Enrichment courses offered for Farmington Public School employees ONLY!
This course is for students who have completed the Advanced Beginner Course or 3 years of high school French. Students should have an intermediate low or mid proficiency level in spoken French.
This course will continue to hone conversation skills while addressing more advanced grammar topics such as compound tenses, relative pronouns, and direct and indirect objects. The objectives of this course are for you to be able to say that I can:
Student should purchase the textbook Ultimate French ISBN-13: 978-1400009633 - or - ISBN-13: 978-1400021048
Tom has been teaching French and Spanish in Farmington since 1997. He began teaching at Irving Robbins Middle School. For the past 21 years, Tom has been at Farmington High School.
Tom earned his Bachelor of Science degree in International Management from Central Connecticut State University and obtained a Master of Arts degree in French from Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT. Tom completed his sixth year in Spanish at Central Connecticut State University.
Tom has had the opportunity to study and travel to France, Spain, Trinidad, Montreal, and Quebec. He currently lives in Marlborough, CT with his wife and chocolate lab, Huey. He has a daughter, Shannon, who lives in Wethersfield. Tom enjoys traveling biking and hiking. His favorite place in the United States is Acadia National Park.
Tom McGinnis
No Class Apr 16
