BIO
Stephanie Nance grew up in Nashville, TN, and went to Harding University to study French. She spent the summers during her college years working with the churches of Christ in French-speaking Europe (France, Switzerland and Belgium). She graduated with a BA in French and minors in Greek and Business Management and later an MEd in French Education. Following graduation, she was an adjunct for Harding University, leading a group of college students on Harding's first study abroad program to France and Switzerland.
Stephanie wanted to move back to middle Tennessee to be close to her family and to fulfill her calling to teach high school students. She taught French at Oakland High School here in Murfreesboro for three years, during which time the French program doubled in size. During her time there, she wrote the curriculum for and started the French International Baccalaureate (IB) program and also led a group of high school students on a trip to France over Winter Break.
After the birth of her first son and much prayer, she decided to leave the job she loved to be able to stay home full-time. She continued to tutor French out of her home for several more years until the birth of her third child at which time she wanted to be able to totally focus at home. Now her oldest is taking French for high school credit, and she is thrilled to have the opportunity to be back in the classroom sharing her love of the French language and culture with the students at Discipleship Tutorial.
Stephanie has been married to her best friend Tim for 21 years, and they have five incredible kids (Henry, Martin, Cordelia, Arthur and Isabelle). Stephanie has homeschooled since 2014 when her oldest started kindergarten and is so very thankful for Discipleship Tutorial and Co-op where her family is involved and thriving.
French 1
32 WEEK CLASS
Tutor Name: Stephanie Nance
Course Name: French I
Required Text:
Bien dit! French 1 - ISBN 978-0-544-86133-6
Workbook Fee: $10
Copy Fees: $35
Minimum Number of Students: 8
Maximum Number of Students: 18
Course Description/Outline/Objectives: French 1 will be a fun and engaging introduction to the French language and culture with a focus on communication! This course will be a mostly immersion experience with the vast majority of class time being spent in French from day 1. Students will practice listening, speaking, reading and writing in the target language in a variety of contexts while learning the appropriate vocabulary and grammar to enable them to communicate successfully in each of those scenarios.
Specifically, students will learn the alphabet, numbers, colors, telling time, and the calendar as well as vocabulary related to greetings, the classroom environment and school subjects, leisure activities and preferences, and the family as well as food and restaurant settings. Students will become effective communicators in the areas of greeting others and introducing themselves, explaining their preferences and what they like and don't like to do as well as how well and how often they do it, telling time and the date, describing themselves and others, talking about their families, describing their classroom environment as well as their school subjects and schedules and ordering food at a restaurant.
To enable meaningful communication in these areas, students will learn the following grammatical structures: present tense regular verbs and well as some common irregular verbs, definite and indefinite articles, the plural of nouns, negation, contractions, adjective agreement, possessive adjectives, irregular adjectives, forming questions, the partitive and the imperative.
Class time will be spent introducing new concepts and practicing them as a whole class with the tutor and also in small group settings or with a partner. Homework throughout the week will reinforce concepts introduced during class and will include videos to watch, audio to listen to, exercises in the textbook, workbook or on handouts to complete and journal entries to write. In addition, students will also complete one project/presentation per quarter and will take periodic quizzes and tests to check for comprehension. The tutor will provide feedback on all homework and assessments to aid students in learning and to evaluate student progress.
The tutor's goal for this class is to give the students a strong foundation in the French language in order to satisfy their first high school foreign language credit but also to equip them with solid communication skills in French that they may use to God's glory in the future as He sees fit. In addition, the tutor hopes to provide students with a window into another culture and to instill an appreciation for a culture and language not their own.
Expected Weekly Time Commitment for Homework: 4- 6 hours
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Prerequisites: None.
Recommended Grade Level: 8th-12th
Rate for Additional Private Tutoring: NA