic is first presented in context and then the vocabulary is further practiced through a variety of interactive activities and practices. A printable vocabulary list is also provided.
Each unit introduces a new grammar pattern. The concept is first introduced in a contextualized situation and then presented in a multimedia grammar animation. The concept is then further practiced in several interactive activities throughout the unit.
In each unit students learn about various cultural aspects (e.g. practices, products, and perspectives) of a French-speaking country through short videos, reading, songs...
Students complete speaking and writing activities in each unit. These activities give students a chance to become more familiar with the speaking and writing patterns of French by applying them in communicative situations.
Each unit contains both listening and reading comprehension practices. They are based on the vocabulary, grammar, or culture concepts presented in that unit and challenge students to identify the main ideas and significant details of the listening/reading excerpts.
IV. Course Themes:
A Day in the Life
Let's explore the world!
Back in the Day
What's Trending /Entertainment
Global Awareness: We Can Be World-Changers
V. Materials:
Primary Textbooks:
Title: EntreCulture 1B
Publisher: Wayside Publishing
Author: Zwanziger; Schuter;Goings; Weiss
Date: 2020
Title: French Language acquisition (phases 1-2)
Publisher: Vista higher learning
Author: Fabienne Fontaine
Date: 2018
Other online resources: Thisislanguage.com & https://app.wizer.me