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AP French Language and Culture

The AP French Language and Culture course is designed to develop students mastery of French from the intermediate level towards the advanced level of proficiency in interpersonal, presentational and interpretive communication modes. Therefore, the course will be entirely given in French [CR1]. The course is designed to promote of products, practices and perspectives of Francophone cultures. Unit goals are stated in the form of Essential Questions relating to the AP themes. These essential questions drive instruction. Students are regularly assessed and receive formative feedback to refine communication skills and develop deep understandings relating to the essential questions. Course goals, assessments, and the student portfolio are organized in three areas: Spoken Communication, Written Communication and Facilitating Skills.

Spoken Communication Skills

To develop Spoken Interpersonal Communication Skills, classroom interaction in French includes total class discussion, pair and small group conversations, round table presentations, role play situations and dramatizations. Students occasionally interact with invited guests. Students and teacher make French the sole language of communication in the classroom, and reject the use of electronic translators when reading and writing in French for the class. To develop Spoken Presentational Communication Skills, students make prepared presentations on unit topics, share their experiences outside the classroom with classmates in short presentations, and create recordings such as news podcasts and cultural presentations for use in lower level French classes. To develop Audio, Visual and Audiovisual Interpretive Communication skills, students regularly listen to news and information, videos and audio reports, movie clips, documentary reports from a variety of sources, including Radio France Internationale, TV5 Monde, Radio Canada and other sources. They take notes, study the new vocabulary, summarize content, analyze, and express opinions and comments on these sources, using the information gained to address the essential questions of each unit. 2

Written Communication Skills

To develop Written Interpersonal Communication skills, students participate in online discussion boards, post blog entries, use French in email communications with the teacher, classmates and, when appropriate, with outside experts and sources in communications on our unit topics. To develop Written Presentational Communication skills, students write summaries of news and articles, write papers on aspects of unit topics, create stories and narratives and write persuasive essays. To develop Written and Print Interpretive Communication skills, students read a variety of selection for independent reading.

Facilitating skills

To such as reading strategies, use of logical connectors to express relationships between ideas, practice of specific language functions, development of vocabulary through word-attack skills and vocabulary building, grammar review and practice of problem areas causing patterns of error. In addition, the course includes the study of specific knowledge about some interdisciplinary aspects of the geography, history, arts, politics, and literature of the French speaking world, providing background knowledge to support comprehension. For example, students learn and are tested over their knowledge of the physical and political geography and the history of Québec, the French speaking province of Canada comprehension of information from other disciplines in texts, to better understand target culture perspectives, as well as to encourage students to apply knowledge across the curriculum.

Cultural awareness

The goal of the Languages Other Than English (LOTE) program is to build in students the ability to communicate across cultures. When introducing topics for exploration, we begin with roducts, practices and perspectives in their own culture, providing them with the foundation concepts needed to recognize similarities and differences between their own culture and that of the target culture communities [CR8]. 3

Use of the target language in real-life settings

Students are expected to use the target language in class as well as outside the classroom, in real life settings. Guests from francophone countries will be occasionally invited to the classroom. During the school year, students are expected to participate in cultural events conducted in French (movie nights, performances, exhibitions, etc.) by attending in person or in viewing online [CR9].

Organization

The course is organized into thematic units. Each unit topic is viewed through the lens of two or more AP Themes (see course organization below). In each unit, all communicative modes are implemented. Particular emphasis is made on the communicative mode in the summative assessment. Unit activities provide opportunities for formative assessment of developing skill. The teacher uses the information to provide feedback to students and to adjust instruction to ensure student progress. Activities are designed to allow for differentiation based on readiness, interest and learning style, accommodating a variety of learners.

Resources

Classrooms are equipped with an internet connected computer and projector to share internet sources with the total class. Students visit the Language Lab on a weekly rotation basis. Students have access to technology in the school library before and after school. As a primary textbook, students in French 4 AP course use the school district adopted textbook Thèmes.

AP French language and culture

Course outline

Unit 1. Theme:Personal & Public Identities. La quête de soi (suggested time 6 weeks) [CR6d] 4

Essential questions:

At the end of the unit, students will be able to answer the following essential questions: How is identity influenced by culture and language?

How is identity expressed in various situations?

How does identity develop over time?

Sub theme: Language and Identity

Primary sources from the

française et la collaboration entre pays francophones. Identité individuelle et identité collective.

explains how OIF promotes French language and culture as well as collaboration between Francophone countries.

Audio: Expressio-

coloniale sur Radio France Internationale. French is a dynamic language borrowing new terms from other countries and creating new forms of languages.

Additional sources:

Glossary for Cajun French and European French terms

Lyrics about immigration, language and identity

clip explaining the origin of Canadian French. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyf8tz_IoyQ

Assessment:

Interpersonal speaking/cultural comparison (from Thèmes) [CR8]

Le français est parlé dans des endroits très variés (géographiquement, économiquement et

culturellement). En binôme, choisissez un continent et discutez de ce que les Francophones qui y

habitent ont en commun, en dehors du français. De quelles manières sont-ils différents? In pairs,

discuss and explain in what ways French speakers from a continent are similar and different?

Interpretative reading [CR4b]

Chaque étudiant lit et analyse un article

nouveaux mots-clés, crée des questions à poser sur le texte et trouve un nouveau titre. Students

choose individually an article in French about language and identity (Thèmes or other sources). meaning. Students find challenging questions about the text and a new title for the article. 5

Sub theme: Nationalism and patriotism

Text: -.

magazine La Vie, identité nationale dans la . The source explains what elements to consider while discussing national identity. ministre achat de produits uniquement faits en France. The source highlights the positive and negative aspects of nationalism in the economy.

Additional sources:

Le Brunswick (Canada), a proud region http://cabouge.tv5.ca/nouveau-brunswick/videos , symboles républicains. patrimoine/les-symboles-de-la-republique

Assessment:

Interpretative listening (from Thèmes)

relevant questions (other than those asked in the recording) to ask to the speaker, Mr.

Montebourg )UDQFHquotesdbs_dbs10.pdfusesText_16

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