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Ontario · Grade 12

Core French, Grade 12, University Preparation

  • FSF4U

Ontario’s Grade 12 French course, from Listening to Writing.

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Units
4
Lessons
12
Skills
39
Provincial exam
None
Official curriculum
dcp.edu.gov.on.ca

Unit by unit

Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.

Unit 1 · 8 skills

Listening

Listening to Understand

  • Using listening strategies

    I can use a range of listening strategies to understand authentic and adapted spoken French.

    1.1

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  • Showing you understood

    I can understand explicit and implicit messages in oral French about a wide variety of topics.

    1.2

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Listening to Interact

  • Interactive listening strategies

    I can use body language that sustains discussion and gauge verbal and non-verbal cues to judge when to listen and when to speak.

    1.3

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  • Responding in interactions

    I can respond with understanding to what others say in a French interaction.

    1.4

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  • Naming what helped me listen

    I can explain which strategies helped me listen effectively.

    1.5

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  • My strengths and next steps as a listener

    I can assess my strengths as a listener and plan concrete steps to improve.

    1.6

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Culture and Conventions in Listening

  • Hearing about French-speaking communities worldwide

    I can identify French-speaking communities worldwide from what I hear, and connect to their cultures.

    1.7

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  • Conventions you hear

    I can notice how French speech changes with the situation and the community.

    1.8

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The official wording · 8 outcomes
1.1
identify a range of listening comprehension strategies, and use them before, during, and after listening to oral French texts
1.2
an understanding of explicit and implicit messages about a wide variety of topics in oral French texts, with support as appropriate
1.3
identify and use interactive listening strategies to suit a variety of situations while participating in
1.4
respond with understanding to what others say while participating in interactions about a wide variety of topics, in formal and informal situations
1.5
explain which strategies they found helpful
1.6
identify their areas of greater and lesser
1.7
using information from oral French texts, identify communities worldwide, find out about aspects of their cultures, and make connections to personal experiences and their own and other
1.8
using information from oral French texts, identify and demonstrate an understanding of sociolinguistic conventions used in a variety of situations in diverse communities

Key ideas

  1. The most autonomous listener flexibly selects and combines strategies across a wide variety of authentic media - news, podcasts, films, spontaneous conversation - adjusting to each register.

  2. Body language that sustains and facilitates interaction - nodding, open posture, eye contact - keeps a discussion moving without words.

  3. Understanding implicit messages now includes idiom, cultural reference, and irony, which strategies must decode without teacher support.

  4. Verbal cues (a pause, a rising tone, 'so, what do you think?') signal when it is appropriate to speak.

  5. Across a wide variety of oral texts you extract main messages and supporting details AND detect tone and bias in a news clip.

Watch out for

  • Relying on one fixed routine instead of adapting strategies to the text and register.
  • Assuming a pause always means it's your turn to speak, instead of reading the fuller verbal and non-verbal picture.
  • Taking idiomatic or ironic language literally and missing the intended meaning.

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Unit 2 · 10 skills

Speaking

Speaking to Communicate

Speaking to Interact

Culture and Conventions in Speaking

  • Speaking about French-speaking communities worldwide

    I can speak about French-speaking communities worldwide and connect to their cultures.

    2.9

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  • Conventions when you speak

    I can use the right French conventions - register, greetings, idioms - when I speak.

    2.10

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The official wording · 10 outcomes
2.1
identify a range of speaking strategies and use them to express themselves clearly and in French for various purposes and to a variety of
2.2
produce prepared and spontaneous messages in French to communicate information, ideas, and opinions about a wide variety of topics, with support as appropriate
2.3
speak with a smooth pace, appropriate intonation, and accurate pronunciation in prepared
2.4
their meaning clearly, using parts of speech and word order appropriately
2.5
demonstrate an understanding of appropriate speaking behaviour when interacting with others in a variety of formal and informal situations
2.6
exchange information, ideas, and opinions with others in prepared and spontaneous spoken interactions about a wide variety of topics, with support as appropriate
2.7
explain which strategies they found helpful
2.8
identify their areas of greater and lesser
2.9
communicate information orally about communities worldwide, including aspects of their cultures and their contributions to la francophonie and the world, and make connections to personal
2.10
identify sociolinguistic conventions associated with a variety of social situations in diverse communities and use them appropriately in spoken interactions

Key ideas

  1. Reflecting on speaking at this level evaluates how well you sustained spontaneous, nuanced talk without rehearsal.

  2. Self-directed goal-setting targets register and nuance, not just keeping the conversation going.

Watch out for

  • Evaluating speaking only on fluency, ignoring register and nuance.
  • Relying on a teacher-set goal rather than a self-directed one.

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Unit 3 · 10 skills

Reading

Reading Comprehension

Purpose, Form, and Style

Culture and Conventions in Reading

  • Reading about French-speaking communities worldwide

    I can identify French-speaking communities worldwide from what I read, and connect to their cultures.

    3.9

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  • Conventions in French texts

    I can spot sociolinguistic conventions - register, region, idiom - in French texts.

