sunshine Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Has anyone found a good online class for high school French? Veritas Press is full already. It would be French 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I don't know whether it's good, but thus far I've liked the communication with the teacher and the placement test: we are doing a class with AIM this fall. ETA: We considered the Potters' school but preferred a secular option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emzhengjiu Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 My daughter is in Madame S.'s class at the Potter's School. She loves the class and is looking forward to starting French 2 this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfinlady Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 My son really likes Mr. G's French class over at currclick.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlemommy Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 My son has completed French 1, 2, and 3 with Madame Starosciak at the Potter's School. It was challenging but she made the class enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 My son really likes Mr. G's French class over at currclick.com. My twins love Mr. G's French class too. He' s a great teacher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAMom Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 My dd took 6 years of French with Madame S through The Potter's School. She loved the class and Madame! She even took the AP class with Madame and scored a 4 on the exam. Madame is a great teacher and our online foreign language experience was a huge success! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readwithem Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Even though my dd scored extremely well on the AP, she would not recommend Potters School. She only took for one year (the AP class - senior year) but found Madame S to be disorganized and had to self study quite a bit. This was 4 years ago so things may have changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 I don't know whether it's good, but thus far I've liked the communication with the teacher and the placement test: we are doing a class with AIM this fall. ETA: We considered the Potters' school but preferred a secular option What is AIM? I have not heard of that. Thank you everyone for the options you have given me. i am looking into all 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen the RD Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I, too, highly recommend Madame S. at the Potter's School. My daughter took her for French 1 in 9th grade and fell in love with the language. She worked very hard in the class, and learned so much. Most of her French II at the high school was a review because of the amount of material covered in French 1. Dd found Madame S. to be extremely organized. She was always quick to respond to questions via email, and she quickly returned graded papers. Had dd continued homeschooling, she would've continued with the Potter's School French. HTH, Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 What is AIM? I have not heard of that. Thank you everyone for the options you have given me. i am looking into all 3. Debra Bell's AIM academy:http://debrabell.com/online-classes/ I also remembered just now (in my mad search for a secular French 2 class) that Online g3 is offering French 1. We needed French 2 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 You might want to check the wait list if you want VP. I just dropped this for DD this morning. I have the teacher's edition of the books too if interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemMommy Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Potter's School with Madame S!!! My dd took French 1 and 2 with her. She provided excellent feedback, diligent grading, and quick responses. At college, my 16 yo dd (in Minnesota, you can do college for free during high school so we had her try some classes), aced the year of college French and they asked her to be a French major. She was tops in her class by far. She was very well prepared by Madame S both in French itself, but also in how to learn a foreign language. I give her 5 stars!! Highly recommended. (tough class, though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Grantmom Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Are any of the teachers in the above classes native French speakers? I am trying to decide between studying French on our own with a native speaker Skype tutor and some curriculum for French 1 as a ninth grader, or signing up for an online class. I like the idea of having it all taken care of by someone else. But I did speak French at one point. I am not fluent anymore but it is coming back to me. I am most concerned about having exposure to a native accent because that is the main thing I cannot provide. But maybe audio CDs and the like will be enough for that, and maybe I shouldn't be too concerned about that. I guess my goal is for language fluency, not for just being able to score highly on an exam. After four years of high school French, I couldn't have held a conversation with a French speaker, and that is just ridiculous to spend that much time not actually learning a language. So, I want something different for my children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedarling Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 My boys did Middlebury French through Aventa (now Fuel Ed) and our public charter school. They picked it up halfway through the year after trying another course and hating it for poor audio quality and organization (through another school in our state.) They say Middlebury was lightyears better for those reasons...they could actually understand the audio and always knew exactly what they were supposed to do. The course also provided good review, making testing easier, and the teacher was far more reasonable in grading. That said, its probably the equivalent of typical high school foriegn language...probably not enough to make anyone fluent in the language. But its far better than I could do at home with no knowledge of the language!! We're continuing with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjmw1 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Another vote for Mr. G at currclick. My daughter has taken French with him all last year and getting ready to start up with him again in the fall, and my other daughter took his German course this summer. I wish he offered German all year long as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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