Description
This introductory Grade 9 Core French course is designed for students who have little or no knowledge of French, or who have not accumulated the minimum 600 hours of French instruction. Students develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in French for everyday communication.
What You’ll Learn
- Understand key ideas in authentic and adapted oral French using listening strategies.
- Communicate and interact orally in French for everyday purposes and audiences.
- Read a variety of authentic and adapted French texts using comprehension strategies.
- Write French texts for different purposes and audiences using appropriate language structures and conventions.
- Develop intercultural understanding of diverse French-speaking communities in Canada and around the world.
- Build strategies for lifelong language learning through goal setting, reflection and integrated communication.
Skills You’ll Develop
- Listening comprehension
- Spoken interaction and pronunciation
- Reading comprehension and vocabulary development
- Writing, revision and editing in French
- Intercultural communication and independent language-learning strategies
Learning Outcomes
- Determine meaning in a variety of oral French texts and interact accurately in French.
- Communicate information and ideas orally using appropriate strategies, structures and sociolinguistic conventions.
- Understand authentic and adapted written French texts and identify purpose, form and style.
- Write for different purposes and audiences using appropriate forms, language structures and conventions.
- Use the writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit and publish French texts.
- Demonstrate intercultural understanding across listening, speaking, reading and writing.
