**This course is for grades 9-12 who have taken a standard high school French 1 course.**

This intermediate French course will build on the foundation laid in French 1. Each week, we will cover the standard vocabulary, grammar, and conversational elements of a typical high school French 2 course, while also reviewing the material covered in French 1. We will delve into the culture of France in a way that will help students overcome many of the frustrations of cross-cultural communication!

The student will be expected to do regular homework from the Activities Manual, supplementing with a variety of video, and practice orally with recordings the teacher will supply throughout the course. We will memorize Scripture verses as well as fun, useful conversations in French that take non-verbal communication into account.

Course Objectives

1. To build on the French grammar, vocabulary, and conversational ability of French 1.
2. To be able to read in French and build grammar and vocabulary
3. To converse in French
4. To catch a long-term vision for future fluency
5. To understand and love French-speaking people

Language Objectives:

• carry out simple everyday tasks (shopping, getting information, using public transportation, etc.);
• use the most common polite expressions and social exchanges;
• recount a past event;
• understand a simple conversation;
• talk about my likes and explain why I like or don’t like something;
• describe my daily life and the things around me (hobbies, work, friends, family);
• understand a personal letter and respond (to invite, thank, or apologize);
• understand directions to find my way;
• connect sentences with small words like “and,” “but,” “because.”

Texts

The BJU French 2 texts are no longer sold by BJU. Used copies are also available more inexpensively at bookfinder.com.