goals of class
Communication in French:
Interpersonal : Person-to-person communication, negotiating of information in the target language either verbally or in written form.
Presentational: Presenting information to others by speaking or writing/typing.
Interpretive: Understanding written/typed and spoken/sung language.
Connections/Comparisons:
To other disciplines (how is the French language related to “culture,” “fashion,” “cuisine,” developments in science, the arts, geography, the preservation/promotion of languages, current world issues, history, Francophonie, etc.
To other languages: How does learning a foreign language such as French help a learner to discover or redefine understanding of one’s native language(s)?
Cultures: How is language related to the concepts language represents? Which world cultures are ‘touched’ by French and which ones influence the preservation or mutation of the language?
Communities:
Language outside of the classroom
Life-long process