The curriculum guide for French outlines the general and specific objectives and content of the courses to be offered in the Jefferson County (Colorado) public junior and senior high schools. An introductory section describes the district's comprehensive and second language education goals and philosophy, summarizes findings of the President's Commission on Foreign Languages and International Studies, discusses psychological and neurological studies, and reports Scholastic Aptitude Test scores concerning second language education. The first section provides a mission statement, outlines the targeted language and cultural skills, and recommends general instructional strategies. Subsequent sections contain course descriptions (including objectives, vocabulary categories, conversational and structural goals, and supplemental activities), notes on testing, vocabulary lists for specific areas of linguistic content, sample conversations, class activities and exercises, recipes, and descriptive information about francophone countries around the world. (MSE)