Adolescence Education: French (7-12) Major

You’ll learn how to teach the French language to students of various ages. In addition to taking classes in French language, literature and culture, you’ll study education topics, such as foreign language teaching methods and educational psychology. You’ll develop multilingual communicative skills for a wide range of purposes and develop language skills and cultural awareness to acquire the pedagogical background necessary to teach French in grades 7-12 in New York state.

Career Potential

Elementary school French teacher when you take the extension course
Middle school teacher
High school teacher

What Will I Learn?

Most of your credit hours will be focused on French, but you will also take courses in

Adolescence education
Education
Health
Psychology
Students with disabilities
Literacy

Special Features

Study abroad
Internship opportunities
Language Proficiency Certificate: SUNY Cortland is a testing site for the certificate for proficiency in commercial French.
Foreign language learning center
Foreign Language Early Start (FLES) methods course for K-6 certification extension