TEACHING UNIT 1. USE OF LINGUISTIC FUNCTIONS AND SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS IN FRENCH COMMUNICATION SITUATIONS
1. Expanding the semantic and lexical range on general topics of interest to students and related to their personal, social, and professional lives: Personal, work, and social relationships. Daily life, personal life, academic life, and professional life. Housing, home, and surroundings. Leisure and free-time activities. Climate and the environment. Travel and transportation. Goods and services. Education and training. Health and physical well-being. Science and technology. Language and communication
2. Communicative functions or purposes:
3. Varieties of language use: differences between formal and informal language, spoken and written. Linguistic markers of social relationships. Rules of politeness.
4. Differences in register and accents. Use of registers appropriate to the context, the interlocutor, the communicative intent, the communication channel, the medium, etc.
5. In-depth study of the most relevant cultural elements: Significant similarities and differences in customs, behaviors, attitudes, values, or beliefs prevalent among speakers of French and of one’s own language.
6. Establishing communicative exchanges and gaining knowledge of cultural information about countries where French is spoken.
7. Analysis of the French language as a means of communication and understanding among peoples, a facilitator of access to knowledge, other cultures, and personal enrichment.
TEACHING UNIT 2. GRAMMATICAL, PHONETIC, AND ORTHOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE
1. Review and expansion of the grammatical content studied in N2, paying special attention to the points described below.
2. Use of phonological and spelling rules
TEACHING UNIT 3. DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR LISTENING, SPEAKING, AND CONVERSATION
1. Comprehension of the general and specific meanings of spoken utterances in various contexts.
2. Understanding and inferring implicit meanings to grasp main ideas or to verify comprehension using contextual clues in spoken texts on various topics.
3. Comprehending the overall message without needing to understand each and every element of it.
4. Producing spoken messages on various topics related to students’ interests or general subjects.
5. Participating in discussions and debates on current events in which students express their points of view on a familiar topic.
6. Participating in conversations with a certain degree of fluency, naturalness, and precision on a variety of topics, using strategies for participation, interaction, and negotiation of meaning
TEACHING UNIT 4. DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR READING AND WRITING
1. Independent reading and comprehension of general, specific, and detailed information contained in different types of texts on daily life, social, cultural, and work-related topics.
2. Comprehension and inference of implicit meanings, stances, opinions, or points of view found in media texts (articles, opinion columns, advertisements) related to specific current events.
3. Composing simple and moderately complex texts, adapting to the communicative intent, using the appropriate register with clarity, grammatical correctness, and appropriate vocabulary on:
TEACHING UNIT 5. TECHNIQUES FOR SEARCHING, PROCESSING, AND PRESENTING INFORMATION
1. Consulting various printed and digital information sources (books, the Internet, CD-ROMs, multimedia encyclopedias, etc.)
2. Planning, organizing materials, and formally preparing oral and written presentations.
3. Revising and presenting their own written compositions using information and communication technologies.
