French / 

Credit gained: 1 High School Credit

Prerequisites

Completion of at least 3 years of French language coures or based on a placement test.

Course description

This is an online French course for learners who have completed at least three years of French. The four skills – reading, writing, listening and speaking – are expanded to a more advanced level. Students review and refine important grammatical structures while learning new vocabulary to communicate in French on a variety of topics. French culture is introduced with every opportunity. This course requires analytical thinking and use of the French language. Themes such as family, racism, civilization, technology, leisure, sports, health and every day’s life are discussed. Learning activities and different assignments are completed based on these themes.

Learning Goals:

The student will have the opportunity to:
  • Communicate information, ideas and opinions
  • Respond and react to questions and ideas (familiar and spontaneous situations) in a familiar but also in a more sophisticated manner
  • Maintain a logical continuity in the conversation
  • Correctly use a range of vocabulary
  • Correctly use a range of grammatical structures and syntax
  • Use a format and structure appropriate to the task
  • Identify aspects of format and style of a piece of writing
  • Write and communicate with a particular audience in mind
  • Provide information and ideas
  • Show accuracy in spelling or writing of characters

Course Instruction Time: 15 weeks

Course Completion Time: 17 weeks

Fellow/Online Instructor: Dr. Tonia Firigou

Cost: 600 €UROS

Fellow/Online Instructor(s)

Dr. Tonia Firigou, Fellow

Dr. Fyrigou is a foreign Language Teacher (French and Greek). She earned a Bachelor's in French Literature from the Greek Capodistrian University of Athens and in 2008 she received her master's degree in the History of French Civilization again from the Capodistrian University of Athens. Dr. Fyrigou defended successfully her doctorate thesis in History of French Civilization on July 2012 and received her doctoral degree. The thesis title was "Antonin Proust et son voyage en Grece".

She has been working in the ACS faculty community since 1999 and has taught both in Middle School and High School. She is an IB teacher and an IB examiner in French language. Currently, she is an Adjunct Professor at the Hellenic American University in Athens, teaching undergraduate students in the department of interdisciplinary and intercultural studies.

She has established different educational collaborations between ACS Athens and other institutions worldwide. Dr. Fyrigou was one of the first faculty who participated and completed successfully the pilot program at ACS Athens, which started in 2013-2014 academic year. She has designed, developed and implemented a course in French language and culture based on the i2flex methodology and innovative teaching and learning approaches.

She recently authored a chapter in the 2016 publication "Revolutionizing K-12 Blended Learning through i 2 Flex Classroom Model." The title of her chapter is "Evaluating the i2flex educational experience via the Community of Inquiry (CoI 2000)" Tonia Fyrigou has also presented her work in different colloquiums and conferences.

Dr. Tonia Fyrigou is a life-long learner, an open mind person with ethos and values with innovative ideas who always strives for excellence in education.

email: firigout@theinstitute.gr