This course is designed for students ages 14 to 17 who have little to no prior language experience. Our language classes for teens provide a comprehensive platform for advancing language skills and exploring French culture. These classes are carefully tailored to match student interests and abilities, delving deeper into grammar, literature, and real-world conversations while incorporating multimedia resources and engaging discussions. This course prepares teens for effective global communication and academic success.
Students will begin by learning fundamental vocabulary and simple sentence structures to express personal information, describe where they live, and identify the people they know. Students will develop the ability to understand familiar words and basic phrases related to themselves, their family, and their immediate concrete surroundings when instructors speak slowly and clearly.
Teaching Method:
Native-fluency instructors actively promote the use of French in the classroom through engaging French activities, games, songs, visual elements, and manipulatives. Instructors use carefully selected audio and visual elements that are complementary and interrelated, ensuring that the same vocabulary or grammar concept is practiced and reinforced in multiple ways. This varied approach creates an engaging learning environment, encourages active participation, and maintains student interest throughout the course.
Course Sequence:
This is the first part of a three-course French Beginner sequence.
Materials and Costs:
Please note that course materials are not included in tuition and must be purchased separately. This class uses the student book and workbook "Alex et Zoe 1". For your convenience, you can purchase these materials online through the following Amazon links:
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