    3.10

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The official wording · 10 outcomes
3.1
identify a variety of reading comprehension strategies and use them before, during, and after reading to understand French texts in various reading contexts
3.2
demonstrate an understanding of explicit and implicit messages in a variety of French texts about academic and personally relevant topics
3.3
read a variety of French texts at a sufficient rate and with sufficient ease to demonstrate that they understand the overall sense of the text
3.4
use a variety of strategies before, during, and after reading to determine or confirm the meaning of new, unfamiliar, or recently learned words and expressions
3.5
identify the purpose(s) and characteristics of a variety of text forms, including fictional, informational, graphic, and media forms, and explain how the characteristics help communicate the meaning
3.6
identify some features and stylistic elements of a variety of text forms, including fictional, informational, graphic, and media forms, and explain how they help to convey explicit and implicit messages
3.7
explain which strategies they found helpful before, during, and after reading to understand
3.8
identify their areas of greater and lesser
3.9
using information from a variety of French texts, identify French- speaking communities worldwide, find out about aspects of their cultures, and make connections to personal experiences and their own and other
3.10
identify, in a variety of French texts, examples of sociolinguistic conventions associated with a variety of social situations in diverse communities

Key ideas

  1. Reflecting on reading now evaluates how self-chosen strategies handled authentic, analytically demanding French texts.

  2. An independent reading plan targets analysis - purpose, form, and implicit meaning - not just comprehension.

Watch out for

  • Judging reading strategies only on surface comprehension, not analysis.
  • Waiting for the teacher to set the reading goal.

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Unit 4 · 11 skills

Writing

Purpose, Audience, and Form

  • Identifying purpose and audience

    I can decide the purpose and audience for my French writing.

    4.1

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  • Writing in different forms

    I can write a variety of French texts, applying each form's structure and style.

    4.2

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  • Relative and demonstrative pronouns

    I can apply relative pronouns (qui, que, dont, ou) to link ideas, and demonstrative pronouns (celui-ci, celle-la) for comparison in my French writing.

    4.3

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  • Tense sequence, subjonctif, and indirect discourse

    I can apply the correct sequence of present and past tenses, the subjonctif present, and indirect discourse to report others in my French writing.

    4.4

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The Writing Process

Culture and Conventions in Writing

  • Writing about French-speaking communities worldwide

    I can write about French-speaking communities worldwide and connect to their cultures.

    4.10

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  • Conventions in my writing

    I can use the right French conventions - register, salutations, idioms - when I write.

    4.11

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The official wording · 11 outcomes
4.1
their purpose in writing and the audience for the French texts they plan to create
4.2
write a variety of French texts to convey information, ideas, and opinions about academic and personally relevant topics, applying their knowledge of the structural and stylistic elements of each form
4.3
replace a subject, direct object, indirect object, or preposition, and link ideas, using relative pronouns such as qui, que, dont, ou; make comparisons using demonstrative pronouns such as
4.4
use the appropriate sequence of present and past tenses in a narration or description of events; express emotions or provide suggestions using the subjonctif present; use indirect discourse to report the statements of others
4.5
generate, develop, and organize ideas for writing using a variety of strategies and resources
4.6
plan and produce drafts and revise their work using a variety of and independent strategies
4.7
make to enhance the clarity and readability of their written work, and use various elements of effective presentation to produce a polished product for publication
4.8
explain which strategies they found helpful
4.9
identify their areas of greater and lesser
4.10
in their written work, communicate information about French- speaking communities worldwide, including aspects of their cultures and their contributions to la francophonie and the world, and make connections to personal
4.11
identify sociolinguistic conventions associated with a variety of social situations in diverse

Key ideas

  1. At this grade, clear writing draws on relative pronouns (qui, que, dont, ou) to link ideas, and demonstrative pronouns (celui-ci, celle-la) for comparison.

  2. Reflecting on writing at this level evaluates how your process produced nuanced, well-structured texts using a full range of tenses and register.

  3. Applying the convention correctly is what makes the meaning precise and the writing sound natural.

  4. A self-directed plan targets style and voice, not just correctness.

Watch out for

  • Ordering words or agreements the English way.
  • Evaluating writing only for errors, ignoring style, voice, and register.
  • Using the structure incompletely or inconsistently across the text.

Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit

The official curriculum

This page follows Ontario’s own curriculum for Core French, Grade 12, University Preparation.

Ontario Ministry of Education - The Ontario Curriculum, French as a Second Language: Core French, Grades 9-12dcp.edu.gov.on.ca · Read July 31, 2026

Strands

StrandOutcomesTaught in
AListeningOutcomes 7Taught in Unit 1
BSpeakingOutcomes 9Taught in Unit 2
CReadingOutcomes 9Taught in Unit 3
DWritingOutcomes 9Taught in Unit 4

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Questions about Core French, Grade 12, University Preparation

What is Core French, Grade 12, University Preparation?

Ontario’s Grade 12 French course: 4 units and 39 skills, from Listening to Writing.

What units are in Core French, Grade 12, University Preparation?

1. Listening, 2. Speaking, 3. Reading and 4. Writing.

Is there a provincial exam for Core French, Grade 12, University Preparation?

No. Ontario gives no provincial exam for Core French, Grade 12, University Preparation.

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