French IV

Recommended Prerequisite: French I, II, and III

Grades Offered: 10-12

Credit: ½ to 1

SDE Course Code: 3044

MNPS Course Code: FLA1440

 

Course Description

 French IV offers students of serious intent the continued and extended process of learning to speak French at an advanced level.  Four skills are consistently addressed in the teaching of this course:  listening, speaking, reading, and writing.  Exposure of the francophone world integrates itself among the varied lessons of grammar, vocabulary, speaking activities, and current reading selections of the text.  The skills and concepts taught in French IV are in alignment with the objectives mandated by the state of Tennessee.

 

Thematic vocabulary, grammar concepts, reading selections, and cultural explanation in alignment with French IV curriculum is presented to the students.  Students will entertain these skills taught by means of a variety of learning strategies:  dialoguing, role playing, reading and responding, written composition, listening comprehension activities, and oral interviews.  As students complete French IV, they will be able to comprehend, speak, read, and write French at a level conducive to preparation for the study of French V.

 

Objectives: Using the French language, students will be expected to…..

·        acquire listening comprehension skills with vocabulary introduced

·        execute French written proficiency with provided prompts

·        demonstrate accurate pronunciation of the target language

·        comprehend with understanding reading selections provided in the text

·        respond orally in interview situations

·        develop global awareness and tolerance of the diversity of francophone cultures

·        relate French history, culture, and loan words across the IB curriculum

·        apply correct grammatical usage in speaking and writing situations

·        reveal high levels of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing the French language

 

Thematic Vocabulary

·        French and their health

·        water and health

·        doctors and global missions

·        rural and urban life

·        comparison of French and American high school exit tests

·        historical comparisons from prehistoric times to the classical age

·        the Michelin society

·        rural French citizens

·        city French citizens

·        marriage in France

·        franco-américain history

·        francophone Africa and her culture

·        les Antilles Francophones

·        French and Europeans

·        French family and friends

·        qualities of a friend

·        ourselves and others

·        at a hotel on the beach

·        interview in the street

·        the French sidewalk (café’s and restaurants)

·        sidewalk entertainment (les mimes et les automates)

·        young tourists in France

 

Assessments: Students will be evaluated by a combination of IB rubric guided assessment and internal teacher designed tests by means of the following assessment strategies:

·        dictations in French

·        oral readings and recitations

·        written compositions/dialogues to various prompts

·        oral interviews conducted by the teacher

·        selecting appropriate listening rejoinders to scripts read aloud

·        quizzes on thematic vocabulary

·        exercises to show correct application of grammatical concepts

·        standardized tests generated from the text

·        paired and group presentations

·        writing letters and e-mailing French speakers on the internet

 

Standards

Standards are based on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) standards and Tennessee standards.

ACTFL Standards:

http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3392#standards     

Tennessee Standards: http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/ciforeignlang/ciflmodern1.htm

 

Textbook

Lenard, Yvone.  Trésors du Temps Niveau Avancé.  New York:  Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1997

 

Recommended Resources

Valette, Jean-Paul and Rebecca.  Discovering French Rouge.  USA:  D.C. Heath and

     Co., a Division of Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998

All D.C. Heath ancillary materials are available with the basal text:  writing templates, 
    standardized testing kit, listening comprehension CDs, teachers’ manuals, video 
    tapes/laser discs, overhead transparencies, and workbooks.

An IBM Computer Language Lab is available to the French students to utilize the CD

     Rom Discovering French Interactive Program.

Comeau, Raymond F.  Culture et Société.  New York:  Holt Rinehart, 1982.

Comeau, Raymond F.  Ensemble Littérature.  New York:  Holt Rinehart, 1982.

Cours Superieur.  New York:  Amsco School Pub., Inc., 1994

Ladd, Richard. AP French.  Illinois:  Addison Wesley Co., 1998.

Paris Match

L’Express

L’Officiel

Martin Guerre

La Planète Sauvage

Le Petit Prince

Carmen

Also available for listening, reading, and writing practice are:

Champs-Elysees (French radio broadcasting tapes produced in Nashville)

AATF’s annual Le Grand Concours practice tests