AP French Language and Culture Course Course Overview Primary

AP French Language and Culture Course
Course Overview
Primary sources
Allons au-delà La Langue et les cultures du monde Francophone along with accompanying on line activities Richard
Ladd, Pearson Education, Inc., copyright 2012
AP French, Preparing for the Language and Culture Examination including access to the AP French Digital Course
(eText with audio, activities and test practice, Real Talk! Speak and Record), Richard Ladd, Pearson Education, Inc.,
copyright 2012
Une fois pour toutes, Troisième edition, Une révision des structures essentielles de la langue française, Halle
Sturges II, Linda Cregg Nielsen, Henry Lynn Herbst, Pearson Education, Inc., copyright 2008
AP French, Preparing for the Language Examination Richard Ladd, Colette Girard, Scott Foresman Addison Wesley
copyright 1998
Secondary sources
Le Petit Nicolas Sempé/Goscinny
Barron’s How to Prepare for the AP Advanced Placement Exam French Lalia Amiry
501 French Verbs Christopher Kendris
AP French Language 2nd edition Ellen Knauer REA with Audio CDs
Trésor du Temps Yvone Lenard
Le Petit Nicolas film
La Rue Cases-Nègres film
Mon meilleur ami film
National French Contest past exams
Released AP exam
Youtube
Francoscopie Gérard Mermet
En Bonne Forme Simone Renaud, Dominique van Hooff
Amsco Troisième Livre Eli Blume
www.tf1.fr, www.france2.fr, www.france5.fr
www.petitjoss.com
www.rf1.fr
www.wordreference.com
bb.misd.net (Blackboard site through our ISD)
http://c-est-pas-sourcier.france3.fr
www.onisep.fr
www.monster.fr
www.cheriefm.fr
www.inssee.fr (graphs and charts)
www.haverford.k12.pa.us
www.bbc.co.uk
www.education.gouv.fr
www.jeuneafrique.com
www.voicethread.com
Animoto.com
Livebinder.com
Monsondage.com
http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com
www.africa24.com
linglanguage.com
http://www.universcience.fr/fr/science-actualites.
Description of Course
The AP French Language and Culture Course is comparable in content and difficulty to a full-year course in French
composition and conversation at the third year college level. The course is designed, in accordance with the Standards
for Foreign Language Learning: Preparing for the 21st Century (ACTFL), and College Board guidance to provide students
with communicative fluency in French and to prepare them for the AP French Language and Culture exam. This course,
as described below, will be conducted exclusively in French and students will be required to speak in French at all times
in the classroom. The framework of the course will be structured around the six themes of Les défis mondiaux,
L’esthéthique, La science et la technologie, La famille et la communauté, La vie contemporaine, and La quête de soi. The
resources used will be the above listed items including authentic video, audio and print materials including but not
limited to films, podcasts, music, Youtube videos, literature, newspapers, magazines, maps/charts/tables. Grammar
lessons as needed will be taught from Une fois pour toutes.
The course’s objectives will be within the three modes of communication defined by the Standards for
Foreign Language Learning: Preparing for the 21st Century-Interpersonal, Interpretive, and Presentational.
These include the following:
Spoken Interpersonal Communication
Written Interpersonal Communication
Audio, Visual, and Audiovisual Interpretive Communication
Written and Print Interpretive Communication
Spoken Presentational Communication
Written Presentational Communication
The course focuses on the mastery of these three modes of communication rather than the content of specific texts.
