STUDENT LEVEL
This is NOT a beginning French class. Its primary focus is to review and practice what was learned, so students MUST have taken 3-4 years of French and have intermediate conversational skills. 

In this class, students will practice having conversations in French as a large class and as smaller groups. There will be a new conversation topic each week, and at the beginning of class (after any necessary introductions and greetings), I will ask a few icebreaking questions about our topic. The group portion is to help students feel comfortable with each other, and also so I can gauge where each student is at in their conversational skills. 

Then, students will go into break out rooms*. Breakout rooms may vary in size, but there will never be more than 4 students in a room. Groupings will either be randomized or based on student level so that there is a mix of levels in each group. I will give students a list of conversation questions to guide them, but they will also be welcome to come up with their own questions, even if they aren’t completely on topic for our theme.

*I am always switching between rooms to help, prompt, and make sure students are on-topic, appropriate, and speaking French. 

Finally, we will come back to the main room, and students will be allowed to ask questions about grammar, vocabulary, or anything else they weren’t sure about while conversing.


SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER 2024

Week of 5/12 - About Yourself

Week of 5/19 - Information Technology

Week of 5/26 - Citizenship

Week of 6/2 - NO CLASS

Week of 6/9 - Abstract Nouns

Week of 6/16 - Health

Week of 6/23 - The Future

Week of 6/30 - Subjunctive

Week of 7/7 - Sports

Week of 7/14 - Obligations

Week of 7/21 - Habits in the Past

Week of 7/28 - Verb + De

Week of 8/4 - Town

Week of 8/11 - Animals

Week of 8/18 - Francophone Countries