Why take French 3 and 4?
- It is a requirement for majority of the universities that you have 4 years of the same language to graduate from college.
- In college, level 3 and 4 will cost you a lot of money!
- It is worth getting your language requirement done in high school!
- If you take level 3, 4 and AP as a junior or senior, you get a chance to earn college credits through Nebraska Wesleyan Honors Academy Dual Credit Program.
- Madame Van Zandt is an adjunct instructor at NWU and can offer you this opportunity starting fall of 2017. Leave high school with college credits and save some $$$!
Nebraska Wesleyan University Honors Academy Dual Credit Program
- Save time and money!
- Transfer credits nearly anywhere!
- Register for credit after trying the class! (Awesome for AP French!) – For classes starting in January, the regular registration deadline is the second Friday in February.
- Earn a scholarship to attend NWU.
- Pay a low tuition rate of $90 per credit hour and no fees ($360 per class for levels 2, 3, 4 & AP).
- Take pressure off your first year of college by completing some courses now.
- Give yourself more time for extracurricular activities, add another major or graduate from college early.
Requirement: Must be junior or senior in HS
The AP® French Language and Culture course
- Integrates language, content, and culture.
- Helps students “function in the language” rather than “learn language function”.
- Promotes fluency and accuracy in language use, recognizing the importance of language structures, but placing priority on communication. (see next page)
- You and your peers love French! This is really powerful and can be so fun for you!
- The dynamic of an AP class is generally more close-knit and more like college-level than any others. It is great prep for college.
- Things studied and discussed are relevant and motivating.
- NWU Dual Credit – graduate high school with college credits!
Other opportunities:
Le Grand Concours: National French Contest (takes place at the end of February) – Apply by January 20th.
- Build your résumé!
- Practice being in a testing environment.
- No failure or negative consequences.
- Prizes and awards both locally and nationally – great accolades for your résumés!
- You can determine how you perform on a national level
- No hard-core studying like for ACT! It is as easy as just showing up. However, Madame will offer you a session to go over the old tests and to show you what the expectations are.
UNL Language Fair (takes place in April) – application deadline TBA
- Visit college campus.
- Participate in competitive and non-competitive events.
- Participate, be recognized and build your résumé!
- Have fun!
Le 3 octobre, lundi
ESSAY CONTEST!!! (In English) – THIS CONTEST IS ENDED! CHECK BACK IN NEXT YEAR.
The theme for the contest in 2016 is “En avant vers les nouvelles frontières du français! / Onward to New Frontiers for French!”.
Deadline: Received by November 15, 2016.
Submit: All essays must be submitted by e-mail to essays@frenchteachers.org
Guidelines:
- Each entry must be the original work of a current French student whose teacher is an AATF member (Madame is).
- No group entries.
- There is a limit of five entries per school.
- Essays must be written in English.
- The student’s name, grade, level of French, school, school address and telephone number, teacher’s full name, e-mail address, and AATF chapter name must be written at the beginning of the essay.
- Submissions with incomplete information will not be judged.
- The required essay lengths are: Grades 9-12: Maximum 350 words
Judging Criteria: Relevance to the theme, originality, written expression. All essays become the property of the AATF and may be used in AATF publications or materials. All participants in the AATF Essay will receive certificates. First, second, and third place winners of each division will receive prizes to be announced.
Bonjour à tous! Bienvenue chez Madame Van Zandt!
Students! Please, remember! When you do not receive an actual assignment, you still have one! It is to learn your vocabulary! Take 5-10 minutes EVERY night to study and you will succeed!
Vous êtes super! Always remember that!
Reminding Lincoln community that every person has something exceptional and awesome about them! September 11, 2015.
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OUR EIFFEL TOWERS!!! November 14th, 2014
