- Honors Français 3, Français 4 is a moderately-paced, multi-faceted, challenging development of advanced conversational French language and an exploration into post-World War 2 French culture and literature.

- The course runs on the principle of comprehensible input (listening and reading understandable French), and with the belief that language is acquired rather than learned. In this way, instructional methods and student work will not resemble those of more traditional language classrooms or other subject matters.

- The course seeks to establish a strong base for continued language development through comprehensible near immersion in the classroom, varied teaching methods , class discussion and conversation, projects, and approximately 30 minutes of reading a night.

- The class encourages student interest in French culture through guest speakers, presentations, music (Jacques Brel, Corneille, MC Solaar, Francis Cabrel, Emily Loizeau, Helmut Fritz), pre- and post-war French literature (Paroles, de Jacques Prévert ; Le Petit Prince, d’Antoine de St. Exupèry ; l’Étranger, d’Albert Camus ; and Oscar et la Dame Rose, d’Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt) and films (Les Enfants du Paradis, Les Choristes, Une Pure Formalité, and Oscar et la Dame Rose).

- The curriculum assumes mastery of basic French conversational skills, and seeks to introduce students to more advance grammar structures as well as more mature cultural topics (e.g. French literature, history, & society).