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Greet people and respond accordingly when participating in a very basic conversational exchange (in French)
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Use appropriate greetings in French
Say your name and ask others for theirs
Use appropriate titles and register
Identify nouns as masculine, feminine, singular, or plural
Distinguish between definite and indefinite articles
Identify a few people, things, and places
Count from 0-60
Ask and answer questions that use the phrase “how many?”
Use numbers in simple exchanges
Use “il y a” to describe what is or is not present
Ask and answer questions with “il y a”, including in the negative
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Identify yourself and others and talk about items in the classroom (in French)
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify and list objects and people in the classroom
Ask what something is
Ask who someone is
Identify the subject pronouns used in French, including the non-binary “iel”
Distinguish between the use of “vous” and “tu” and “on”
Use the verb ÊTRE to identify people and things
Identify various adjectives and their meaning
Use the correct form of adjectives in speaking and writing activities
Identify various nationalities in French
Say what your nationality is
Identify the nationality of people and things
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Talk about your classes and ask others about theirs (in French)
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify names of courses
List courses you are taking
Talk about courses you like and do not like and explain why
Identify regular ER verbs
Talk about your activities and ask others about theirs
Use the definite article when talking about likes/dislikes/preferences
Identify the negative structure in reading and listening
Communicate what you and others do not do
Identify the various question formats in reading and listening
Participate in short interviews about activities
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences with the new vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Say when things happen and discuss your schedule (in French)
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify the days of the week
Identify time periods, like day, month, year, week, etc
Ask what day it is
Use the verb AVOIR to talk about your schedule and ask others about theirs
Use the verb AVOIR to talk about personal items
Use DE after the negative when talking about things you do not have
Identify idiomatic expressions that use AVOIR
Use idiomatic expressions with AVOIR in short exchanges with others
Distinguish between official and conventional time
Ask for the time
Tell what time it is
Say when you do things
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences with the new vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Discuss family, friends, and pets, and express ownership (in French)
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify members of your family or another’s family, including the use of inclusive language
Talk about your family and pets
Ask others about their family
Use regular adjectives to describe physical and personality traits
Identify the correct forms and placement of adjectives
Use irregular adjectives to describe physical and personality traits
Identify the correct forms and placement of adjectives
Talk about your family
Talk about your possessions
Talk and ask others about your favorite things and people
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences with the new vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Describe people’s physical attributes, personality, and occupation (in French)
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Use adjectives to describe people
Identify some occupations
Match adjectives in gender and number, including options for gender neutral use.
Identify all numbers from 0 to 100 in listening activities
Participate in exchanges where numbers 0 to 100 are used
Identify prepositions of location in listening and reading activities
Use prepositions to describe where things and people are
Identify the appropriate disjunctive pronoun to use
Use disjunctive pronouns with prepositions in short exchanges with others.
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences and some strings of sentences with the new vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Say where you are going and what you are going to do (in French)
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify places in town
Say what you and others do at those places
Ask others what they do in those places
Use the verb ALLER to talk about where you go
Use the verb ALLER to talk about what you and others are going to do in the future
Initiate and maintain conversations by asking a variety of questions
Use Comment? and Pardon? to ask for clarification
Use forms of QUEL to ask others which/what questions
Use forms of QUEL as an exclamation in conversation
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences with the new vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Order food and beverages and ask for your check (in French)
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify drinks and food items
Order food and beverages, using appropriate register
Ask for prices
Say what you’ll have for food and drink
Talk about what you learn
Express when you do not understand something
Use the partitif to talk about food and drink
Distinguish between definite articles, indefinite articles, and the partitif
Use regular IR verbs to expand topics of conversation and to initiate and maintain conversation
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences with the new vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Talk about activities and tell how often and how well you do things (in French)
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify sports and leisure activities
Talk about activities you and others do
Say how often you do things
Talk about instruments you and others play
Talk about sports and games you and others play
Identify sports and games
Identify expressions that use FAIRE
Talk and ask others about these activities
Express necessity with “Il faut”
Identify the irregular IR verbs
Use irregular IR verbs to expand on conversations about your activities and others’ activities
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences and some strings of sentences with the new vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Talk about seasons, identify the date, and discuss weather (in French)
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify the seasons and months
Say and ask for the date
Identify important dates for the French people
Describe your favorite season
Say what the weather is like
Say what the weather is going to be like
Ask about the weather
Identify seasonal weather
Participate in exchanges where numbers 101 and higher are used
Identify years in French
Identify prices in French
Communicate written and spoken messages that feature some spelling change ER verbs
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences and some strings of sentences with the new vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Talk about celebrations and the stages of life (in French)
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify the stages of life
Identify people and things at a party
Talk about celebrations for various cultures
Use demonstrative adjective to identify this/that/these/those
Distinguish between this/these and that/those
Identify past actions in listening and reading activities
Communicate a written message about past events
Say what you did and did not do in the past
Ask others about past events
Participate in conversations about past events
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences with the new vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Describe clothing and offer and accept gifts (in French)
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Identify items of clothing
Identify colors
Ask what color something is
Say what you and others are wearing
Identify verbs used with indirect object pronouns
Replace indirect objects with pronouns in writing and speaking activities
Identify some irregular RE verbs and their conjugation
Create sentences and questions with irregular RE verbs
Identify some regular RE verbs and their conjugation
Create sentences and questions with regular RE verbs
Use new and old vocabulary to convey meaning
Use communicative strategies to stay in the target language as much as possible
Create simple sentences and strings of sentences with the new and old vocabulary and structures in order to convey meaning
Engage in regular, repeated practice of the four skills in the target language (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
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Develop an awareness of the linguistic and cultural diversity of French speakers of the world, including the use of inclusive language, the rejection of one “correct” standard above all others, and the impact historical systems have had on language and identity
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Use authentic texts in French
Explore the people and places of the French-speaking world
Explore culture and identity in the French-speaking world
Explore linguistic diversity, common usage, and inclusive language
Explore the ideas that language is dynamic, language matters, and language must evolve to reflect the people who speak it
Analyze the one “correct” standard
Examine variations that reflect the unique history and cultural identity of the people who speak it
Develop increasing language proficiency by using a variety of diverse voices from around the world
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Develop a self-reflexive understanding of the complex intersectionality of identities that impact perception of self and others
Assessment Strategies
Weekly writing, speaking, listening, and reading skill demonstrations with classmates and instructor
Criteria
Use authentic texts in French
Develop an awareness of one’s own identity in relation to other people and cultures
Develop curiosity and nonjudgment about self and others
Explore one’s own limited beliefs about identity and language
Explore how language impacts our identity and beliefs and vice versa
Develop language skills that demonstrate a sensitivity to the positionality of self and others