French 3H: Flip Classroom Approach
Textbooks,
Workbooks & Reference books:
Given how expensive French textbooks
and workbooks are, we will not use any for this class. Instead, we
will use materials put together in the class blog by the teacher. This material
consists of presentation and worksheets made by the teachers and other French
teachers at times.
Goals and
Objectives of the Flip Classroom
The goal of the flip classroom is to help students
reach communicative mastery in French and to foster a love of the French and
Francophone cultures in students. The
flip classroom is different in that each student learns at his or her own pace,
guided by the syllabus posted on the class blog, and the adequate
materials embedded in the blogs by the teacher.
One of the benefits of the flip classroom is that it gives students more
time to devote to activities that will foster their communicative
skills. During the scheduled class time, students will have
different opportunities to apply the grammar points they learn; instead of
listening to a lecture and taking notes, the students are now
learning skills that will allow them to partake in real life
conversations.
Assessments
All students will be assessed on their ability to:
- Communicate verbally in class during daily discussions
- Demonstrate an understanding of spoken French language
in brief or extended forms, depending on the level of the class
- Demonstrate an understanding of written French in brief
or extended forms
- Express themselves with relative fluency and
correctness in French, both in speech and in writing in order to describe,
obtain and convey information, offer explanations and express ideas,
opinions and feelings
Students who do not do well on a particular
assessment will go back and review the material and then re-take the assessment
or a portion of the assessment the next class period. If a student takes two quizzes, the second
quiz will be averaged with the first one for the final grade. On the chapter test, if a student struggles
with a particular section of the test, they will be allowed to re-test on a
particular section if it is a content issue (vs. spelling and details). As with quizzes, the teacher will average the
sections and adjust the grade accordingly.
Expectations
You are expected to read the news daily from the news papers embedded on the blog. then you pick a topic that interest you and write a paragraph about it. then you will comment on two classmates posts that deal with two different topics.
In addition to the expectations set out below, in
a flip classroom it is important that students work independently
outside of class. The teacher will be
monitoring individual progress on a daily basis and will give benchmarks for
quizzes and chapter tests on the calendar. A student
who is having difficulties will be required to meet with his/her teacher for
extra help sessions. These sessions will not replace the time that you should
spend daily to complete assigned homework and practice exercises.
General Aims:
1.
To foster in students communication
skills in the French language through full participation in classroom
activities that are conducted in French and by providing students with materials from textbooks, the media, literature,
films, the Internet, etc.
2.
To give students a critical
awareness of how meaning is organized and conveyed by the structure and the
vocabulary of the French language.
3.
To help students to develop
strategies for effective language learning.
4.
To equip students with a broad
acquaintance with the French culture as well as to raise their awareness of
cultural, social and political diversity.
Objectives:
1.
Communicative proficiency by
mastering structures, grammar, vocabulary and idiomatic expressions
2.
Language awareness:
· Understanding the main elements of the target language
· Recognizing tone (angry, happy, ironic, etc.) in the target
language
· Identifying attitudes and body language in the target
language
3.
Cultural awareness:
· By understanding the main elements of the target language
· By learning about customs, traditions, arts, entertainment,
everyday activities, similarities, contrasts, stereotypes, newspapers, media,
sports, food, ecology, environment, health, lifestyles, etc.
