This course prepares students for the Advanced Placement French Language Examination in May that tests their speaking, listening comprehension, writing, reading and grammar abilities. Students read French literature, write lengthy compositions and interact in meaningful communicative activities. This seminar prepares students for the Advanced Placement French Literature Exam in May that tests their ability to analyze and write compositions about selected French poets, dramatists and novelists. Students are introduced to learning vocabulary, Spanish pronunciation, and elementary grammar structures. Much of the class is conducted in Spanish except for difficult grammar explanations.
Students begin communicating in Spanish from the first class day.
2 Students continue learning vocabulary and more difficult grammar structures. Emphasis is placed on learning to write and to speak in the language using the complex grammar presented in the course. Students learn all of the verb tenses and begin to read literary texts. The language becomes a tool by which students engage in meaningful communication. Students continue to learn vocabulary and more difficult grammar structures as well as to write and to read in the new language.