Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• communicate in simple language in a variety of everyday life situations using readily understandable spoken French;
• use the present, past, and simple future indicative tenses, personal & relative pronouns, adverbs, the conditional tense, the pronouns y & en;
• demonstrate through speech acceptably correct French phonetics & the ability to self-correct;
• give basic ID – type descriptions, describe living situations, discuss clothing, deal with merchants to receive services, i.e. at the hair dresser or the doctor’s, in a hotel or hospital, banks & travel agencies;
• explain a situation over the telephone; describe what has happened to someone;
• invent a story, describe main character and give his past;
• write a brochure; etc.
• as demonstrated by submitting a portfolio to BCC for final evaluation which will include:
• a journal, written in French, of all activities on a daily, bi-weekly, or other regular basis;
• a notebook of daily class activities including periodic evaluation results and written work;
• verification of attendance and final evaluation of host institution, submitted separately to BCC by approved host institution;
• results of exit interview conducted in French by BCC instructor.