A student who earns C- or lower should enroll in the first year of either the same language or a different language in the ninth grade. High school credit for the first year of a foreign language completed prior to ninth grade is not official until the student has earned credit for the second year. 1 French 1 is the required introductory course for students who intend to fulfill their foreign language requirement in French. Students participate in frequent paired and group activities, regularly listen to taped material, and prepare written exercises for homework. This course continues the introduction of basic grammatical structures and intensifies vocabulary building in order to facilitate oral exchange in the language.
Oral practice includes role playing and narrating events in the past, present, and future.
The course emphasizes listening comprehension as well as writing exercises which reinforce the study of basic language structures. This is an offering to those students who have successfully completed French 2 but who are not ready to continue their French study at an accelerated pace. While receiving a comprehensive review of material learned in the second year, students will work to develop a more sound foundation in speaking, writing, listening and reading. The fundamental goal of the class is to foster the student's linguistic growth and desire to make language acquisition a life-long endeavor. The course is designed for motivated students who elect to continue their study of the language beyond the basic sequence.