French 8

             The emphasis at this level is on helping students develop positive

             attitudes to learning and using French through frequent interactions

            with partners, small groups and guided conversations which helps

            students express their ideas and begin to connect ideas to form short

            interactions or complete messages. Students are encouraged to take

            risks as they use previously learned structures and demonstrate their

            learning orally and by means of visual representation. Listening and

            speaking skills continue to be reinforced by exposure to simple French

            songs, rhymes, and texts. Students can recognize familiar language in

            written texts and can sometimes use their growing range of strategies

           to make educated guesses at the meaning of new expressions. Students

           explore and experience the Francophone presence, both historical and

           current, in various French-speaking regions, including British Columbia

           and Canada.