Courses

Status

Open

Estimated Completion Time

36 weeks

Overview

Bienvenue! Welcome! Come and join various native French speakers as they give students a lively introduction to the language and its rich culture. Join them in their everyday environment as they take students through different daily scenarios and give them the necessary skills to read, write, and speak French.

In this course, students learn the basic French language. After one semester, students will be able to engage in conversation in French including greeting people, introducing themselves, and exchanging basic information with others. Students learn to count from one to 1,000 and make simple sentences in both spoken and written French. Students continue to develop their French skills in semester two.

New words and phrases are introduced with pictures, audio clips, and examples. Students learn basic French grammar to help them build fluency and understand the structure of the French language. Students have many opportunities to practice what they learn through interactive practice activities in the form of games, written practice, and listening and speaking exercises.

Students also explore the cultures of France, Canada, and other French-speaking regions by learning about geography, foods, celebrations, and traditions from each place. Bon Voyage! Enjoy the trip!

Major Topics and Concepts

Module 1: Famous locations in Paris, main events in French history, basic pronunciation, introductory phrases/conversation, cognates/borrowed words, numbers 1-10, definite/indefinite objects, and employment opportunities for French-speakers.

Module 2: Train travel in France, numbers to 70, calendar vocabulary, seasons, how to tell time in French, talk about likes and dislikes, French accent marks, and subject pronouns.

Module 3: French-speaking Africa, how to conjugate être, forming plural nouns, form questions, make statements negative, describe family members, and using adjective agreement.

Module 4: Community vocabulary, the verb aller, vocabulary related to classrooms/desktops, possessive adjectives, numbers to the thousands, and irregular adjectives.

Module 5: Shopping in Paris, avoir, talking about needs, clothing, colors, adjective agreement, and Avoir expressions.

Module 6: Strasbourg, Caracassone, city vocabulary, review telling time, transportation/going places, entertainment, être à, verb review, -er verbs, stem changing verbs, prepositions à and de.

Module 7: La Tour Eiffel, Nice, the Alps, weather in France, weather vocabulary/activities, du, de la, and de l’, faire, negative statements, le future proche, and disjunctive pronouns.

Module 8: Bretagne, Northwestern France, television vocabulary, sports, -ir verbs, Astérix, irregular adjectives, ce, cette and quel.

Module 9: Le minitel, French Indochina and Canada, describing where things are located, countries, irregular –ir verbs, use of à, au, aux, en, de, du, des, d’ in Locations/Nationalities, -RE verbs.

Credits 1

Competencies

Cognates, Parts of Speech, Numbers to 10
Students will demonstrate an understanding of cognates, parts of speech, and numbers through 10 by interpreting and communicating in written and spoken French on topics such as introductions and the French speaking world.
Expressing Likes and Dislikes, Subject Pronouns and Numbers to 70
Students will demonstrate an understanding of expressing likes and dislikes, subject pronouns, and numbers through 70 by interpreting and communicating in written and spoken French on topics such as the date, time, and seasons.
ÊTRE, Plural Nouns, Questions and Negative Constructions, and Adjective Agreement
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the verb ÊTRE, plural nouns, questions, negative constructions, and adjective agreement by interpreting and communicating in written and spoken French on a topic such as family.
ALLER, Positional Prepositions, Types of Adjectives, the French Number System
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the verb ALLER, positional prepositions, regular, irregular and possessive adjectives, and the French number system by interpreting and communicating in written and spoken French on a topic such as school.
AVOIR, AVOIR Expressions and Adjective Agreement with Nouns
Students will demonstrate an understanding of AVOIR, AVOIR expressions and adjective agreement with nouns by interpreting and communicating in written and spoken French on a topic such as shopping.
Regular ER verbs, À and De
Students will demonstrate an understanding of regular ER verbs and prepositions à and de by interpreting and communicating in written and spoken French on topics such as entertainment, directions, and modes of transportation.
FAIRE, Preposition De, Negative Statements and Questions and the Near Future Tense
Students will demonstrate an understanding of FAIRE, the preposition de, negative statements and questions, and the near future tense by interpreting and communicating in written and spoken French on topics such as weather and seasonal activities.
Regular IR verbs and Irregular, Interrogative and Demonstrative Adjectives
Students will demonstrate an understanding of regular IR verbs and irregular, interrogative and demonstrative adjectives by interpreting and communicating in written and spoken French on topics such as sports and leisure.
Irregular IR verbs, Regular RE verbs, Prepositions À and De, Interrogative Adverbs
Students will demonstrate an understanding of irregular IR verbs, regular RE verbs, prepositions à and de, and interrogative adverbs by interpreting and communicating in written and spoken French on topics such as technology, geography, and nationalities.

Pre-Requisites

None

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