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French AP · Chapter 5 · Unit 2: Language and Culture

Customs and celebrations

Festivals, ceremonies and the food and faith around them, across the French-speaking world.

10 vocabulary lessons (101 words), 1 grammar lesson, 1 story, 2 exam-style sets.

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  1. Vocabulary

    Essential, real, the same

    Festivals, ceremonies and the food and faith around them, across the French-speaking world.

  2. Vocabulary

    Clearly, obviously, surely

    Festivals, ceremonies and the food and faith around them, across the French-speaking world.

  3. Vocabulary

    Signs, symbols and seals

    Festivals, ceremonies and the food and faith around them, across the French-speaking world.

  4. Vocabulary

    Ceremonies, circuses and customs

    Festivals, ceremonies and the food and faith around them, across the French-speaking world.

  5. Vocabulary

    Festivals and traditions across the French-speaking world

    Festivals, ceremonies and the food and faith around them, across the French-speaking world.

  6. Listening practice

    Getting ready for Tabaski

    Listening: an interview with a tailor in Thiès, Senegal.

  7. Reading practice

    Four days of carnival

    Reading: an article about the carnival in Fort-de-France, Martinique.

  8. Vocabulary

    Costumes and disguises

    Festivals, ceremonies and the food and faith around them, across the French-speaking world.

  9. Grammar primer

    Subjonctif after doubt emotion

    Grammar for AP French.

  10. Vocabulary

    Soups, stews and noodles

    Festivals, ceremonies and the food and faith around them, across the French-speaking world.

  11. Vocabulary

    Cooking, heating and freezing

    Festivals, ceremonies and the food and faith around them, across the French-speaking world.

  12. Vocabulary

    Prayer, Mass and blessings

    Festivals, ceremonies and the food and faith around them, across the French-speaking world.

  13. Vocabulary

    Bibles, altars and chapels

    Festivals, ceremonies and the food and faith around them, across the French-speaking world.

  14. Read a story

    Read: Une surprise pour Maëlle

    A reader to close customs and celebrations.

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