High School Block:
French Second Language 9 (PIF)
Post-Intensive French is an educational program that focuses on creating a positive and enriching environment for
learners to develop their French language skills that progresses throughout a learner’s academic time in school. It
uses a learner-centred approach, emphasizing language modelling and meaningful communication. The program
also incorporates components such as citizenship, personal development, effective communication, critical
thought, creativity, innovation, and technological fluency. It aims to foster French literacy through real-life language
use and informal learning based on the learner’s interests and experiences. Overall, the program equips students
with language proficiency and essential life skills.
CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTS
LITERACY EXPLORATION, LITERACY EXPERIMENTATION, LITERACY APPLICATION
DEMONSTRATING KNOWLEDGE
- Speak and listen in order to explore, deepen, and clarify thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences while participating fully in conversation
- Communicate efficiently in French and converse in a Francophone environment
- Discuss hypothetical situations
- Converse with sensitivity and respect while taking into account the situation, the audience, and the intention of the conversation
SEEKING/SHARING INFORMATION
- Choose, read, view, and understand a range of texts and media
- Interpret, choose, and regroup information using a number of strategies and resources
- Provide personal and critical responses to various texts
- Consider texts and express connections between the texts in conversation
- Write and use other forms of representation to explore, clarify, study, and summarize thoughts, feelings, and experiences about learning
- Produce texts in a variety of modes for a range of audiences and for a variety of intentions
- Revise texts using various media and a range of strategies for clarification, precision, and efficiency