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French course: A1 beginner (syllabus)

Learning module 1: Se présenter

A1:1 Salutations et adieux (Greetings and Farewells)

A1.1: Greetings and Farewells

Learning goals

  • Basic greetings and farewells.
  • Starting and ending a conversation.
  • Useful phrases to use during class (asking for clarification, repetition, etc.).
  • Personal pronouns

A1:2 Dire ton nom (Telling your name)

A1.2: Telling your name

Learning goals

  • Tell your name and ask for the name of somebody
  • Titles and ways of addressing people. (Mister, miss,...)
  • Introduce yourself
  • The alphabet
  • pronunciation

A1:3 D'où venez-vous? (Where are you from?)

A1.3: Where are you from?

Learning goals

  • Ask somebody where they are from
  • Say your nationality
  • Definite and indefinite articles

A1:4 Chiffres et comptage (Numbers and counting)

A1.4: Numbers and counting

Learning goals

  • Learn to count
  • Numbers from 1-100
  • Cardinal numbers, cardinal numbers: "Cent, Mille, Million"
  • The numbers from 20 to 99

A1:5 Famille (Family)

A1.5: Family

Learning goals

  • Introduce and tell about your family.
  • Ask someone about their family. (size, structure,...)
  • Possessive adjectives

A1:6 Dire ton âge (Saying your age)

A1.6: Saying your age

Learning goals

  • Asking somebody's age
  • Say how old you are and when your birthday is
  • The interrogative words: "Est-ce que" and "Quel"

A1:7 Métiers et études (Professions and studies)

A1.7: Professions and studies

Learning goals

  • Describe your profession
  • Ask somebody's profession
  • Talk about studies
  • Nouns and their gender

A1:8 Adresse et coordonnées (Address and contact details)

A1.8: Address and contact details

Learning goals

  • Asking for and giving contact details.
  • Tell and ask for addresses.
  • The present indicative of verbs ending in -er: 1st group
Learning module 2: Des heures aux saisons

A1:9 Jours de la semaine et parties de la journée (Days of the week and parts of the day)

A1.9: Days of the week and parts of the day

Learning goals

  • Learn the parts of the day.
  • Learn the names of the 7 days of the week
  • Describe your weekly activities.
  • Demonstrative adjectives: "Ce, Cet, Cette, Ces"

A1:10 La météo (The weather)

A1.10: The weather

Learning goals

  • Talk about the weather
  • Basic weather vocabulary
  • The prepositions of time: "En, À, Avant, Après"

A1:11 Nombres ordinaux (Ordinal numbers)

A1.11: Ordinal numbers

Learning goals

  • Learn the ordinal numbers.
  • Ordinal numbers: "Premier, Deuxième..."

A1:12 Saisons, mois et parties de l'année (Seasons, months and parts of the year)

A1.12: Seasons, months and parts of the year

Learning goals

  • Learn the seasons and months.
  • Describe the weather in each season and month.
  • Advanced: tell what you do in what month of the year.
  • agreement of adjectives

A1:13 Dire l'heure et lire l'horloge (Telling the time and reading the clock)

A1.13: Telling the time and reading the clock

Learning goals

  • Ask and tell the time
  • Read the clock
  • Expression of time: "Depuis, Jusqu'à, Pendant, etc..."
  • How to tell the time?

A1:14 Dates du calendrier et jours fériés (Calendar dates and holidays)

A1.14: Calendar dates and holidays

Learning goals

  • The basic dates and holidays
  • How to form the date?
Learning module 3: Au jour le jour

A1:15 Nourriture quotidienne (Daily food)

A1.15: Daily food

Learning goals

  • Name the food that we consume daily.
  • Tell what you eat and drink.
  • The present indicative of verbs ending in -ir: 2nd group

A1:16 Routine quotidienne (Daily routines)

A1.16: Daily routines

Learning goals

  • Talk about your daily routine.
  • Talk about habits.
  • Reflexive pronouns
  • The adverbs of frequency: "Toujours, Jamais, Souvent, Rarement"

A1:17 Cuisine et pâtisserie (Cooking and baking)

A1.17: Cooking and baking

Learning goals

  • Basic ingredients for cooking
  • Expressing obligations
  • Modal verbs: "Devoir, Falloir, Pouvoir, Vouloir"

A1:18 Demander des choses (Asking things)

A1.18: Asking things

Learning goals

  • Ask and answer questions.
  • Learn the question words.
  • Interrogative adverbs: "Où", "Pourquoi", "Combien", etc...

A1:19 Prix et argent (Prices and money)

A1.19: Prices and money

Learning goals

  • Talk about money, currencies and payment methods.
  • Ask for and say the price in a shop.
  • Adverbs of quantity and intensity: "Bien", "Beaucoup", etc...

