French for Children Primer A (Student Edition)

A yearlong course for grades 4-7  French is a widely spoken language. You’ll hear it spoken in France, of course, but also in Switzerland, Belgium, Monaco, and Canada, as well as many African countries, such as Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Tunisia, and Morocco. In fact, French is the native language of, or regularly used in, more than 35 countries around the world! Did you know that many of the world’s classics were written in French? Consider Les Misérables (Victor Hugo), The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas), The Stranger (Albert Camus), The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux), The Essays of Montaigne (Michel de Montaigne), The Social Contract (Jean-Jacques Rousseau), and Pensées (Blaise Pascal), to name but a few. This classical, beautiful, and widely spoken language will be a treasure for children to learn. There is a distinction, however, between just learning common words and phrases, which is the approach of many French programs, and knowing the language well enough to co