This curriculum outline provides a set of minimum essentials, based on a modified audiolingual approach, for secondary school programs in French. Following a brief discussion of the need for longer study sequences and an updated instructional philosophy, the guide describes the basic objectives, contents, and suggested teaching procedures for each level of a four-level course and makes recommendations for laboratory use and student evaluation. Recommended source materials for each level include a wide variety of audiovisual aids. A directory to aids, equipment, and materials and a brief bibliography are furnished. (RL)