Course:      AP French Language 

Course Description:

 

The AP French Language course is a college level course which is intended to hone students’ language skills in a variety of settings and topics.  Students will review vocabulary and grammatical structures learned in previous study of French to ensure a strong foundation in the language.  Students will also learn new structures and vocabulary and will focus on development of communication skills at a highly proficient level.  Ultimately the goal of the AP French Language course is to help students perfect their language skills so that they may communicate more fluently.

Objectives:        

 

Students will be able to…

 

• Comprehend French which is intended for native speakers in a variety of settings.
• Produce French which is comprehensible to native speakers in a variety of settings.
• Demonstrate a strong command of French grammatical structures in order to support effective communication skills.
• Continue to acquire vocabulary through exposure to authentic materials.
• Demonstrate a high level of proficiency by writing a variety of compositions and by participating in frequent and varied speaking situations.

 

In addition, students will function in the indicated themes and communication objectives using the following structures:

 

§          Narration and description in the present tense

§          Narration and description in the past tenses

§          Description of surroundings

§          Expression of desire and obligations (use of subjunctive)

§          Narration and description in the future tense

§          Use of relative pronouns

§          Use of indirect discourse

§          Present participle

§          Read the passé simple

§          Si clauses

§          Prepositions and conjunctions

§          Articles and gender of nouns

 

Resources:         Teachers will use a variety of the following genres and titles to prepare students for the AP French Language exam.

 

§          Une Fois pour Toutes

§          Trésors du Temps

§          AP French, Preparing for the Language Examination

§          Encore une Fois

§          En Bonne Forme

§          Poetry (Baudelaire, La Fontaine, Ronsard)

§          Prose (Camus, Maupassant, Flaubert, Sartre, Balzac, Zola)

§          Opera and Theater (Ionesco, Bizet, Molière, Ronstand)

 

Course Assessment:

 

Students will take the AP French Language examination, administered through the College Board. 

 

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