French 1 Language and Culture

The online course described here is a high school level French class, offered in both standard and honors tracks. The course utilizes an academic French curriculum and includes multimedia resources to support learning. The course covers a wide range of vocabulary, including greetings, descriptions of people, family, school, hobbies, food, weather, and celebrations. It also includes instruction on the three main verb families and some irregular verbs in the present, past, and near future tenses. In addition to language instruction, the course provides information about French-speaking countries and their cultures. The standard track meets once a week, while the honors track meets twice a week, providing more speaking and instruction time for greater proficiency. The course is available to grade 8 students, but the rigor, pace, and workload are all at the high school level.