Newfoundland & Labrador · Grade 12
Core French 3200
Newfoundland & Labrador’s Grade 12 French course, from Oral Production to Francophone Culture.
- Units
- 5
- Lessons
- 8
- Skills
- 38
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- gov.nl.ca
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.
Unit 1 · 7 skills
Oral Production
Speaking Across Personal and Global Contexts
Identifying across personal and global contexts
I can identify objects, people, places, events, and experiences in French across a variety of personal AND global contexts.
Skill 1.1
Describing across personal and global contexts
I can describe objects, people, places, events, and experiences in French across personal and global contexts, with fuller detail than 1200.
Skill 1.2
Explaining and justifying opinions
I can explain, WITH SUPPORT, my desires, feelings, preferences, opinions, and points of view in French.
Skill 1.3
Expressing agreement and disagreement
I can express agreement and disagreement in French AND back it with a reason - beyond the bare 1200 statement.
Skill 1.4
Fluency in increasingly diverse contexts
I can speak French with fluency and accuracy across a variety of personal and increasingly diverse contexts, not only familiar ones.
Skill 1.5
Recounting experiences and events
I can recount experiences and events in French across a variety of contexts, in a clear sequence.
Skill 1.6
Oral presentation strategies
I can demonstrate oral presentation strategies in a longer, more developed Grade-12 French presentation.
Skill 1.7
The official wording · 7 outcomes
- 1.1
- Identify objects, people, places, events, and experiences in a variety of personal and global contexts
- 1.2
- Describe objects, people, places, events and experiences in a variety of personal and global contexts
- 1.3
- Explain, with support, desires, feelings, preferences and opinions and points of view
- 1.4
- Express agreement and disagreement
- 1.5
- Speak with fluency and accuracy in a variety of personal and increasingly diverse contexts
- 1.6
- Recount experiences and events in a variety of contexts
- 1.7
- Demonstrate use of oral presentation strategies
Key ideas
3200 reaches beyond 1200's familiar contexts to global ones - the wider world.
Name topics from news, environment, technology, and world cultures.
Global vocabulary: 'l'environnement', 'la technologie', 'les droits'.
Precise naming underpins the justification work of this course.
3200 descriptions are fuller and more connected than 1200's short ones.
Watch out for
- Staying only in familiar personal contexts (the 1200 level).
- Reaching for global topics without the vocabulary to name them.
- Giving a bare 1200-style adjective description of a complex topic.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 2 · 10 skills
Oral Interaction (Speaking and Listening)
Spontaneous Exchange
Asking with increasing spontaneity
I can ask a variety of French questions with increasing spontaneity - unrehearsed, in the flow of conversation.
Skill 2.1
Responding with increasing spontaneity
I can respond to a variety of French questions with increasing spontaneity - unrehearsed and in the moment.
Skill 2.2
Exchanging ideas with supporting detail
I can exchange ideas, feelings, and opinions in French with supporting detail, not bare statements.
Skill 2.3
Exchanging information about experiences
I can exchange precise information about objects, people, places, events, and experiences in French.
Skill 2.4
Comparing objects, people, places, and events
I can compare objects, people, places, events, and experiences in French using comparative structures.
Skill 2.5
Comparing preferences and opinions
I can compare interests, preferences, and opinions on various topics in French, including my own against others'.
Skill 2.6
Directions with many steps
I can ask for and give MULTI-STEP directions in French, beyond 1200's simple few-step ones.
Skill 2.7
Speaking with fluency and accuracy
I can speak French with fluency and accuracy during spontaneous Grade-12 interaction.
Skill 2.8
Listening for Main Ideas and Details
Main idea in oral texts
I can identify the main idea in a variety of oral French texts, including richer Grade-12 ones.
Skill 2.9
Specific details in oral texts
I can identify specific details in a variety of richer oral French texts.
Skill 2.10
The official wording · 10 outcomes
- 2.1
- Ask a variety of questions with increasing spontaneity
- 2.2
- Respond to a variety of questions with increasing spontaneity
- 2.3
- Exchange ideas, feelings and opinions with supporting detail
- 2.4
- Exchange information on objects, people, places, events and experiences
- 2.5
- Compare objects, people, places, events and experiences
- 2.6
- Compare interests, preferences, and opinions on various topics
- 2.7
- Ask for and give directions with many steps
- 2.8
- Speak with fluency and accuracy
- 2.9
- Identify the main idea in a variety of oral texts
- 2.10
- Identify specific details in a variety of oral texts
Key ideas
3200 adds SPONTANEITY - form questions on the spot, not from a script.
3200 oral texts are richer than 1200's simple ones.
Draw on all three question forms fluidly.
Grasp the overall message even across mixed tenses.
Ask follow-up questions that build on what was just said.
Watch out for
- Only asking pre-prepared questions.
- Losing the main idea in a longer, richer text.
- Freezing when a spontaneous question is needed.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 3 · 10 skills
Reading and Viewing
Extracting and Organizing Information
Extracting main ideas from texts
I can extract the main ideas from a variety of written and visual French texts, including informational ones.
Skill 3.1
Extracting specific details from texts
I can extract specific details from a variety of written and visual French texts, including from more than one source.
Skill 3.2
Following multi-step directions
I can follow MULTI-STEP written directions and instructions in French, beyond 1200's simple ones.
Skill 3.3
Using reading strategies
I can use a full toolkit of reading strategies to understand richer Grade-12 French texts.
Skill 3.4
Reading with accuracy and precision
I can read French with accuracy and precision, catching nuance in richer Grade-12 texts.
Skill 3.5
Organizing information from texts
I can organize information gathered from a variety of French texts to complete a task.
