AP French Language and Culture

This course emphasizes communication by applying interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational skills in real-life situations. This includes vocabulary usage, language control, communication strategies, and cultural awareness. To provide context and content for students to develop their communication skills, the course takes a thematic approach. There are six themes: families and communities, personal and public identities, science and technology, contemporary life, global challenges, and beauty and aesthetics. Students are expected to use French at all times and to engage thoughtfully with the course materials, the teacher, and the other students.

Completion of this course requires regular access to a laptop or desktop computer with working microphone and webcam, as well as a reliable internet connection.

This Fixed-Paced course incorporates a blend of synchronous and asynchronous elements. Students and teacher meet live via zoom on a regular weekly schedule. In addition, students complete coursework including guided readings, interactive videos, text and video-based discussion threads, problem sets, individual and collaborative projects, and so on. While these activities are time-flexible, teachers sequence them with weekly deadlines to help students keep on track and encourage and support the development of productive time management skills.