A1:20 Faire les courses (Grocery shopping)

A1.20: Grocery shopping

Learning goals

  • Write a grocery list for daily food and drinks.
  • Ask a shop assistant about a product in the supermarket.
  • Partitive articles: "Du, De l', De la"
  • The contracted articles: "Au, Aux, Du, Des"

A1:21 Au magasin de vêtements (At the clothing shop)

A1.21: At the clothing shop

Learning goals

  • Describe everyday clothing.
  • Ask for availability in a clothing shop.
  • Ask for your size.
  • Direct object pronouns
  • Indirect object pronouns

A1:22 Parties du corps (Body parts)

A1.22: Body parts

Learning goals

  • Get to know the basic body parts.
  • Basic phrases to describe your health.
  • The plural of nouns
Learning module 4: Décrire des objets et des personnes

A1:23 Apparence physique (Physical appearance)

A1.23: Physical appearance

Learning goals

  • Describe people's physical appearance
  • Use adjectives to describe people.
  • Adjectives: Agreement and position

A1:24 Couleurs (Colours)

A1.24: Colours

Learning goals

  • Describe the colours of common objects.
  • Basic, compound and hair colours.
  • Coordinating conjunctions: "Et", "Ou", "Car", "Mais"

A1:25 Émotions et sentiments (Emotions and feelings)

A1.25: Emotions and feelings

Learning goals

  • Express your basic emotions.
  • Describe the emotions of others.
  • the zero conditional
  • The present indicative: regular verbs (3rd group)
  • Summary of the present indicative

A1:26 Sens et perception (Senses and perceiving)

A1.26: Senses and perceiving

Learning goals

  • Describe taste, smell, sight, sound and touch
  • Compare things
  • Comparative adjectives: "Plus", "Moins", "Aussi"

A1:27 Toutes sortes de formes (Shapes and forms)

A1.27: Shapes and forms

Learning goals

  • Describe forms and shapes.
  • Describe basic objects.
  • Express preferences.
  • Simple negation

A1:28 Caractère et personnalité (Character and personality)

A1.28: Character and personality

Learning goals

  • Learn to describe the character of people.
  • Talk about personalities.
  • The superlatives: "Le plus, Le moins," etc...

A1:29 États physiques et sensations (Physical states and sensations)

A1.29: Physical states and sensations

Learning goals

  • Express what you need.
  • Tell how your body feels.
  • The stressed pronouns: Moi, Toi, Lui...

A1:30 Maladie et douleur (Sickness and pain)

A1.30: Sickness and pain

Learning goals

  • Express sickness and pain.
  • Express your medical condition at the doctor's office.
  • The near future: "Aller" + Infinitive
Learning module 5: À la maison

A1:31 Notre maison (Our house)

A1.31: Our house

Learning goals

  • Describe all the rooms and floors of a house.
  • Understand a house rental or sales ad.
  • The impersonal form: "Il y a", "C'est"

A1:32 Meubles (Furniture)

A1.32: Furniture

Learning goals

  • Describe the furniture in your house.
  • Use the prepositions of place to indicate the location of furniture.
  • The prepositions of place: "À", "Dans", "Sur", "Sous", etc...

A1:33 Vaisselle (Tableware)

A1.33: Tableware

Learning goals

  • Describe what tableware you need.
  • Setting up the table to receive guests.
  • Adverbs of place

A1:34 Appareils ménagers (Household appliances)

A1.34: Household appliances

Learning goals

  • Learn the names of common household and electrical appliances.
  • Daily situations with common household devices.
  • The pronouns complementing place: "y" and "en"

A1:35 Logement et hébergement (Housing and accommodation)

A1.35: Housing and accommodation

Learning goals

  • Learn the different types of accommodations.
  • Contact a landlord or agency to rent a house.
  • The present progressive: "Être en train de"

A1:36 Plantes d'intérieur et de jardin (Houseplants and garden plants)

A1.36: Houseplants and garden plants

Learning goals

  • Learn the names of common plants and flowers in the house and in the garden.
  • Daily plant care routine and gardening.
  • the imperative

A1:37 Vos animaux de compagnie (Your pets)

A1.37: Your pets

Learning goals

  • Learn the basic animals (pets).
  • Describe the routines, daily care and food of your pet.
  • Logical connectors: "Donc, Alors, Aussi..."
Learning module 6: La ville et le village

A1:38 Services quotidiens (Everyday services)

A1.38: Everyday services

Learning goals

  • Describe the location of services on a map.
  • Ask for the opening hours of a certain service.
  • Irregular verbs: "Faire", "Prendre", "Dire"

A1:39 Commander de la nourriture et dîner au restaurant (Ordering food and dining out)

A1.39: Ordering food and dining out

Learning goals

  • Ask food from the menu.
  • Reserve a table in a restaurant.
  • The past participle

A1:40 Sports et exercice (Sports and exercise)

A1.40: Sports and exercise

Learning goals

  • Learn the sports
  • Talk about the sports you practice
  • The past tense with "avoir" and "être"

A1:41 Décrire les loisirs (Describing hobbies)

A1.41: Describing hobbies

Learning goals

  • Talk about your hobbies
  • Describe activities that you enjoy
  • "Faire de", "Jouer à", "Jouer du" + definite article

A1:42 Transport (Transportation)

A1.42: Transportation

Learning goals

  • Describe the different types of transportation.
  • Buy a transport ticket.
  • Describe transportation between places.
  • Indicate a specific moment

A1:43 Demander et donner des directions (Asking for and giving directions)

A1.43: Asking for and giving directions

Learning goals

  • Ask for directions in a city
  • Giving directions to a stranger
  • Ask for the existence of a building or service.
  • expression of moments

A1:44 Sortie du vendredi soir (Friday night out)

A1.44: Friday night out

Learning goals

  • Make plans with your friends for the Friday evening.
  • Invite somebody for an event.
  • the passive voice

A1:45 Musique et art (Music and art)

A1.45: Music and art

Learning goals

  • Talk about culture events in the city.
  • Go to the museum, an exposition, musical,...
  • Indirect speech: Il dit que...