Course Syllabus
Welcome to this Course!
French 12 offers an enriched atmosphere in which students are expected to communicate actively in French, both orally and in writing. Such communication will be more fully developed and show greater personal insight than was required in previous years. Specific language structures are studied and reviewed as a means to improve communication. Meeting all provincially prescribed learning outcomes, the curriculum is supported by the new T’es Branché online program as well as classical short stories in French and by the Scholastic magazine Chez Nous. A dynamic array of supplementary material further enhances the course content.
Instructional Aims
Based on the B.C. Ministry of Education curriculum, students will learn through the following experiences:
- Identify and explore how knowing French allows for additional personal, educational, and professional opportunities.
- Explore diverse forms of cultural expressions, how story builds identity, and the ethics of appropriation.
- Describe how listening and viewing with intent supports the acquisition of French.
- Recognize how language and culture are interconnected and shape our perspective, identity, and voice.
- Explore connections between language and culture.
- Engage in experiences with Francophone communities and people.
- Explain how French language and culture has been influenced by the interactions of First Peoples and Francophone communities in Canada.
- Expose students to regional variations in French, the elements of formal vs informal speech and writing, and idiomatic expressions across la Francophonie.
Learning Outcomes
Based on the B.C. Ministry of Education curriculum, students will learn and be evaluated on the following knowledge and skills:
- Make the best possible word choices and adjust register to express intended meaning in written and oral presentation form given a specific context (body language, nuances, paraphrasing).
- Derive meaning from and interpret a wide variety of texts (e.g. videos, websites, advertisements, newspapers, letters, news reports, etc.) using context, language, audience, perspective, and register.
- Engage in spontaneous and meaningful (beyond surface) conversations in written and oral form correctly using a variety of sentence structures, verb tenses, and vocabulary.
- Engage in prepared meaningful conversations (beyond surface) using a variety of sentence structures, verb tenses, and vocabulary.
- Express ideas and narratives in both oral and written form in increasing fluency.
- Adjust speech and writing to reflect different purposes such as to inform, compare, convince, and entertain, using the appropriate register in all the different contexts.
- Use appropriate verb tenses for past, present, and future.
- Survey a job market that involves knowing French as a job requirement
- Use common vocabulary and sentence structure for communicating expressions of time and sequences of events.
- Create, recognize, and respond appropriately to closed and open-ended questions, both in oral conversations and in written form.
Assessment and Evaluation
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French 12 follows the St. George’s School Assessment Policy. Assessment will be linear, considering the “most recent and relevant” performances of understanding. This also includes a focus on learning outcomes (versus type of assignment), a year-long cumulative grade (versus term by term), and a focus on mastery (versus averages). Mastery of a language encompasses the four core language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing and these four skills are weighted equally each term.
The primary sources of evaluation in the course will include:
- Projects/presentations at the end of themes
- Grammar, vocabulary, listening and reading comprehension quizzes and assessments
- Short written responses
- Student dialogues
The assessment of learning outcomes is as follows:
- Listening Comprehension: 20%
- Interpersonal Speaking: 15%.
- Interpersonal Writing: 15%.
- Presentational Speaking: 10%.
- Presentational Writing: 15%.
- Stories: 10%
- Cultural and Indigenous Connections: 5%
- Strategies: 5%
- Word Choice: 5%
First People's Principles
- We would like to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are honoured to live, work, and play on this land together.
Literacy
- French12 is making literacy visible in class by focusing specifically on four elements of literacy that are required to be fluent in a language: speaking, reading, listening, and writing.
Resources
- Textbook Reference: T’es branché. In addition, short stories from Francophone literature provide thematic anchors for ongoing vocabulary and grammatical scope. ● This course syllabus, all current unit and major assessments for the current term, and a plethora of helpful learning resources can be found on my Canvas page.
Course Expectations
- All Absences should be communicated to me via email - thank you!
About your teacher
Your teacher for this class is:
Teacher/University Counsellor
604-221-3644
Office in Counselling Row
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