Taft+Educational+Center+June+2011


 * Event Title:AP French Language and Culture: Teaching a new course**
 * Date: June 2011**
 * Location: the Taft School, Connecticut**
 * Name(s) of Attendees: Dominique McKenna**

Description of Workshops, Classes, Institutes, Etc.
This summer I attended an AP workshop to prepare for the new AP French Language and Culture examination at Taft Educational Center in Connecticut. We participated in activities designed to understand the components of the new AP French Language and Culture Curriculum framework. The three modes of communication -- Interpersonal, Interpretative and Presentational need to be present at every level of instruction. As defined by the Standards for Foreign Language Learning: preparing for the 21st century, our students will be able to narrate and describe in present, past and future time frame as well as handle a complicated situation or transaction. The following six themes --global challenges, Science and Technology, Contemporary Life, Personal and Public Identities, Families and Communities and Beauty and Aesthetics-- will give students an opportunity to integrate their learning. At this workshop I learned how to make students aware of culture both tangible (ie books, music…) and intangible (laws, conventions, institutions...), social interactions within the French culture and perspectives (values, and attitudes) and how to have the students achieve this goal. As a teacher my investigation must encompass the whole Francophone world and use authentic materials in order to provide opportunity for students to demonstrate optimum performance. Dominique McKenna

How I Hope to Apply What I Learned At Ransom, and/or, What My Colleagues Might Try at Ransom:
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