What can we use for high school french??

[5sweeties]

Hi! My dd has decided to stick with French for hs, rather than switch to Spanish. We have only lightly touched on French at this point, and I really want to start her out with a pretty traditional French 1 course next fall. I took several years of french in high school and college myself, but it was a long time ago. I can guide, and speak to her, but am not extremely good at it. I saw that Easy French offers an upper level french course and that First Start French is suppose to be worth a year of hs level french, if both the first and second courses are utilized. I'm not sure about other options. I would prefer not to have to piece this together from multiple sources, with the exception of using a computer program for some added practice. Any recommendations?

TIA!

[Kim in Appalachia]

with the DVD. I would think, since you know some French, that you could use any standard curriculum. Foreign languages should be taught systematically.

Kim

[LynnG in Hawaii]

I'd recommend going through the Potter's School or using the Bob Jones DVDs.

We've done both. One daughter is doing French I through the Potter's School. The teacher is excellent, and I've been quite pleased with the class in every way.

We also have done Spanish I and II using the BJU DVDs. These too are excellent.

I have a background in both languages, which helps but is not essential. I would compare either route (Potter's School or the BJU DVDs) to a standard American high school foreign language class.

HTH,

Lynn

ps - Potter's School registration for new families opens up next week, I believe.

[Sandy in Indy]

Look at Auralog. It's computer-based, but has pages to print so there's writing involved. It includes grammar and culture (missing items in RS). It's packaged with all 4 levels in one box and runs about $250. (And it's a French company so I'd guess the French program is really good!)

[5sweeties]

Thanks for the good ideas! Potter's school seems a bit spendy to me? BJU looks good, but rather religious? We tend to gravitate toward secular materials. I'll have to take a look at Auralog. I think I've heard of it, but never looked into it at all.

:o)

[mooooom]

The video portion is free from Anenberg Media. I found all the books/workbooks second hand. I did spring for the cds even though there were a lot of used audio cassettes out there.

I liked the fact that it is an immersion program and that it is two college years (making it 4 highschool years). Very easy to throw in some french films (netflix) some readers and maybe a few novels (Le Petit Prince) and get a well rounded curriculum out of it.

[5sweeties]

I used French in Action in college. I don't remember how the program works, other than remembering all of the videos. Could you explain it to me a little? Thanks!

[GothicGyrl]

The video portion is free from Anenberg Media. I found all the books/workbooks second hand. I did spring for the cds even though there were a lot of used audio cassettes out there.

I liked the fact that it is an immersion program and that it is two college years (making it 4 highschool years). Very easy to throw in some french films (netflix) some readers and maybe a few novels (Le Petit Prince) and get a well rounded curriculum out of it.
Where can one find this French in Action and get the video portion free?

[Laura in VA]

http://www.learner.org/resources/series83.html

You have to register, but it's free and once you do, you can view the videos.

HTH

[GothicGyrl]

Merci Beaucoup!!

I will definitely check it out.