<p> MICHIGAN TEST OBJECTIVES FIELD 623: FRENCH</p><p>Reading and Vocabulary Syntax and Usage Cultural Understanding and Expression Language Instruction</p><p>READING AND VOCABULARY</p><p>Apply literal comprehension skills in French.</p><p>Includes accurate paraphrasing of content and the selection of supporting details presented in written French passages.</p><p>Apply skills of inference in French.</p><p>Includes inferences from the context of sentences and passages and from the logical sequence of ideas in passages.</p><p>Apply interpretive comprehension skills in French.</p><p>Includes recognizing author’s point of view and purpose; determining cause-and-effect relationships; and distinguishing between facts and opinions in a written French passage.</p><p>Understand everyday French prose (e.g., instructions, newspapers, commonly used reference works, advertising copy, menus, transportation schedules, travel guides).</p><p>Includes written instructions; main ideas and supporting details in newspaper and magazine articles; and information found in reference materials, advertising copy, menus, transportation schedules, and travel guides.</p><p>Understand the use of language in modem literary prose in French.</p><p>Includes narrative elements; figures of speech; and author’s point of view and purpose in a literary passage.</p><p>Understand the use of language in poetry in French.</p><p>Includes literal and figurative meanings and figures of speech in poetic passages.</p><p>Demonstrate French vocabulary skills in context.</p><p>Includes multiple-meaning and less common words in context; words formed from or related to other words; and French words and expressions commonly confused by nonnative speakers.</p><p>Understand French idiomatic expressions.</p><p>Includes idioms appropriate to various contexts and the meanings of French idiomatic expressions.</p><p>Demonstrate knowledge of French vocabulary in various everyday contexts. </p><p>Includes appropriate vocabulary in social and cultural contexts related to daily life; and the meaning of numerical expressions. SYNTAX AND USAGE</p><p>Identify forms and use of the present indicative and future as appropriate for given contexts (e.g., narration, description, seeking or giving information).</p><p>Includes the present indicative and future tense forms of regular and irregular verbs in various functional contexts.</p><p>Identify forms and use of the imperfect indicative, the passé compose, the pluperfect, and the passé simple as appropriate for given contexts (e.g., narration, description).</p><p>Includes the imperfect, the passé compose, the passé simple, and the pluperfect of regular and irregular verbs in various functional contexts.</p><p>Identify forms arid use of the conditional and conditional perfect as appropriate for given contexts (e.g., hypothetical situations, making polite requests).</p><p>Includes the conditional and conditional perfect of regular and irregular verbs in various functional contexts.</p><p>Identify forms and use of the subjunctive as appropriate for given contexts (e.g., expressing opinions or emotions, after using certain conjunctions).</p><p>Includes the present and past subjunctive in various functional contexts relative to expressing opinions and emotions, and after certain conjunctions.</p><p>Express commands appropriately for given contexts (e.g., instructions, requests, stating rules).</p><p>Includes direct commands using the imperative of regular and irregular verbs; the infinitive to express commands; substitutes for the imperative in polite and indirect commands; and negative commands as appropriate for various contexts.</p><p>Identify forms and use of the present and the past participles and infinitives as appropriate for given contexts.</p><p>Includes the present and the past participles and the present and the past infinitives in various functional contexts.</p><p>Understand usage of adjectives in French (e.g., describing, giving information, expressing ownership).</p><p>Includes appropriate use of descriptive, possessive, and demonstrative adjectives in various contexts.</p><p>Understand usage of personal and possessive pronouns in French.</p><p>Includes appropriate use of personal pronouns as subjects or objects; possessive pronouns; and stress personal pronouns in various contexts.</p><p>Understand usage of demonstrative, relative, and indefinite pronouns in French.</p><p>Includes appropriate use of relative, indefinite, and demonstrative pronouns in various contexts.</p><p>Understand usage of prepositions in French. Includes use of prepositions (including prepositions of place) with verbs, nouns, pronouns, and geographical terms. Understand usage of nouns and articles in French.</p><p>Includes appropriate use of definite and indefinite articles, the partitive, and singular and plural forms of nouns in various contexts.</p><p>Understand usage of adverbs, conjunctions, and interjections in French.</p><p>Includes appropriate use of adverbs, conjunctions, and interjections in various contexts.</p><p>Identify interrogative constructions used in appropriate contexts (e.g., seeking information).</p><p>Includes appropriate use of interrogative adjectives, pronouns, and adverbs in various contexts.