3. A1-2 | Beginner French 2 | In-Person

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Wednesdays & Fridays, 10:00 AM -11:30 AM

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About this Class

Our core language classes will strengthen your French through speaking, writing and comprehension activities while providing insights into Francophone culture. Our teachers and curriculum use cutting-edge methods and resources to develop your skills and confidence in French. With full immersion from day one and a communicative, task-based approach you'll gain the knowledge you need to embrace the Francophone world!

No previous requirements. Prepare for CECR : A1

Required textbook: Édito A1, 2022 Edition
In this course you will cover Units 3, 4 & 5 : p.45-86
Level A1-1 required or equivalent. In preparation for CECR: A1

Content you will cover in Unit 3:
"Qu’est-ce qu’on mange?"

Learn How To
  • Shop for food; Ask/Say the Price; Give an Appreciation; Ask questions; Order in a restaurant.
Grammar
  • Singular and plural nouns; Prepositions of place; Quantity not definie (partitives + un peu de/d', beaucoup de/d', pas de/d'); Verbs in -ir in the present tense (choisir, finir); Verbs acheter, payer, aller, manger, faire.
Society and Culture
  • French food shopping - Picknick restaurant (Grenoble) - Frigo Magic app - bistro dishes - Too Good To Go app Cuisine en fête ! Valence en gastronomie festival; star chefs and their specialties; Francophonie: Moulaye Fanny, pastry chef from Côte d'Ivoire.
Vocabulary
  • Shops, food: shopkeepers, food, quantities, means of payment; Meals: at home, in a restaurant, drinks, dishes, desserts, crockery.
Phonetics
  • Vowels [i], [y], [u]; Rising and falling intonation.

Content you will cover in Unit 4:
C’est où?

Learn How To
  • Introduce a town/neighborhood; Get around on public transport; Ask for directions; Understand an itinerary.
Grammar
  • C'est un(e) - Il/Elle est ; Frequency (1) (jamais, souvent, toujours) ; The imperative (être, avoir, monter, aller) ; Connectors (pour, parce que, mais, avec, sans) ; The verb prendre.
Society and Culture
  • Street Art Fest Grenoble-Alpes - Toulouse - Musée des Confluences (Lyon) - Arènes d'Arles ; Un oiseau à Paris ! Paris, its districts, its monuments; Cities and districts (Djenné, Brussels, Tunis, Hanoi, Quebec, La Chaux-de-Fonds); Free transport (Luxembourg)
Vocabulary
  • The city: roads, parts of the city, places, monuments, people; Transport; Numbers (3) (100 to 1 billion)
Phonetics
  • Nasal vowels [E-] and [A-]; Nasal vowels [A-] and [O-]

Content you will cover in Unit 5:
C’est tendance!

Learn How To
  • Comment on a price; Ask about size and shoe size; Give an opinion on a garment; Situate a time in the year; Talk about the weather; Ask about the usefulness of a product; Describe an object.
Grammar
  • Gender and number of adjectives; Future tense; Place of adjectives; Demonstrative adjectives; Verbs vendre, mettre, venir.
Society and Culture
  • Vinted app (clothing) - La Malle française online shopping - Leetchi online kitty; Recyclons ! Mode recyclée (Kinshasa); La Textilerie (recycled clothing); Belgian expressions for the weather.
Vocabulary
  • Clothes: accessories, colors, materials; Weather and temperatures; Technological objects, everyday objects, characteristics of objects (shape, size, weight).
Phonetics
  • Consonants [S] and [J]; Compulsory links with adjectives.

Testimonials

Christine

Boston
I thoroughly enjoyed my class. My instructor was fun and enthusiastic. She planned a variety of activities so the concepts were presented in different ways which really helped me learn. She was patient with my pronunciation, but taught me in a way that only a true native speaker could. Can't wait for my next class!

Karen

Concord
The class really gave us a good foundation from which we learned to communicate in French.