The French language might bring to mind images like the Eiffel Tower, baguettes, and berets, but 上学校 students in French 1A have been exploring far beyond France’s borders this month. 在这门入门课程中，学生练习用法语听、说、读、写，同时发现世界范围内法语国家文化的丰富多样性。 Throughout the year, they’ll take part in projects that deepen their understanding of how language and culture connect across continents.

这个月，每个学生都研究了一个讲法语的国家，并通过课堂报告分享了他们的发现。 Students explored nations such as Luxembourg, Cambodia, Belgium, Morocco, Canada, and Switzerland, learning about each country’s location, capital, flag, major cities, languages, currency, popular foods, and traditional clothing. 他们还考察了当地的问候和习俗，对法语世界的文化多样性有了更丰富的认识。 In their presentations, students reflected on what they admired most about their chosen country, interesting facts they discovered, and questions they’d like to explore further. Since they are just beginning their study of French, 世界语言 Teacher Rachana Sudhaman asked students to read each slide’s topic sentence aloud in French—for example, “Les villes importantes sont…”—to practice their pronunciation, then explain the slide’s content in English. 她希望通过今年开始探索各种法语文化，学生们可以对他们正在学习的语言的丰富性和多样性有更深的了解。 “We want to highlight that these countries and their cultures are different, but also show how the French language remains an important part of each country,” says Rachana.