Welcome to Learn French through Storytelling for Beginners - Flexible Schedule! 
*This class is NOT live, but includes interactive games & video recordings of French stories. There is a 4 week FLEX course with additional available if you'd prefer* 

You don’t need ANY prior experience with the French language to enjoy this class. This beginning French course will introduce the French language to learners with a funny story! This course will introduce high frequency French/common words that the teacher will use in context to provide a comfortable learning environment for new learners. #academic

I don’t expect you to speak ANY French independently. If you want to and feel comfortable, great! Just as you learned your first language, much of these lessons will be focused on listening to the French spoken by the teacher. I will be teaching by using Comprehensible Input, which focuses on you feeling comfortable with about 90% of the words I'm speaking in French with 10% room for new words and growth!  You as the student will be actively listening to follow through with the story as I the teacher will speak entirely in French. (I will use English sparingly if clarification is needed.) However, as a group, we will be speaking French and using our knowledge to build silly stories. 

Together, we will create a community of positive, encouraging language learners as making mistakes shows that we are LEARNING! :) Negative speech towards yourself or others will not be tolerated. This is a safe space for all of us to grow and learn French! 

What to expect from the teacher: 
There will be a combination of videos, audio excerpts, online articles, pictures/infographics, discussion boards, or music, and, of course, stories all focused on a specific topic. We will learn new vocabulary in the context of the story each lesson. These items will be available for you to go through at your own pace throughout the week. I will be checking in with the class on a regular basis to see how they are progressing. Resources for each lesson will be provided on the scheduled course start date and each week following (Example: If the course starts on a Thursday, materials each week will be posted every Thursday.)

Even though this isn't a class with a live video lesson, this is an interactive class! Make sure you are actively reading/listening and participating throughout the lessons. Your participation helps guide me, the teacher, to provide materials to review words or add more challenging words!  Please feel free to message me with any questions you have, I LOVE helping my students! :) Students can contact me (the instructor) any time they wish via the Classroom page & Teacher page. I will respond to questions within 48 hours. 

What the learner can expect: 
Throughout this 4 week course, Students will be practicing the 4 main parts of learning French through reading, listening, speaking & writing. For students who are not as proficient in writing, there will be a multiple choice option for them to complete. Each week, I will post activities to complete requiring written or spoken responses in the form of practicing reading/listening comprehension, spoken Q & A/prompts, or writing prompts. Response activities will focus on one main element of learning a language per week, (Example: Week 1 - Reading, Week 2 - Listening, etc.)  All of these activities are centered around a main story tied to each week's topic. Each week's activities (including the student's response activity) are planned to take up to 1 hour a week of a student's time to complete.

Because learning to speak a language requires conversational practice, part of the activities require learners to respond to one another's videos on Flipgrid in French. The Outschool discussion board is another place for learners to comment on each other work and help us all learn French together. Within some resources, there is an opportunity to gamify your learning. I will introduce these opportunities within the weekly resources given. I encourage you to use the knowledge from this class to grow & learn about your interests in French! During the 4 weeks you will have a Bingo board full of opportunities to experience new French words as well as French culture outside of class. Please share what you have done with the rest of us! 

Topics that will be covered:

Week 1 - The Calendar (Reading)
We will learn numbers, days of the week, & months in the context of family/friends' birthdays.

Week 2 - The Weather (Listening)
We will look at seasons, & types of weather in French-speaking (Francophone) countries across the globe. 

Week 3 - School (Writing)
We will look at school schedules & classes of schools throughout the world.

Week 4 - Food (Speaking)
We will learn about popular cultural meals in Francophone countries. 

Please send me a message with any additional questions - I'm happy to answer! :)