</p><p>Identify pronominal constructions used in appropriate contexts (e.g., reflexive, reciprocal).</p><p>Includes the appropriate use of reflexive, reciprocal, and idiomatic constructions for various functional contexts.</p><p>Identify an appropriate transformation of a sentence or a passage in French according to given instructions (e.g., active/passive voice, direct/indirect discourse).</p><p>Includes appropriate transformation of sentences and passages from active to passive voice (and vice versa), including substitutes for the passive, and from direct to indirect discourse (and vice versa).</p><p>Identify negative constructions used in appropriate contexts.</p><p>Includes appropriate negative particles, pronouns, and adjectives for various functional contexts.</p><p>Identify comparative and superlative constructions used in appropriate contexts.</p><p>Includes appropriate comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs for various contexts.</p><p>CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND EXPRESSION</p><p>Understand major historical, geographical, and economic features of the culture of France and other French-speaking countries.</p><p>Includes major historical figures and events, geographical features, and features of contemporary economies in France and other French-speaking countries; and the relationship between major historical events and figures in France and other French-speaking countries and other events and figures in the world.</p><p>Understand major political and social institutions of the culture of France and other French- speaking countries.</p><p>Includes the cultural significance of developments in the political history of France and other French-speaking countries; the role of France and other French-speaking countries in international politics; and features of governmental and social institutions in France and other French-speaking countries, and their cultural significance.</p><p>Understand achievements in the arts and sciences as features of the culture of France and other French-speaking countries. Includes major writers, artists, musicians, and composers of France and other French-speaking countries; and the scientific and technological achievements of France and other French-speaking countries. Understand aspects of daily life and leisure activities in France and other French-speaking countries.</p><p>Includes aspects of family life, leisure activities, and other features of daily life in France and other French-speaking countries, and their cultural significance.</p><p>Understand cultural aspects of religion, values, and traditional beliefs and attitudes in France and other French-speaking countries.</p><p>Includes features of religion, values, and traditional beliefs and attitudes in France and other French-speaking countries, and their cultural significance.</p><p>Understand influences of French culture on the United States.</p><p>Includes the origins of various features of U.S. culture in the culture of France and other French- speaking countries; and the cultural contributions of persons, events, and immigrants from France and other French-speaking countries.</p><p>Understand cultural behavior and communication patterns in France and other French-speaking countries (including U.S. influences).</p><p>Includes nonverbal elements of communication and the impact of English-speaking cultures on French-speaking countries.</p><p>Recognize appropriate language use in a French cultural context.</p><p>Includes language appropriate for traveling, socializing in various environments, interpreting, and expressing attitudes, opinions, and judgments.</p><p>LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION</p><p>Understand theories and principles of foreign language instruction.</p><p>Includes methodologies, techniques, materials, and equipment for foreign language instruction; methods and approaches of foreign language instruction for various learning situations; and techniques appropriate for the integration of culture into language instruction.</p><p>Understand classroom techniques and activities appropriate for the development of structural and reading skills.</p><p>Includes teacher activities, student goals, and student activities appropriate for the development of structural and reading skills.</p><p>Understand classroom techniques and activities appropriate for the development of writing and communicative skills.</p><p>Includes teacher activities, student goals, and student activities appropriate for the development of writing and communicative skills.</p><p>Understand techniques for foreign language assessment and evaluation.</p><p>Includes appropriate evaluative techniques for assessing students’ cultural understanding, reading skills, writing skills, and communicative skills. Use language appropriate for classroom management in French.</p><p>Includes appropriate language for creating a positive learning environment in the classroom and for facilitating learning processes in the classroom.</p><p>Use technical language appropriate for foreign language instruction.</p><p>Includes grammatical terminology and language appropriate for literary or cultural analysis.</p>