Skill specific goals:
The listening ability of candidates who have completed the course should allow them to:
-follow the essentials of conversation between educated native speakers of French who may occasionally use colloquial
French
-follow with general understanding oral reports and lectures on non-technical subjects
-understand standard French transmitted clearly by means of CD recordings, radio, telephone and films/videos/music
The speaking ability of candidates who have completed the course should allow them to:
-communicate facts, ideas, and feelings successfully
-discuss topics of current interest and express feelings and opinions
-narrate, describe, and explain using past, present and future tenses correctly
-demonstrate a good command of grammatical forms and syntactic structures
-have immediate recall of a fairly broad range of vocabulary items
-speak with an accent that is not so markedly foreign that it interferes with comprehension
-make presentations with a defined audience and register
-conduct spontaneous communication (student-lead class discussions, debates, unrehearsed role plays)
The reading ability of candidates who have completed the course should allow them to:
-read expository and narrative French prose with good overall comprehension
-understand French magazine articles on various topics
-read literary texts: novels, essays, poetry, and short stories in their original form
-deal strategically with texts that are conceptually abstract or linguistically complex
-draw inferences, and separate main ideas from subordinate ones
-discriminate between different registers of language and recognize their cultural implications
The writing ability of candidates who have completed the course should allow them to:
-express themselves in a variety of modes, styles and purposes including but not limited to emails, letter writing, essays,
summaries, reports, journals, blogs
-set forth and develop ideas in a clear, logical manner
-demonstrate an understanding and control of the verb system
-use language appropriate for the purpose of the text, topic and intended audience
-utilize a variety of grammatical structures and vocabulary
The cultural comprehension ability of candidates who have completed the course should allow them to:
-make cultural and linguistic comparisons
-demonstrate an understanding of cultural perspectives
-relate their own culture and personal experiences to those of the Francophone world
-have an understanding of the diversity of the French speaking world
These skills will be taught with the use of the above listed textbooks and supplementary materials as well as
extensive use of our digital language lab. The lab will be used on a weekly basis to target the three modes of
communication (Interpersonal, Interpretive and Presentational). Students will write regularly in journals,
blogs, and compositions. The course provides opportunities for students to demonstrate their ability in
Interpretive Communication to understand and synthesize information from a variety of authentic audio,
visual, audio-visual, written and print resources.
Assessment
-homework assignments (written and spoken)
-compositions
-quizzes/tests/exams
-participation
-presentations
The course syllabus will include lessons in each theme as listed but not limited to below:
Thème: Les défis mondiaux (context: Les Droits de l’être humain)
Primary Source: Allons au-delà La Dernière Classe ch. 4, 6, 19
Secondary Sources:
AP French Sélection no. 28 pp. 58-59
La citoyenneté canadienne no. 15 pp. 114-115
Presentational writing AP French selection 1 pp. 176-177
Songs: Faudel – Mon Pays
Stanislas- Tu verras en France
Édith Piaf- Mon legionnaire
Thème: La science et la technologie (Les nouveaux moyens de communication)
Primary Source: Allons au-delà Ch. 8
Secondary Sources:
AP French Sélection No. 3 pp. 90-91 (publicité pour un App iPhone)
No. 7 pp. 98-99 (telephone mobile et GPS)
No. 10 pp. 104-105 (Youtube face à Viacom)
No. 11 pp. 106-107 (La Presse de Montréal)
No. 7 p. 170 (email)
No. 9 p. 194-196 (iPad)
No. 3 p. 202 (le portable)
Thème: La vie contemporaine (l’education et l’enseignement & le logement)
Primary Sources: La rue Cases-Nègres- film
Allons au-delà
Secondary Sources :
AP French Sélection #5 pp. 12-13 (?)
#6 pp. 14-15 (lettre)
#33 pp. 68-69 (littérature)
#2 pp. 88-89 (le baccalauréat-reading/listening)
#14 p. 112 (recipe)
#13 pp. 140-141 (listening)
#4 pp. 184-185 (Faut-il supprimer le bac?)
Songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWHfIVF2HtE&feature=related
http://www.paroles-musique.com/paroles-Knaan-Wavin_Flag_feat_Fefe-lyrics,p88873
Thème: La quête de soi (l’aliénation et l’assimilation/l’amitiés)
Primary Sources:
Mon meilleur ami (film)
Allons au-delà Ch. 16, Ch. 17
Secondary Sources:
AP French Sélection #37 pp. 76-77 (Immigrés…..)
#38 pp. 78-79 (L’Étranger)
#8 p. 171 (email)
#3 p. 182-183 (La carte d’identité)
Songs: Faudel Mon Pays
Stanislas Tu verras en France
Thème: La famille et la communauté (l’enfance et l’adolescence, la famille, l’amitié, l’amour)
Primary Sources:
Allons au-delà –Le Petit Nicolas
Le Petit Nicolas- le film/CD
Allons au-delà Ch. 21, 24
Secondary Sources:
AP French #3 pp. 130-131 (Goscinny)
#30 p. 157 (listening)
Etre et Avoir film clips
Songs: L’Hymne à l’amour Édith Piaf & Josh Groban
Thème: L’esthétique (L’architecture)
Primary Sources: Allons au-delà Ch. 26, 27
Secondary Sources:
The building of cathedrals (PBS video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeMzyPQQ-EQ
navigala.fr
AP French Sélection #34 pp. 70-71 (la structure familiale)
#17 pp. 144-145 (Jeanne d’Arc)
Les Piliers de la Terre (extraits du roman, film)
La Cathédrale de Chartres
Versailles
Songs: Notre Dame de Paris musical production

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