French Immersion Program
The French Immersion teaching team at ESBCHS believe that students have far greater, longer-lasting academic and linguistic success when the majority of their learning takes place in French. French immersion is a successful approach to learning a second language as it provides students with opportunities to:
- listen to French spoken by their teachers and their classmates,
- practice speaking and reading in French on an on-going and regular basis,
- take part in cultural experiences,
- be a part of a smaller school within the larger school context, and
- to live an educational experience that will stay with them in their future studies and careers.
Le personnel du programme d’immersion croit que les élèves ont de plus grand succès académiques et linguistiques lorsque la majorité de leur apprentissage se fait en Français. Le programme d’immersion est une approche éducative qui permet aux apprenants d’une deuxième langue de bénéficier des occasions suivantes:
· d’écouter le Français parlé de leurs enseignants et compagnons de classe,
· de practice la locution, le lexique, le vocabulaire, la lecture et l’accent Franco-albertain sur une base régulière,
· de faire partie des expériences culturelles,
· de faire partie d’une petite école au sein d’un plus grand environnement écolier, et
· de vivre une expérience éducative qui leur sera chère tout au long de leur trajet éducatif et professionnel.
In order to continue to study in the French Immersion Program through to grade 12, students must be enrolled in a minimum of two core subjects taught in French, one of which must be French Language Arts (FLA). Students who remain in the program will receive an ESBCHS Graduation Certificate in French indicating their successful completion of the French Immersion Program.
Core Courses offered in French:
See pages for those specific subject areas below to view descriptions, prerequisites and view course sequencing charts.
- French Language Arts 10-1, 20-1, 20-2, 30-1, 30-2
- Etudes Sociales 10-1, 20-1, 30-1, 30-2
- Mathématiques 10C, 20-1, 30-1
- Sciences 10 -14 – 20 – 30
- Biologie 20 – 30
- Chimie 20 – 30
*Some courses will only run if registration requests are high enough. Course content is the same as those offered in English.
French Language Arts 10-1 (5 credits)
Recommended Prerequisite: 60% in FLA 9
Immersion level Grade 10 French, stressing listening, speaking, reading and writing on approximately an equal basis. Students will be permitted to challenge French as a Second Language (FSL) 10 before the end of the semester.
French Language Arts 20-1/20-2 (5 credits)
Recommended Prerequisite: 60% in FLA 10 for 20-1/Less than 50% for 20-2
Continuation of FLA 10. Two major works will be studied in detail. Students will be permitted to challenge FSL 20 before the end of the semester.
French Language Arts 30-1 (5 credits)
Recommended Prerequisite: 60% in FLA 20
Continuation of FLA 20-1. Two major works will be studied in detail. Some emphasis will be placed on practical ways of maintaining one’s French beyond high school. Students will be permitted to challenge FSL 30 before the end of the semester.
This is a diploma course - exam is worth 30% of their final mark.
French Language Arts 30-2 (5 credits)
Recommended Prerequisite: 50% in FLA 20-2
French Language Arts 30-2 follows the same curriculum as FLA 30-1 without writing a diploma exam at the end of the course. Both FLA 30-1 and FLA 30-2 are recognized by Campus Saint Jean. Students will have the opportunity to challenge FSL 30 before the end of the semester. There is NO diploma associated with this course.
Please Note: Only 25 credits from any combination of languages may be used towards a high school diploma. This means that if a student takes FLA 10, 20 & 30 and challenges French 10, 20 & 30, or if they enroll in French 10, 20 & 30 and Spanish 10, 20 & 30 they will earn 30 credits, of which only 25 will count towards the 100 credit requirement for a high school diploma.
Click on the image below to view an interview with our French Immersion department head.
