Langue et culture de la francophonie 11

Core Competencies

Communicating
 
Collaborating
Critical and Reflective Thinking
 
Creative Thinking
Personal Awareness and Responsibility
 
Positive Personal and Cultural Identity
 
Social Awareness and Responsibility

Students are expected to be able to know and understand the following in various contexts
Students are expected to do the following, using oral, written, and visual media:

Big Ideas

Big Ideas

Communicating and living in French fosters a sense of belonging to the Francophone community.
Linguistic variations
variations in phonics (accents), lexicon (expressions), and grammar (structures)
offer cultural reference points
events, heritage objects and objects from everyday life, territorial references, artistic accomplishments, scientific discoveries, media products, values, lifestyles, characters and/or personalities
within the French-speaking world
profile of communities that use French in various geographic or social spaces
.
Learning French helps students establish their place in the world and forge their identity by opening doors in their personal, social, and work life.
The life experience, culture, and current context
family, language, personal experiences
of the audience influence the interpretation of a text
oral, written, visual
.
Linguistic and cultural identities are shaped by what we hear, see, read, and write.
The exploration of texts reveals the depth and complexity of human life.

Content

Learning Standards

Content

communication strategies
  • language registers
    formal language and everyday language
  • taking the floor
  • courtesy formulas
    greetings, taking leave, level of formality (tutoiement and vouvoiement, pourriez-vous)
social, historical, and cultural elements
  • traditions
    social practices shared within a group, a people, an era (e.g. kissing on the cheek, table manners)
     and customs
  • protocols for using First Peoples stories
    First Peoples stories are often subject to usage protocols (who they belong to, where and when they can be shared and by whom); First Peoples programs within the school board can provide assistance and advice regarding local protocols
literary elements
  • stylistic devices
    techniques to make what we want to say more expressive, impressive, and convincing in order to create an effect on the audience of a text
  • semantic field
    set of words (verbs, nouns, adjectives, synonyms) pertaining to a given theme
  • expressions
    idiomatic, regional
text organization
  • structure of texts
    see course description
language elements
  • structure of impersonal sentences
    sentences without a defined or clear subject (e.g., Il a neigé toute la nuit; On encourage une alimentation saine)
  • verb tenses and modes
    present and past infinitive, present subjunctive
  • dialects
  • idiomatic expressions
     il tombe des peaux de lièvres, il tombe des clous, il pleut à boire debout, il pleut comme une vache qui pisse, il pleut des hallebardes
editing strategies
rereading, consulting reference tools, using a revision grid
elements to enrich a text
  • clarity
    use of appropriate words
  • persuasion
    word choice, arguments, intonation, emotions, logic, impact

Curricular Competency

Learning Standards

Curricular Competency

Explore and Reflect

Use their language and cultural knowledge to reflect on their identity
  • Francophone: a person whose mother tongue is French;
  • Francophile: a (non-Francophone) person who appreciates aspects (language, culture, civilization) of French Canada and the French-speaking world;
  • French-Canadian
 within the French-speaking world
Understand the role bilingualism plays in their life in order to facilitate decision-making in their personal and working life
Interpret
explain, seek to render understandable that which is complicated, ambiguous; find meaning
 a text to identify explicit and implicit messages
Grasp
fully understand
 the importance of social, historical, and cultural contexts
understand that the author wrote from a perspective that was influenced by social, historical, and cultural factors (family, education, community, religion, immigration, values, perspectives, political events, economic situation); understand the link between text and context
 in approaching
tackle, present, and interpret
 various texts
oral, written, visual
Interact with Francophones and have life experiences in the French-speaking world
blogs, class or school visits (including online or virtual visits), concerts, discussions, festivals, films, correspondence, plays, social media, stores or restaurants offering service in French
Examine diverse points of view in Francophone and First Peoples cultures
Examine the roles that stories the and oral tradition play
  • in Francophone cultures: to transmit language, traditions, history, perspectives, teachings
  • in First Peoples cultures: to transmit traditions, worldviews, teachings, history, attachment to the land
 in Francophone and First Peoples cultures
Compare their personal values and points of view with those expressed in a text in order to call into question their opinions
Recognize the type and intention
to inform, convince, persuade, entertain
 of texts
Apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts in order to understand and produce a text
Develop a critical mind
ask questions and seek answers
, clarity, and coherence in responding to texts
Evaluate the acquisition of new knowledge concerning a text

Create and Communicate

Communicate using a variety of expressions and presentation formats
digital, visual, oral (such as graphics, illustrations, music clips, photographs, tables, and videos)
 according to the context
Sustain a spontaneous discussion by sharing relevant ideas
Persuade
appeal to the emotions of the audience (verbal and non-verbal)
 or convince
appeal to the logic of the audience (verbal and non-verbal)
 their audience by using appropriate strategies
Paraphrase
reformulate in other words
 ideas and information obtained from a text
Substantiate
support a statement with arguments
 their message using techniques
  • explanatory: quotes, statistics
  • argumentative: evidence, opinions
 from diverse sources
Use various writing styles
the manner of writing that is unique to the author of a text
 in their work in order to enrich the text to create the desired effect