This guide presents the philosophy, goals, and objectives, as well as the scope and sequence of French instruction at four levels for the public schools of Hawaii. The emphasis is on cultural awareness and communicative competence in French. The goals, objectives, and performance expectations are presented as guides from which teachers can derive specific objectives for their own situations. The guide has eight sections covering the following areas: (1) general outline and explanation of philosophy, goals, objectives, and performance expectations in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and culture; (2) suggestions for teaching the four skills; (3) a curriculum outline for developing the four skills and incorporating phonology, morphology, syntax, vocabulary, and culture; (4) outline and charts of the scope and sequence of the secondary French language program; (5) a description and outline of performance expectations in skills and content according to level; (6) considerations on use of a textbook series and supplementary materials; (7) testing; and (8) ideas for learning activities. (AMH)