This course includes grammatical studies of reflexive verbs, the pronouns y and en and several irregular verbs. Students complete an in-depth study of the imperfect, simple future and conditional tenses. Vocabulary categories include sports, parts of the body, rooms and items in a house, and clothing. The emphasis of this course is on developing special proficiency in speaking and listening since at the end of the year students are expected to speak the language in short sentences with fluency and accuracy. Further, they must be able to write a paragraph with a minimum amount of spelling and grammatical mistakes and to read orally with appropriate intonation.
Culture includes studies of Paris, impressionism and major periods of French history.
D.C. Heath, 1993. This is an accelerated course and will prepare students to enter the German Level II course in Upper School. Grammar will be introduced through the reading material in order to develop linguistic accuracy. Communication skills will be stressed from the very beginning. Situations presented in the text provide a foundation for comparisons between the American and German cultures, and give students an insight into the thinking and values of the German people.