Les objectifs du département de français est d’encourager et d’enseigner aux élèves le français et d’apprendre comment une nouvelle langue est une véhicule à un nouveau monde. C’est à travers la découverte d’une nouvelle culture quand comprend mieux la nôtre.
Le français est la langue officielle du Canada et de plusieurs pays francophones. Le français donne des oppotunités de gagner un meilleur salaire, d’avoir des contactes mondiaux, et offre des avantages économique sociaux et de santé. C’est notre but de donner des expériences positives à travers l’acquisition d’une nouvelle langue et une nouvelle culture qui restera avec l’élève jusqu’à l’avenir.
The Moderns French department’s focus is on engaging students in opportunities of authentic French communication as well as opening the doors to a new culture and way of life. It is our goal as a staff to provide students with a “life long language learning experience” which they can use in the future. We focus on listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through the use of various texts, and technology. Students are given a variety of tasks which focus on their strengths and needs. The focus is on acquiring a new language, understanding other cultures, making connections, comparisons and contrasts to their culture and the francophone culture around the world. We promote diversity and provide an environment where students develop an intercultural awareness by exploring diverse cultures in order to enrich their own.
The Westmount Moderns department is made up of the following teachers whose first priority is student success.
200 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD UNDERSTAND, SPEAK, READ OR WRITE FRENCH • FRENCH IS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF 29 COUNTRIES • FRENCH IS THE MOST WIDELY TAUGHT SECOND LANGUAGE AFTER ENGLISH • FRENCH IS SPOKEN IN OVER 43 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD • FRENCH IS THE 9TH MOST WIDELY SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD • SPEAKING A NEW LANGUAGE HELPS YOU TO GET TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND ANOTHER CULTURE • FRENCH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION • FRENCH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE RED CROSS • FRENCH RESTAURANT MENUS WILL BE EASIER TO DECODE • FRENCH IS ONE OF THE TWO OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES • FRENCH IS ONE OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF THE UNITED NATIONS, NATO AND UNESCO • TO BE ABLE TO SAY MORE THAN “OÙ SONT LES TOILETTES SVP ?” • IN CANADA, FRENCH IS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN NEW BRUNSWICK, QUEBEC, THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, THE YUKON AND NUNAVUT • FRENCH IS A MAJOR LANGUAGE OF HIGH TECH AND BUSINESS IN THE WORLD • FRENCH OPENS DOORS TO CAREERS IN TEACHING, BUSINESS, DIPLOMACY, RESEARCH, TRANSLATION, INTERPRETATION, TRAVEL, AND MORE • FRENCH IS SPOKEN IN 2 OF THE G8 COUNTRIES • IF YOU BUMP INTO JOHNNY DEPP OR SIDNEY CROSBY, YOU COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION IN FRENCH • THERE ARE WELL OVER 33 MILLION FRENCH-SPEAKERS IN THE AMERICAS • OVER 100 MILLION STUDENTS IN THE WORLD ARE LEARNING FRENCH • LEARNING ANOTHER LANGUAGE CAN HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND YOUR OWN • FRENCH IS THE LINGUA FRANCA OF ART, CUISINE, DANCE, AND FASHION • SPEAKING FRENCH ENHANCES YOUR TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES • THE NUMBER OF FRENCH-SPEAKERS HAS TRIPLED IN THE LAST 50 YEARS • FRENCH IS THE ONLY LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH TAUGHT IN EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD • THERE ARE OVER 700 FRENCH-LANGUAGE UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD • FRENCH GIVES ACCESS TO A HUGE NUMBER OF MOVIES, BOOKS, AND WEBSITES IN THEIR ORIGINAL LANGUAGE • KNOWING ANOTHER LANGUAGE LOOKS IMPRESSIVE ON A RESUME • FRENCH-SPEAKING AFRICA REPRESENTS AN AREA LARGER THAN THE USA • MANY SCHOLARSHIPS ARE OFFERED TO BILINGUAL STUDENTS • FRENCH IS THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE • SALARIES ARE HIGHER FOR BILINGUAL WORKERS THAN THEY ARE FOR UNILINGUAL WORKERS