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French IIOnline College Course
Build real fluency — past tense, travel, health, and the structures that let you hold a conversation.
What You'll Learn
A full semester of french ii — completed at your own pace, with no deadlines or fixed class times.
What You'll Be Able to Do
- Comprehend the main idea and key supporting details in short spoken French — spontaneous conversation and recorded audio — on familiar topics including travel, home, food, health, technology, and city life
- Sustain spoken interpersonal exchanges: ask and answer questions, negotiate meaning, and perform role-plays and paired dialogues in present, past, recent-past, and future time frames
- Read and interpret short contextualized French texts — cultural readings, menus, advertisements, correspondence — identifying main ideas and relevant details
- Narrate and describe past events accurately, selecting correctly between the passé composé and the imparfait in connected discourse
- Produce coherent written descriptions and narratives across genres (letter, review, short essay) using present, past, and future tenses with correct accentuation and conventions
- Apply the full French pronoun system — direct, indirect, double, reflexive, reciprocal, and adverbial (y/en) — and relative pronouns to produce connected, cohesive discourse
- Express hypotheses, wishes, and polite requests using the conditionnel and si-clause constructions
- Deliver a sustained individual oral presentation (5–10 minutes) on a Francophone cultural or personal topic with appropriate pronunciation, fluency, and accuracy
- Analyze cultural practices, products, and perspectives across the Francophone world, comparing them with the student's own culture (restaurant etiquette, environmental attitudes, regional identity)
- Demonstrate proficiency at the Novice-High to Intermediate-Low level on the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines across all four skills
Major Course Topics
Course chapters and lessons
French II has 6 chapters across 71 instructional hours, as listed in the course syllabus. Expand any chapter to see the lessons inside it.
- Chapters
- 6
- Lessons
- 42
- Instructional hours
- 71 hrs
- Semester hours
- 3
Chapter 1
En vacances: Travel, Transportation & the Passé Composé
- 1.1 Travel & Vacation Vocabulary countries, nationalities, modes of transport, vacation activities, seasons and weather expressions
- 1.2 The Passé Composé with avoir formation, regular past participles, common irregular participles, agreement, and negation in the past
- 1.3 The Passé Composé with être the être verbs (DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP), past-participle agreement with the subject
- 1.4 Direct Object Pronouns le, la, les, me, te, nous, vous; placement in present and past; agreement in the passé composé
- 1.5 Regular -ir Verbs finir, choisir, réfléchir and the -iss- pattern in present and past
- 1.6 The Impératif affirmative and negative commands; the impératif with pronouns; giving travel instructions
- 1.7 Culture vacation and travel practices across France, Senegal, and the French Antilles; le tourisme and regional destinations
Chapter 2
Chez nous: The Home, the Imparfait & Describing the Past
- 2.1 House & Home Vocabulary rooms, furniture, appliances, and parts of a dwelling; describing where one lives
- 2.2 Household Chores vocabulary for tasks and frequency; expressing obligation and routine
- 2.3 Adverbs formation of -ment adverbs; adverbs of frequency, time, and manner; placement rules
- 2.4 The Imparfait formation from the nous stem; uses for description, habitual action, and ongoing past states
- 2.5 Passé Composé vs. Imparfait the central narrative distinction: completed events vs. background/description; common signal words
- 2.6 Savoir vs. Connaître knowing facts/skills vs. being acquainted; passé composé nuances of each
- 2.7 Culture housing, family structures, and domestic life in France and Francophone Switzerland and Belgium
Chapter 3
La nourriture: Food, Dining & Comparison
- 3.1 Food & Meals Vocabulary foods, beverages, courses, quantities, and the partitive article in context
- 3.2 Grocery Shopping & the Restaurant shops, vendors, ordering, and table vocabulary
- 3.3 The Verb venir & the Passé Récent venir de + infinitive to express the recent past
- 3.4 Devoir, Vouloir, Pouvoir obligation, desire, and ability; polite usage and nuance
- 3.5 Comparatives & Superlatives plus/moins/aussi … que; the irregular forms meilleur and mieux; the superlative le/la/les plus
- 3.6 Double Object Pronouns combining direct and indirect object pronouns; order and placement
- 3.7 Culture French meal structure, dining etiquette, table manners, and regional cuisine across the Francophone world
Chapter 4
La santé: Daily Routine, Reflexives & Wellbeing
- 4.1 Daily Routine Vocabulary reflexive activities of the morning and evening; telling time in routine contexts
- 4.2 The Body, Health & Remedies body parts, symptoms, ailments, and at the doctor/pharmacy
- 4.3 Reflexive Verbs (Present) pronominal verb formation; reflexive pronoun placement; common reflexive verbs
- 4.4 Idiomatic Reflexives verbs whose meaning shifts in the pronominal form (s'entendre, se rendre compte, etc.)
- 4.5 The Passé Composé of Reflexive Verbs être auxiliary, agreement rules, and negation
- 4.6 The Pronouns y and en replacing places and de-phrases/quantities; placement and combination
- 4.7 Culture health, wellness, and the body in Francophone societies; the French healthcare context
Chapter 5
La technologie: Technology, Transport & the Conditional
- 5.1 Technology & Electronics Vocabulary devices, media, and digital actions; using and troubleshooting technology
- 5.2 The Car & Driving vehicle vocabulary, road signs, and explaining car trouble
- 5.3 Prepositions with the Infinitive verbs followed by à, de, or no preposition before an infinitive
- 5.4 Reciprocal Reflexives expressing mutual actions (se parler, se retrouver, s'aimer)
- 5.5 The Conditionnel formation (future stem + imparfait endings); polite requests and hypothetical statements
- 5.6 Si-Clauses present + future and imparfait + conditional patterns for real and hypothetical conditions
- 5.7 Culture Francophone attitudes toward technology, nuclear energy, the environment, and transportation
Chapter 6
En ville: City Life, the Future & Relative Pronouns
- 6.1 City & Errands Vocabulary shops, services, public buildings, and running errands
- 6.2 Directions & Location asking for and giving directions; prepositions of place
- 6.3 The Verbs voir, recevoir & apercevoir present and past forms and usage
- 6.4 Negative & Affirmative Expressions ne … rien, ne … personne, ne … jamais, ne … plus, and their affirmative counterparts
- 6.5 The Future Simple formation (regular and irregular stems) and use to express future plans and predictions
- 6.6 Relative Pronouns qui, que, dont, and où to combine clauses and produce connected discourse
- 6.7 Culture urban life, shopping habits, and socially appropriate behavior across Francophone cities
These chapters come straight from the official course syllabus, which also sets out the graded assignment and the proctored final exam.
Course Details
| Course | French II (FR 102) |
|---|---|
| Format | 100% online |
| Learning Style | Self-paced — no deadlines or class times |
| Credits | 3 College Credits |
| Lab | Not required |
| Prerequisites | French I or equivalent |
| Assessment | 25% Attendance · 25% Quizzes · 25% Assignments · 25% Final Exam |
| Estimated Completion | Self-paced · no deadlines |
| Credit Recommendation | NCCRS Credit Recommended |
| Transfer Information | Transferable via the credit recommendation above — your registrar can confirm your school's policy |
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