This course builds on the acquisitions of French I to III and aims at giving students the ability to conduct a simple conversation in French.  While a lot of  activities are dealing with transmitting information, the focus is progressively switching to expressing ideas and opinions and arguing for or against them.  To achieve this, a range of classroom activities will be proposed, to which active participation is expected.  Pronunciation and grammar skills will also be taught.  In French IV, students will be mostly working at the A2 level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), with some activities being at B1 level.