Learning a world language is an opportunity for our students to become compassionate individuals interested in understanding people of different cultures! My French language course is focused on developing students’ proficiency, or their ability to perform in the language. Learners with more exposure to the language become more proficient in it. Therefore, it is my strong belief that world language classes must be based on comprehensible input. Students should be able to hear and read the language before they are ready to speak and write it. In my classes, I provide daily comprehensible input through scaffolded class conversations, storytelling, movie talks and authentic videos. I place my students and their interests at the center of our class conversations: we discuss things that are important to them, making the language learning more relevant. I encourage students to express themselves in the language without the fear of making mistakes. Their communicative goal is to make themselves understood and not necessarily to speak like a native. I teach grammar and high-frequency vocabulary in the context of our class conversations and stories. It is through relevant context that my students begin to internalize the language and continue on their path to language proficiency.