Skill 3.6
Responding, Justifying, and Reading Aloud
Responding to texts
I can respond to a variety of French texts using various modes of representation, at a Grade-12 depth.
Skill 3.7
Expressing and justifying an opinion of a text
I can express AND JUSTIFY an opinion of a French written or visual text.
Skill 3.8
Using gathered information for a task
I can use information I have gathered from French texts to complete a meaningful task.
Skill 3.9
Reading aloud with fluency and accuracy
I can read a variety of French texts aloud - alone or in a group - with fluency and accuracy.
Skill 3.10
The official wording · 10 outcomes
- 3.1
- Extract the main ideas from a variety of written and visual texts
- 3.2
- Extract specific details from a variety of written and visual texts
- 3.3
- Follow multi-step directions and instructions
- 3.4
- Use reading strategies
- 3.5
- Read with accuracy and precision
- 3.6
- Organize information from a variety of texts to complete
- 3.7
- Respond to a variety of written and visual texts using various modes of representation
- 3.8
- Express and justify an opinion of a written or visual text
- 3.9
- Use gathered information to complete a meaningful task
- 3.10
- Read aloud, individually or in a group, a variety of texts with fluency and accuracy
Key ideas
3200 texts include informational and argumentative ones.
3200 responses show interpretation, not just reaction.
The main idea may be implied, not stated in the first line.
Choose a mode - written, oral, visual, multimedia.
Use structure and topic sentences to locate it.
Watch out for
- Assuming the main idea is always the first sentence.
- Reacting on the surface without interpreting.
- Restating a detail as the main idea.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 4 · 7 skills
Writing and Representing
Creating Personal and Informational Texts
Creating personal texts on diverse topics
I can create personal French texts on a diverse range of topics, beyond 1200's familiar ones.
Skill 4.1
Creating informational texts on diverse topics
I can create INFORMATIONAL French texts on diverse topics - a Grade-12 text type 1200 did not require.
Skill 4.2
Completing applications, surveys, and inventories
I can complete a variety of French texts such as applications, surveys, and interest inventories accurately.
Skill 4.3
Process, Publishing, and Response
Using the writing process
I can use the full writing process to create a longer, more developed Grade-12 French text.
Skill 4.4
Completing and publishing texts
I can use strategies to complete and publish polished French texts for a real audience.
Skill 4.5
Writing with precision and accuracy
I can write French with precision and accuracy, including complex Grade-12 structures.
Skill 4.6
Responding to blogs, e-mails, and editorials
I can respond in writing to a variety of French texts on diverse topics - blogs, e-mails, opinions, editorials.
Skill 4.7
The official wording · 7 outcomes
- 4.1
- Create personal texts on diverse topics
- 4.2
- Create informational texts on diverse topics
- 4.3
- Complete a variety of texts such as applications, surveys, and interest inventories.
- 4.4
- Use the writing process
- 4.5
- Use strategies to complete and publish texts
- 4.6
- Write with precision and accuracy
- 4.7
- Respond to a variety of texts on diverse topics (blogs, e-mails, opinions, editorials, rants)
Key ideas
3200 personal texts cover diverse topics, not only the familiar.
3200 uses the process for longer, multi-paragraph, argued texts.
Bring in opinion, reflection, and feeling.
Plan the structure and the argument before drafting.
Structure into paragraphs with connectors.
Watch out for
- Staying on only familiar topics (the 1200 level).
- Using a single-paragraph process for a longer text.
- Writing a list of facts with no personal voice.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 5 · 4 skills
Francophone Culture
Comparing Cultures and Valuing Bilingualism
Comparing and contrasting cultures
I can compare and contrast aspects of my own culture with those of various real francophone cultures.
Skill 5.1
Examining francophone contributions
I can examine the contributions of well-known francophones in their fields - provincially, nationally, and internationally.
Skill 5.2
Identifying the influence of other cultures
I can identify the influence of other cultures at every scale - locally, provincially, nationally, and internationally.
Skill 5.3
Recognizing the importance of bilingualism
I can recognize the importance of bilingualism and reflect on my own role as a bilingual individual.
Skill 5.4
The official wording · 4 outcomes
- 5.1
- Compare and contrast aspects of one's own culture with those of various francophone cultures
- 5.2
- Examine the contributions of well-known francophones in their respective fields provincially, nationally, or internationally
- 5.3
- Identify the influence of other cultures (locally, provincially, nationally, and internationally)
- 5.4
- Recognize the importance of bilingualism and its role as a bilingual individual
Key ideas
3200 compares and contrasts in depth across several cultures.
Real cultures: Franco-Terreneuvien, Acadian, Quebecois, French, Belgian.
Compare traditions, food, celebrations, and daily life.
Keep every cultural claim truthful and checkable.
3200 EXAMINES contributions - depth and significance, not just names.
Watch out for
- Describing cultures without actually comparing them.
- Conflating Franco-Terreneuvien with Quebecois or European French.
- Only naming figures without examining their contribution.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Plan the term
Pick your term and the days you study. Each unit gets its share of the weeks and comes back a week later for a review. The last two weeks go over the whole course.
The official curriculum
This page follows Newfoundland & Labrador’s own curriculum for Core French 3200.
Study it in MapleMind
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Questions about Core French 3200
What is Core French 3200?
Newfoundland & Labrador’s Grade 12 French course: 5 units and 38 skills, from Oral Production to Francophone Culture.
What units are in Core French 3200?
1. Oral Production, 2. Oral Interaction (Speaking and Listening), 3. Reading and Viewing, 4. Writing and Representing and 5. Francophone Culture.
Is there a provincial exam for Core French 3200?
No. Newfoundland & Labrador gives no provincial exam for Core French 3200.
Can MapleMind help with Core French 3200?
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