A1.1
This is a class for adults above the age of 18 at the Absolute Beginner’s French level. We will be working on dossiers 0, 1 and 2 of
the Totem 1 textbook and workbook. You will be introduced to the following material at a
beginner’s level:
Lexical:
- Salutations, terms of politeness
- Daily life, family
- Professions
- Nationalities
- punctuation,
- Phone conversation
Grammatical:
- Subject personal pronouns « je, tu, il, elle, … »
- Tonic (emphatic) pronouns « moi, toi, lui, elle, … »
- Indicators of gender and number in speaking and writing
- Spacial prepositions « en, au, aux » and country names
- Verbs ending in -er in the present tense
- Verbs « être, avoir » in the present tense
- Verbs « appeler/s’appeler » in the present tense
Pragmatic:
- Recognizing written French words
- Recognizing singular and plural spoken words
- Introducing oneself, saying one’s name, profession, language(s), nationality and family
- Asking about a person’s name, profession, language(s), nationality and family
- Saying/asking the date and contact information
- Saying/asking where someone is from and where they live
A1.2
This is a class for adults above the age of 18 at the Beginner’s French level. We will be working on dossiers 3 and 4 of the Totem
1 textbook
and workbook.
You will be introduced to the following material at a beginner’s level:
Lexical:
- Restaurant, food,
- Daily activities,
- Town and city,
- Weather,
- Cultural activities,
- Location,
- Clothing,
- Colors,
- Cuisine, ingredients, utensils
- Shops, stores and markets
- Fruit and vegetables
Grammatical:
- Verbs « Prendre, Faire, Aller, Venir, Vouloir, Pouvoir » in the present tense
- Indefinite articles (2)
- « Est-ce que/qu’est-ce que »
- The pronoun « on »
- « Ne…pas » negation
- Spacial prepositions
- Interrogative adjectives « quel, quelle, quels, quelles »
- Demonstrative adjectives « ce, cet, cette, ces »
- Imperative
- Defined quantities
- Partitif articles,
- « Je voudrais »
Pragmatic:
- Ordering in a restaurant,
- Describing a town or city, the weather,
- Suggesting going out,
- Making an appointment,
- Buying something in a shop,
- Speaking of quantity,
- Telling someone to do something.
A1.3
This is a class for adults above the age of 18 at the Beginner’s French level. We will be working on dossiers 5 and 6 of the Totem
1 textbook
and workbook.
You will be introduced to the following material at a beginner’s level:
Lexical:
- Cinema, leisure activities, daily activities
- Human body and character
- Romantic relations
- Studies, levels, degrees, exams and grades
- Means of transport, housing, places and activities
- Registration, forms and instructions
Grammatical:
- Answering a negative question
- Verb « se lever » in present tense
- Place and accord of the adjective
- Possessive adjectives in plural « nos, vos, leurs »
- Passé composé and
temporal indicators
- Verb « se promener » in passé composé
- Passé composé in the negative
form
- Verb « aller » in the imperfect
- Verbs « devoir » and « falloir » in present tense
- Present continuous « être en train de… »
- Direct object pronouns « me, te, se, le, la, l’, les, nous, vous, se, les »
Pragmatic:
- Making a positive/negative comment
- Asking/speaking about one’s tastes
- Speaking of ana action in the future
- Describing someone
- Placing in time
- Speaking of actions in the past
- Speaking about duration and frequency
- Expressing surprise
- Speaking about one’s studies
- Sharing a memory
- Speaking in chronological order
- Making suggestions, giving instructions and expressing a need
