This course completes the preparation necessary for the student to fulfill the requirements for Checkpoint A of the New York State Syllabus. Emphasis is on the building of skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Students learn to comprehend short conversations, initiate and sustain a conversation, read simple narratives and simple authentic materials, write simple notes, and short reports using elementary vocabulary, and demonstrate a basic understanding of the culture of France and other francophone areas. At the end of this course, the student takes the New York State Proficiency Examination, earning one Regents credit. This course continues the sequence of French in the Regents Track.
Students begin to prepare for Checkpoint B of the New York State Syllabus.
Emphasis is on using a variety of verb tenses and more complicated grammatical structures. Students learn to comprehend and participate in more extensive conversations, express themselves more thoroughly in writing, and read short stories and authentic materials. Students also learn about various topics of French culture and society. The third year of Foreign Language study includes an intense focus on implementing and weaving together the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. This third year also stresses a higher level of testing which includes comprehension and performance at each level.